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THE    HISTORY 


MORISONoR MORRISON  FAMILY 

WITH    MOST   OF  THE 

"TRADITIONS   OF   THE    MORRISONS"   (CLAN   MAC '  Ciri'lLLtMHUlRE), 

HEREDITARY   JUDGES    OF    LEWIS,   BY   CAPT.    F.   W.   L.   THOMAS, 

OF    SCOTLAND,    AND    A    RECORD    OF    THE    DESCENDANTS 

OF    THE    HEREDITARY    JUDGES    TO    1880. 

A   COMPLETE   HISTORY   OF  THE 

MoRisoN  Settlers  of  Londonderry,  N.  H., 

OF  1719,   AND    THEIR   DESCENDANTS, 
WITH   GENEALOGICAL  SKETCHES. 

ALSO,  OF   THE 

Brentwood,  Nottingham,  and  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  Morisons, 

AND   BRANCHES   OF 

THE    MORISONS  WHO   SETTLED    IN   DELAWARE,   PENNSYLVANIA, 

VIRGINIA,    AND    NOVA    SCOTIA,    AND    DESCENDANTS 

OF    THE    MORISONS    OF    PRESTON    GRANGE, 

SCOTLAND,  AND   OTHER    FAMILIES. 

By    LEONARD    A.   MORRISON. 


"  The  harvest  gathered  in  the  fields   of  the   past  is  to  be   brcught   home   for 
the  use  of  the  present."  —  Matthew  Arnold. 


BOSTON,    MASS.: 

A.   WILLIAMS   &   CO.,    2S3   WASHINGTON    STREET, 

1880. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  .year  1S80,  by 

Leonard  A.  Morrison, 
In  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congi-ess,  at  Washington. 

GIFT  OF    , 


Vox  Populi  Press : 
HusE,  Goodwin  &  Co., 

Lowell,  Mass. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  I. 


History  of  the  Morisons.  —  Progenitor  of  the  Clan,  and  History  of  Lewis.  —  Origin 
of  the  Family  of  Morison.  —  Orthography  of  the  Name.  —  Derivation  of  the 
Name  of  Morison.  — Coats  of  Arms.  —  First  Morisons  in  America.       Pages  17-24 

CHAPTER  II. 

Traditions  of  the  Morrisons  (Clan  Mac  Ghillemhuire),  Hereditary  Judges  of 
Lewis,  liy  Capt.  F.  W.  L.  Thomas,  R.  N.,  Vice-Pi-esident  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries,  of  Scotland;  and  a  History  of  the  Descendants  of  the  last 
Hereditary  Judge,  to  1880,  rewritten  from  authentic  sources  by  the  Author 
of  this  Book Pages  2.5-CG 

CHAPTER  HI. 

Introduction  to  the  History  of  the  Morisons  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  with  a  Map  of 
the  Original  Township,  including  the  present  Towns  of  Derry,  Londonderry, 
Windham,  and  Portions  of  Manchester,  Hudson,  and  Salem,  N.  H.  —  Plan  of 
the  Original  Morison  Homesteads Pages  67-71 

CHAPTER  IV. 

History  of  John  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  and  his  Descendants. — First  Genera- 
tion in  America. — Deed  of  Land. — Last  Will  and  Testament. —  List  of  the 
Eight  Children       Pages  7.5-78 

CHxVPTER  V. 

Second  Generation.  —  Charter  James  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  his 

Descendants,  including  Seven  Generations Pages  79-131 

CHAPTER  VI. 

Second  Generation.  —  Charter  John  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Progenitor  of 

the  Morisons  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  his  Descendants  .    .    .    Pages  1:52--224 

CHAPTER  VII. 

Second  Generation.  — History  of  Dea.  Halbert  Morison,  Son  of  John  Morison,  who 

died  in  1736,  and  his  Descendants Pages  22.>-240 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

Second  Generation.  — History  of  the  Descendants  of  Martha  Morison  (Steele), 

Daughter  of  John  Morison,  First  Generation,  who  died  in  1736.     Pages  341-245 

CHAPTER  IX. 

Second  Generation.  — History  of  the  Descendants   of   Samuel    Morison,  Son    of 

John  Morison,  First  Generation,  who  died  in  1736       Pages  246-2.')3 


M94373 


4  TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER  X. 

Secoiul  Generation.  —  History  of  H.innali    Morisou    (Clendennin),    Daugliter   of 

John  Morisou,  wlio  died  in  1736,  and  lier  Descendants  ....    Pages  '254-256 

CHAPTER  XI. 

Second  Generation.— Histoiy  of  Mary  Morison  (Jack),  Daugliter  of  Jolin  Mor- 

ison,  First  Generation,  who  died  in  1736,  and  her  Descendants.    Pages  257-259 

CHAPTER  XII. 

Second  Generation.  —  History  of  the  Descendants  of  Joseph  Morison,  Son  of  .John 

Morisou,  First  Generation,  wlio  died  in  1736 Pages  200-273 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

First  Generation. —  History  of  Charter  Robert  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  X.  H., 

and  his  Descendants Pages  274-287 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

First  Generation. —  History  of  Samuel  Morison,  Jr.,  who  settled  in  Londonderry, 
N.  IL,  in  1730,  and  his  Descendants;  also,  Hugh  Morison  and  Rev.  William 
Morrison,  u.  d.,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H Pages  2S8-294 

CHAPTER  XV. 

First  Generation.  —  Genealogical  Tables.  —  History  of  Charter  David  Morison ;  and 
of  Charter  Samuel  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  his  Descendants.  By 
Judge  Charles  R.  Morrison Pages  295-388 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

Morisons  of  Nottingham,  X.  H.  —  Descendants  of  the  Emigrant,  William  ^lor- 
isou.  — Descendants  of  Hugh  Morison,  the  Emigrant,  Brother  of  David  and 
William  Morison.  — Other  Morisons  of  Coleraine,  Mass.  — Rev.  John  Morri- 
son, of  Peterborough,  X.  H.  — Morisons  of  Brentwood,  X.  H.  — Morisons  of 
Sanborntou,  X.  H Pages  389-398 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

Morrisons  of  Virginia. —  John  Morrison,  the  Emigrant. —  Dr.  Edwin  A.  Morrison. 

—  Rev.  James  Horace  Morrison,  D.  D ' Pages  399-401 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

Morisons  of  Pennsylvania.  —  Two  Branches.  —  Gabriel  Morison,  the  Emigrant, 

and  his  Descendants. —  Descendants  of  .John  Morison    ....    Pages  402-419 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

Delaware  Branch  of  the  Morrison  Family.    By  Rev.  George  Morrison,  D.  d.,  of 

Sweet  Aire,  Md Pages  420-426 

CHAPTER  XX. 

Morrisons  Of  Cape  Breton,  N.  S.,  and  Erskine  Morrison's  Family  of  England.— 

Descendants  of  the  Morisons  of  Preston  Grange,  Scotland   .    .    .    Pages  427-432 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

Descendants  of  Relatives  whom  the  First  Morison  Settlers  of  Londonderry,  N.  H., 
in  1719,  left  in  Ireland;  and  History  of  John,  Thomas,  and  James  Morison, 
of  Londonderry,  the  Missing  Sons  of  Cliarter  .James  Morison.  —  Notices  of 
other  Morrison  Families  in  America Pages  433-438 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS.  O 

INDEX  I. 

Morisons  of  Londouderry,  X.  H.,  in  the  Male  and  Female  Lines,  iucliidiug  Descend- 
ants from  all  the  Early  Morison  Settlers,  except  Charter  Samuel  Morison. 

Pages  439-152 

INDEX  II. 

Those  who  Married  the  Early  Morisons  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  or  their  Descend- 
ants     Pages  452-4.58 

INDEX  III. 
Descendants  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.     .    .    Pages  458-465 

INDEX  IV. 

Descendants  of  the  Hereditary  Judges Page  466 

INDEX   V. 

Morisons    of  Nottingham,  Brentwood,    and    Sanbornton,  X.  H.,  and  of  Coleraine, 

Mass Page  466 

INDEX  VI. 

Morrisons  of  Virginia.— Morisons  of  Pennsylvania Page  467 

INDEX  VII. 

Momsons  of  Delaware.  —  Erskine  Morrison's  Family.  —  Morrisons  of  Cape  Breton, 
and  Descendants  of  Kelatives  whom  the  Morrisons  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in 
1719,  left  in  Ireland,  and  Other  Moi-risons Page  468 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


1.  Leonard    A.   Morrison    (see  page  113)     ....        Frontispiece. 

2.  Alexander   H.    MoriAson Faces  Page  62 

3.  Kksidexck  of   a.    H.   Morrison "  ■'  -i'y 

4.  Manufactory   of   A.    H.    ^Iorrison      ....  "  "  <i5 

').  Map   of  Londonderry,    N.    H "  "  70 

r..  Morrison   Homestead,   Windham,   N.    H.     .     .  "  "  .^5 

7.  Nancy   (Morrison)   Merrill "  "  98 

8.  Abraham   D.    Merrill "  "  99 

9.  Leonard   Morrison "  "  100  ■ 

10.  Alvah   Morrison "  "  102 

11.  Morison  Homestead,   Peterborough,   N.   H.   .  "  "  133 

12.  John  H.   Morison "  "  195 

13.  Nathaniel  H.   Moihsox "  "  203 

14.  Jaaies  Morison "  "  20(5 

15.  Matthew  H.   Taylor "  "  272 

U!.  Charles  K.   Morrison "  "  295 

17.  William   Morrison "  "  339 

18.  Jo-seph   B.    Morrison "  "  414 

19.  George  Morrison "  "  422 

20.  George  Morrison "  "  424 


GENERAL  INTRODUCTION, 


Our  ancestors  labored  and  suffered  much  for  the  attainment 
of  the  rich  blessings  which  we  enjoy.  They  rest  from  their 
labors  ;  they  have  found,  — 

"Sleep  after  toyle,  port  after  stormie  seas." 

It  is  not  right  in  their  descendants  to  allow  their  names  and 
deeds  to  perish  from  the  earth.  To  permit  it  would  be  alike 
unjust  to  the  living  and  the  dead  ;  to  those  who  have  gone  be- 
fore us,  and  those  who  shall  come  after  us.  To  j^revent  such 
a  result  is  this  volume  published. 

It  is  a  family  record.  Its  design  is  to  give  a  history  of 
the  family  of  Morison  or  Morrison  ;  to  preserve  its  traditions  ; 
gather  up  the  fading  memorials  of  its  past,  and  transmit  them 
to  those  who  shall  succeed  us. 

It  was  not  my  intention,  when  I  began  my  investigations,  to 
prepare  anything  for  the  press.  They  were  commenced  for  my 
own  satisfaction,  and  to  furnish  some  information  to  Hon. 
Thomas  F.  Morrison,  of  Nova  Scotia,  in  answer  to  his  letter 
of  inquiry,  bearing  date  of  January,  1878.  Becoming  interested 
in  the  work,  and  meeting  with  a  success  far  beyond  my  expecta- 
tions in  obtaining  information,  I  decided  to  continue  my  re- 
searches, and  print  the  result,  in  order  to  preserve  the  informa- 
tion I  had  gathered  with  so  much  trouble  and  expense.  With 
this  object  in  view,  I  resolved  to  prepare  a  History  of  Charter 
James  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  his  descendants,  my 
own  branch  of  the  family.  In  my  investigations,  I  gathered  so 
much  valuable  matter  relating  to  the  other  branches,  that  I 
determined  to  give   a  history  of   all  the  descendants   of   John 


10  GENERAL    INTRODUCTION. 

Morison  who  was  born  in  1628  (?),  and  died  in  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  in  1736.  The  Hon.  Charles  R.  Morrison,  of  Manchester, 
Nl,  .lEi;,  beoaibe;  interested  in  the  work,  and  was  induced  to  pre- 
pare a  history  of^  his  branch  of  the  Londonderry  family,  and  to 
i)Vc*;orpoj-a.te' 5t;wiih',rni,ne.  There  were  still  two  branches  of  the 
Londonderry  Morisons,  which  I  traced  out  with  much  labor ; 
and  the  result  is  before  the  reader.  Had  I  known  the  difficulties 
to  be  encountered  and  overcome,  the  expense  to  be  incurred,  the 
years  of  toil  to  be  spent,  I  should  have  shrunk  back,  apj)alled 
at  the  mao-uitude  of  the  undertaking^.  Not  then  knowing  the 
motto  of  the  Morison  family,  '■'•  Pretio  Pnidentia  Praestat^'' 
prudence  was  overcome  by  my  love  for  the  work. 

The  records  are  not  complete.  There  are  vanished  lines, 
which  it  would  take  years  to  trace  out,  and  lost  threads  which 
can  never  be  recovered. 

Hearing  of  a  pamphlet  published  by  Capt.  F,  W.  L.  Thomas, 
of  the  Royal  Navy,  and  vice-president  of  the  Society  of  Anti- 
(juaries,  a  resident  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  entitled  "Traditions  of 
the  Morrisons  (Clan  Mac  Ghillemhuire),  Hereditary  Judges  of 
Lewis,"  I  entered  into  correspondence  with  the  author,  and  after 
months  of  waiting  obtained  from  him  a  copy  of  the  Avork.  After 
other  months  of  correspondence,  in  trying  to  obtain  additional 
light  in  relation  to  the  Morrison  family  now  in  Scotland,  it  was 
my  good  fortune  to  open  a  correspondence  with  Norman  Mori- 
son, Esq.,  postmaster  of  Stornoway,  Isle  of  Lewis,  Scotland,  a 
direct  descendant  of  Judge  Morrison,  the  last  Brieve  of  Lewis, 
who  was  slain  about  A.  D.  1600.  I  was  thus  enabled  to  take  up 
the  work  where  Captain  Thomas  laid  it  down,  and  bring  the 
history  of  the  descendants  of  Judge  Morrison  down  to  1880, 
and  include  it  in  my  work.  The  other  branches  of  Morrisons 
included  in  it  are  those  of  wliom  information  was  obtained 
during  the  progress  of  the  work,  and  which  I  thought  best  not 
to  omit. 

In  the  orthography  of  projjer  names,  I  have  generally  adopted 
the  spelling  sent  me  in  the  records.  Where  there  are  errors  in 
dates  (and  there  are  many  in   all  genealogical  works),  some  of 


GENERAL   INTEODUCTION.  11 

the  blame  must  rest  on  those  sending  them ;  for  records  are 
often  written  illegibly,  and  sometimes  vary  when  given  by  dif- 
ferent members  of  the  same  family,  and  occasionally  when  given 
at  different  times  by  the  same  person.  The  dates  of  births, 
marriages,  and  deaths  are  as  full  as  an  extensive  research  could 
make  them. 

Genealogical  works  are  never  perfect.  The  sources  from  which 
they  are  derived  —  county,  tOAvn,  and  family  records  —  are  all 
more  or  less  defective.  Many  families  have  kept  no  records, 
and  many  records  are  lost  by  accident,  so  that  it  is  utterly  im- 
possible always  to  ascertain  the  correct  dates.  I  have  given  as 
full  a  record  as  could  be  made  from  the  information  at  my  com- 
mand. As  mere  names  and  dates  are  not  interesting  reading, 
I  have  endeavored  to  bring  before  my  readers  the  living  indi- 
viduals, and  have  introduced  a  large  amount  of  biographical 
and  historical  matter,  giving  the  prominent  facts  of  their  lives, 
the  positions  tliey  have  occupied  in  civil  life,  in  the  military 
service,  or  in  the  liberal  jDrofessions. 

The  uninitiated  have  no  conception  of  the  labor  and  time 
involved  in  a  work  of  this  nature.  This  work  is  the  result  of 
nearly  three  years  of  labor.  In  its  })reparation  I  have  written 
more  than  twenty-five  hundred  letters,  and  travelled  more  than 
two  thousand  miles.  No  probable  channel  of  information  has 
remained  unexplored.  I  have  had  correspondence  with  all  parts 
of  America,  and  with  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland.  With 
more  time  and  expense,  the  work  might  have  been  improved ; 
or  had  I  started  with  the  distinct  purpose  of  i)reparing  it,  it 
would  have  been  different.  I  give  it  as  it  is  to  the  family  of 
Morison  or  Morrison,  and  to  the  allied  families  found  within 
its  pages. 

Old  artists,  it  is  said,  never  completed  their  work.  Many 
statues  were  in  their  brain  when  they  died,  which  were  never 
wrought  into  granite  or  marble.  So  in  regard  to  this  history: 
it  may  not  be  complete  ;  but  the  shaft  is  reared,  and  other  hands 
may  polish  and  finish  it.  The  "finger-posts"  are  establislied,  to 
show  the  wav  our  fathers  trod. 


12  GENERAL   INTRODUCTION. 

This  is  a  family  liistory ;  and  it  has  been  my  endeavor  to 
make  it  acceptable  to  those  for  whom  alone  it  was  prepared. 
In  tracing  the  Morisons,  I  have  in  most  cases  traced  both  the 
male  and  female  lines,  and  have  (different  from  most  genealo- 
gists) arranged  them  together. 

AKEAXGEMEXT. 

In  the  arrangement,  the  Slafter  system  has  been  followed  in 
the  main.  The  system  is  simjile  and  easy  to  be  understood. 
Consecutive  numbers  are  used  on  the  left  margins  of  the  pages 
all  through  the  book,  no  two  persons  appearing  witli  the  same 
number,  and  many  l:)eing  entered  twice,  —  first  as  a  child,  and 
enclosed  in  brackets  []  at  the  right  is  the  number  the  person 
bears  as  head  of  a  family.  Turning  to  the  number  the  child 
bears  as  the  head  of  a  family,  at  the  right  of  the  name,  enclosed 
in  brackets  [],  is  the  number  the  person  bore  as  a  child.  This 
reference  will  be  j^lain  as  soon  as  the  eye  falls  upon  the  page. 

Where  families  are  put  in  close  type,  and  two  or  three  gener- 
ations are  given  at  once,  the  parent's  name  is  numbered  in  the 
usual  way,  his  children  are  designated  by  the  numeraLs  1,  2,  3, 
etc.     (See  No.  1276.) 

If  it  be  desired  to  trace  the  line  of  descent,  find  the  name  in 
the.  Index,  and  against  it  will  be  found  a  jiersonal  number,  de- 
noting the  person  either  as  a  child  or  as  the  head  of  a  family. 
If  the  number  be  that  of  a  child,  above  it  will  be  the  parent's 
name,  with  a  figure  above  it  at  the  right,  which  denotes  the 
generation  to  which  he  belongs ;  the  first  succeeding  name  in 
parentheses  being  the  j^^ii'ent,  the  next  the  grandjiarent,  and  so 
on  to  the  first  ancestor,  or  the  first  generation. 

The  pedigree  of  every  head  of  a  family  will  be  seen  at  a 
glance. 

Every  woman's  married  name  is  enclosed  in  parentheses  (). 
(See  No.  839 :  Hannah*  (Barker)  [718],  Elizabeth'^  (Smith),  John 
Morison'^,  John^.)  Her  married  name  was  Barker^  her  maiden 
name  was  Hannah  Smith,  of  the  fourth  generation,  daughter  of 
Elizabeth  (Morison)  Smith,  third  generation,  daughter  of   John 


GENERAL   INTRODUCTION.  13 

Morison,  second  generation,  son  of  John  Morison,  first  genera- 
tion. The  number  718  gives  her  as  a  child,  and  number  839  as 
the  head  of  a  family. 

A  mark  of  interrogation  (?)  after  a  name  or  date  implies  un- 
certainty or  doubt.  The  letters  unm.  (unmarried,  or  single)  are 
sometimes  employed ;  but  where  marriage  is  not  mentioned,  the 
person  was  usually  not  married,  or,  if  married,  the  fact  was  un- 
known to  me.  Other  abbreviations  are  used;  such  as,  5.,  for 
ho7n ,'  m.,  for  married ;  d.,  for  died /  res.,  for  reside,  resided,  or 
residence,  according  to  the  manner  in  which  it  is  used. 

Should  the  records  of  any  family  be  found  imperfect,  the 
responsibility  will  not  rest  on  me,  as  I  have  made  all  proper 
efforts  to  have  them  complete.  Where  little  is  given,  much 
must  not  be  required. 

The  arrangement  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison's  branch  is  ex- 
plained on  page  295  ;  and  a  sej^arate  Index  is  prepared  for  that 
branch,  and  for  Charter  David  Morison,  by  the  author.  Judge 
Charles  R.  Morrison,  of  Manchester,  N".  H. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 

I  would  express  my  deep  obligation  to  all  who  have  so  kindly 
seconded  my  efforts  by  correspondence,  words  of  encouragement, 
and  personal  assistance. 

To  Robert  C.  Mack,  Esq.,  the  veteran  antiquary,  of  Lon- 
donderry, ]Sr.  H.,  for  kindly  aid.  His  large  amount  of  valuable 
materials  concerning  Londonderry  have  always  been  at  my  dis- 
posal. To  George  W.  Weston,  Esq.,  the  genial  register  of 
deeds  of  Rockingham  County,  I  am  indebted  for  gratuitous 
services  in  examining  records.  To  Rev.  John  Hopkins  Mor- 
ison, D,  D.,  of  Boston,  and  to  Dr.  James  Morison,  of  Quincy, 
Mass.,  I  would  make  special  acknowledgment  for  the  deep  in- 
terest manifested  and  kindly  aid  given  me  in  many  ways,  from 
the  very  commencement  of  the  undertaking  to  its  consunmiation. 
I  am  indebted  to  N.  H.  Morison,  ll.  d.,  provost  of  the  Peabody 
Listitute,  Baltimore,  Md.,  for  the  system  of  index  and  of  run- 
ning titles  adopted  in  this  book.     For  the  valuable  fruits  of  his 


14  GENERAL    INTRODUCTION. 

researclies,  which  appear  in  the  body  of  this  work,  and  for 
kindly  looking  over  a  part  of  my  manuscript  before  publishing, 
I  am  grateful. 

To  the  Hon.  Thomas  F.  Morrison,  member  of  the  Legisla- 
tive Council,  of  Londonderry,  N.  S,,  and  to  Samuel  Steele  Mor- 
rison, Esq.,  of  Economy,  N.  S.,  I  am  under  especial  obligations 
for  prompt  and  earnest  efforts  in  collecting  facts  relating  to  the 
Nova  Scotia  Morrisons. 

To  George  W.  Morrison,  Esq.,  of  Rockingham,  Vt. ;  to  Stephen 
A.  Morrison,  Esq.,  of  Saugatuck,  Mich. ;  to  Hon.  Thomas  H. 
Morison,  of  Norwalk,  Ct. ;  and  to  Robert  S.  Morrison,  of  La 
Porte,  Ind.,  I  am  indebted  for  donations,  and  for  other  assist- 
ance in  my  difficult  and  unremunerative  task. 

To  William  B.  Merrill,  Esq.,  and  Joshua  Merrill,  Esq.,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  I  must  express  my  grateful  acknowledgments  for 
their  interest  in  this  work,  and  their  large  subscription  for  copies, 
which  has  aided  me  materially  in  its  publication. 

I  owe  especial  thanks  to  Norman  Morison,  Esq.,  postmaster, 
Stornoway,  Isle  of  Lewis,  Scotland,  for  valuable  materials ;  and 
to  Capt.  F.  W.  L,  Thomas,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  Edinburgh,  Scot- 
land, for  "  The  Traditions  of  the  Morrisons,"  etc.,  and  for  other 
interesting  facts.  To  John  Murdoch,  Esq.,  of  Inverness,  Scot- 
land, editor  of  "The  Highlander,"  I  am  indebted  for  copies  of 
that  paper  during  several  months,  and  for  the  rare  articles  thus 
placed  within  my  reach.  The  Hon.  Alexander  H,  Morrison,  of 
St.  Joseph,  Mich,  (the  nearest  living  relative  of  the  last  Heredi- 
tary Judge),  has,  by  his  generosity,  placed  myself,  and  all  who 
bear  the  name  of  Morrison,  under  great  obligations. 

From  George  W.  Moore,  Esq.,  of  Medina,  Mich. ;  Capt.  Samuel 
Morrison,  of  Alstead,  N.  H. ;  Hon.  Matthew  H.  Taylor,  of  N. 
Salem,  N.  H. ;  Marquis  F.  Morrison,  Esq.,  of  Ilartland,  Vt. ; 
and  Solon  Morrison,  Esq.,  of  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  and  many  others, 
I  have  received  imj)ortant  aid  and  valuable  infoi-mation. 

To  those  "mothers  in  Israel,"  Mrs.  Mary  Steele  (granddaughter 
of  Hannah  (Morison)  Clendennin),  and  "  Aunt  Naomi "  Morri- 
son (great-granddaughter  of  Charter  James  Morison),  of  Wind- 


GENERAL    INTRODUCTIOX.  15 

ham,  jST.  H.  ;  Mrs.  Henty  (great-gTanclclaughter  of  Dea.  Halbert 
Morison),  of  Acadian  Mines,  Londonderry,  N.  S. ;  Mrs.  Nowell 
(great-granddaughter  of  Dea.  Halbert  Morison),  of  Goffstown, 
N.  H. ;  and  Mrs.  Frances  TerM'illiger  (great-great-granddaughter 
of  Charter  John  Morison,  and  also  of  his  sister  Martha  (Mor- 
ison) Steele),  of  Belvidere,  111.,  my  thanks  are  due.  By  these, 
some  of  the  early  traditions  of  the  family  have  been  preser^'ed, 
and  the  years  between  ws,  and  the  first  generation  of  our  race 
in  America,  have  been  bridged  over.  Without  the  aid  which 
they  have  given,  the  history  of  the  Morisons  of  Londonderrj-, 
N.  H.,  could  not  have  been  so  satisfactorily  written,  and  much 
of  the  information  it  contains  would  have  been  irrecoverably 
lost. 

To  Judge  Charles  E..  Morrison,  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  for  the 
history  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison's  branch  of  the  family,  my 
thanks  are  due.  To  Rev.  James  Horace  Morrison,  d.  d.,  of  Car- 
tersville,  Cumberland  Co.,  Va.,  and  to  his  son.  Rev.  Wm.  Foster 
Morrison,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  I  am  under  obligations  for 
information  of  the  Morrisons  of  Virginia.  To  Dr.  Joseph  B. 
Morrison,  of  Maryville,  Mo.,  and  Samuel  Morrison,  Esq.,  of 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  I  am  indebted  for  information  of  the  Moi"i- 
sons  of  Pennsylvania ;  and  to  Eev.  George  Morrison,  d.  d.,  of 
Aberdeen,  Md.,  for  the  history  of  the  Morrisons  of  Delaware. 

The  author  would  express  his  thanks  to  the  printers,  Messrs. 
Huse,  Goodwin  &  Co.,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  for  the  accurate,  faith- 
ful, and  tasteful  manner  in  which  the  mechanical  execution  of 
the  work  has  been  accomplished.  The  engraving  of  the  Mor- 
rison Homestead,  Windham,  N.  H.,  is  from  a  photograph  by 
C.  A.  Lawrence,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.  The  albertype  engrav- 
ings, and  the  map  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  are  from  the  Forbes 
Lithographic  Co.,  of  Boston,  Mass.  Many  of  the  steel  plates 
were  made  by  my  order,  by  that  gentlemanly  and  natural  artist, 
J.  A.  J.  Wilcox,  of  Boston. 

The  book  has  been  open  to  all  who  were  willing  to  contribute 
portraits  of  persons,  or  views  of  homesteads,  to  embellish  its 
pages.     My  tlianks  are  due  to  A.  S.  Morrison  &  Bros.,  of  Brain- 


16  GENERAL    INTRODUCTION. 

tree,  Mass.,  for  the  portrait  of  their  fatlier,  Hon.  Alva  Morrison  ; 
to  Mrs.  Horace  Morison,  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  for  the  engrav- 
ing of  the  Morison  Homestead  in  Peterborough,  N.  H. ;  to  Geo. 
S.  Morison,  of  New  York,  K.  Y.,  for  the  portrait  of  his  father, 
E,ev.  John  H.  Morison,  d.  d.  To  those  also  who  aided  in  insert- 
ing the  engraving  of  the  Morrison  Homestead  in  Windham,  and 
to  all  those  who  have  furnished  portraits  of  themselves  or  others, 
I  would  render  my  grateful  acknowledgments. 

In  conclusion,  I  can  but  express  the  hope  that  the  perusal  of 
these  pages  may  afford  others  as  much  pleasure  as  their  prep- 
aration and  publication  have  afforded  me.  This  work  has  been 
a  "labor  of  love,"  as  I  never  can  receive  pay  for  all  my  toil. 
It  has  afforded  me  a  delightful  occupation,  for  Avliat  without  it 
Avould  have  been  many  weary  hours ;  and  among  the  sunny 
memories  of  my  life  will  be  the  remembrance  of  many  true 
and  noble  men  and  women  whose  acquaintance  it  has  given  me. 

LEONARD  A.  MORRISON. 
Windham,  N.  H.,  Oct.  21,  1880. 


HISTORY  OF  THE  MORISONS. 


CHAPTER    I. 

Progenitok  of  the  Clan,  and  History  of  Lewis.  —  Origix  of  the 
Family  of  Morisox.  —  Orthography  of  the  Name.  —  Deuivation 
of  the  Name  Morison.  —  Coats  of  Arms. — First  Morisoxs  in 
America. 


PROGENITOR    OF   THE    CLAN,   AND    HISTORY   OF   LEWIS. 

Under  date  of  Feb.  9,  1879,  Capt.  F.  W.  L.  Thomas,  of  the 
Royal  Navy,  and  resident  of  Edinburgh,  writes :  — 

"The  person  from  whom  the  Chin  Morrison  derives  its  name 
is  unknown.  Although  the  name  is  Gaelic,  I  do  not  doubt  that 
he  was  a  Gall-Gael  ( Gall  is  a  foreigner,  stranger) ;  that  is,  of 
mixed  descent. 

"I  have  proved  by  an  exhaustive  inquiry  (Vol.  XI,  Pro.  Soc. 
Antiq.  Scotland)  that  all  the  principal  and  good  farms  in  Lewis 
have  Norse  names;  hence  the  people  who  gave  these  names  spoke 
Norse  or  Icelandic.  Lewis,  as  part  of  the  Kingdom  of  Man,  was 
under  the  dominion  of  Norway  till  it  was  ceded  to  Scotland  in 
1266;  and  I  suppose  the  Gaelic  language  to  have  been  general  in 
the  islands  after  that  time." 

Under  date  of  April  6,  1879,  he  says:  — 

"The  history  of  the  Hebrides,  Western  Isles,  or  Sudreyar, 
begins  in  563,  with  the  advent  of  St.  Columba. 

"In  795,  the  Danes  and  Norwegians  began  their  devastations, 
and,  I  believe,  exterminated  or  drove  out  the  Celtic  inhabitants. 

"From  that  time  the  islands  appear  to  have  been  held  by  inde- 
pendent vikings,  or  ])irates,  till  Harold  Fairhair,  King  of  Norway, 
made  several  expeditions  against  them;  from  which  time  the 
Orkneys  were  held  by  a  Norwegian  Earl,  but  the  Western  Isles 
continued  in  great  confusion. 

"From  about  980  to  1064,  the  Western  Isles  were  held  by  the 
Earl  of  Orkney;  but  after  that  time  (1064),  they  formed  part  of 
the  Kingdom  of  Man;  until,  in  1266,  they  were  ceded  by  treaty 
to  Scotland.  Thus  the  Western  Isles  were  rmder  Scandinavian 
rule  for  four  hundred  and  seventy-one  years.     They  w'cre  after- 


18  IIISTOKY    OV    TIIK    MOKISONS. 

Avavds  held  by  the  Lords  of  the  Isles  (Maedonalds),  under  the 
Scottish  crown,  till  they  forfeited  in  1498.  F'roin  that  time  the 
different  chiefs  of  the  Isles  held  tlieir  lands  dii-ect  from  the 
Crown,  and  their  history  is  a  continual  narrative  of  turbulence 
and  disorder.  Such  is  their  history,  which  would  form  material 
for  several  volumes;  and  after  all,  there  is  not  sufficient  detail  to 
make  it  generally  interestin«;.  For  hundreds  of  years  we  have 
to  bt'  content  Avith  a  meagre  notice,  from  which  the  narrative 
must  be  deduced  by  inference,  for  want  of  direct  record  or 
information."  * 

Fi-om  the  pen  of  Mac  Fhearghuis  (C-harles  Fergurson),  I  take 
this  account  of  the  Moi-risons.  It  was  ])rinted  early  in  the  year 
1879,  in  "The  Highlander,"  a  paper  published  at  Inverness,  Scot- 
land, by  John  Murdoch.     , 

"MoRRisox.  —  I  am  afraid  that  'Steorn-a-bhaigh'  overrates  my 
abilities  if  he  expects  me  to  give  the  origin  and  history  of  this 
ancient  clan,  —  the  clan  Mac  Ghille-Mliuire,  whose  origin,  and 
most  part  of  whose  history  as  a  clan,  may  be  said  to  end  about 
1600,  a  date  at  which  many  of  our  most  noted  clans  are  oidy  too 
proud  to  begin  their  history.  The  name,  derived  from  Gille- 
Mhuire,  'gille  or  servant  of  Mary,'  most  likely  from  their  l)eing 
at  some  early  period  connected  with  some  church  or  church 
lands  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary.  From  time  immemorial  the 
Morrisons  were  possessed  of  the  extreme  northern  point  of  the 
island  of  Lewis;  and  their  chief,  Morrison  of  Habost,  for  many 
generations  held  the  honorable  position  of  hereditary  hreitheamh, 
or  judge,  of  tlie  whole  island  of  Lewis,  down  to  the  year  1613. 
They  have  two  tartans,  —  a  beautiful  red  clan  tartan,  and  a  green 
hunting  tartan.  Their  crest  is:  Two  arms,  dexter  and  sinister 
in  fesse,  couped,  holding  a  two-handed  sword,  in  pale.  Motto, 
'  Marte  et  mari  f aventibus,'  —  War  and  the  sea  favoring.  Like 
most  clans  nowadays,  the  Morrisons  have  had  many  a  fancy  origin 
ascril)ed  to  them  by  that  class  of  Avriters  who  would  like  to  give 
every  clan  and  family  in  the  Highlands  a  foreign  origin,  and  who 
Avould  like  to  deprive  the  Highlander  of  even  the  privilege  of 
being  a  native  of  his  own  country,  following,  as  is  too  common 
in  many  other  things,  the  example  of  the  Sassenach,  who  take  a 
pride  in  a  Norman,  or,  in  fact,  any  foreign  descent.  However, 
such  are  the  simple  historical  facts  about  the  jNlorrisons," 

The  following  article  was  printed  March  2,  1878,  in  "The  High- 
lander," and  is  from  a  correspondent,  "Mac-a-Bhreitheamh." 

*  The  island  of  Lewis  coutaius  at  present  21,000  inhabitants.  Storn- 
oway  is  its  chief  city,  having  a  population  of  3,000.  lu  the  mouths  of 
May  and  June  of  each  year,  some  seven  hundred  boats  visit  the  city  from 
the  west  coast  of  Scotland,  engaged  iu  the  herring  fisheries.  The  inhab- 
itants of  Lewis  arc  Protestants.  Macaulay,  the  historian,  was  descended 
from  the  Macaulays  of  this  island  An  interesting  description  of  Lewis 
and  the  other  Western  Islands  will  be  found  in  the  story  of  "  Sheila.  A 
Princess  of  Thule,"  by  William  Black. 


ORIGIN    OF    THE   FAMILY   OF   MORISON.  19 

"The  Morrisoxs. — In  answer  to  Lomach's  inquiry  as  to  the 
origin  and  clansliip  of  the  Morrisons,  I  may  state,  by  the  help 
of  some  notes  on  the  sul)ject  wliich  I  found  among  a  ])arcel  of 
papers  behjnging  to  an  old  friend  of  mine,  one  of  the  name,  that 
they  came  across  from  Norwaj^  or  Denmark,  as  the  Lewis  was  at 
that  period  occu])ied  by  that  race.  The  Morrisons  resided  in  tlie 
district  of  Ness,  near  the  Butt  of  Lewis.  They  chose  or  elected 
a  judge,  or  breitheamh,  to  settle  any  disputes  among  them,  and 
to  enact  laws  as  to  tlieir  respective  rights  of  possession  in  the 
different  parts  of  the  district.  This  chief,  or  hreitheamK s  name 
was  Muire,  or  Mori,  hence  his  progeny  of  Morison,  who  to  this 
day  occupy  Ness.  His  descendants  are  distinguished  from  the 
other  branches,  by  the  old  men  of  the  island,  as  'Clann  a'  Brei- 
theamh.'  This  hreitheamh  had  a  domestic  servant,  or  scallag,  of 
another  name;  but  who,  on  being  taken  into  the  service  of 
hreitheamh^  changed  his  name  to  that  of  his  master,  and  his 
descendants  are  distinguished  from  the  otliers,  as,  '  Clann  Mhic- 
Ille  Mhuire.'  Doubtless  there  were  others  who  came  across  the 
North  Sea  at  tlie  same  time,  as  the  hreitheainh,  but  are  known  by 
no  such  distinction  such  as  the  other  branches;  but  those  and 
*  Clann  a'  Bhreitheamli'  are  one  of  the  same  stem,  whereas  'Clann 
Mhic-Ille  Mhuire'  are  only,  as  it  were,  engrafted  into  the  clan. 
1  cannot  say  whether  they  are  a  clan  or  not,  but  at  that  time 
they  were  very  clannish  in  their  ways,  as  they  used  very  often  to 
make  raids  into  the  Uig  district  and  carry  away  booty  in  the 
shape  of  cattle  from  the  Macaulays  of  Uig.  There  are  still  in 
Ness  old  men  who  in  their  dress  and  stature  greatly  resemble 
the  Norwegians,  so  I  have  heard.  Their  coat  of  arms  is  three 
Saracens'  heads  and  a  serpent." 

ORIGIN   OF   THE   FAMILY   OF   MORTSON. 

The  family  of  Morison  is  very  numerous  in  Scotland,  and  the 
name  has  been  a  fixed  surname  there  and  in  the  adjacent  Island 
of  Lewis  for  many  centuries,  prol)ably  for  a  thousand  years.  It 
is  an  old  name  in  the  counties  of  Lincoln,  Hertfordshire,  and 
Lancashire,  England,  where  ])ersons  of  the  naine,  several  cen- 
turies ago,  were  knighted  and  received  coats  of  arms.  The 
family  has  spread  over  England,  Ireland,  and  America.  It  ap- 
pears to  be  evident  that  all  of  the  name  spring  from  the  same 
stock,  and  have  a  common  origin. 

The  Island  of  Lewis,  on  the  west  coast  of  Scotland,*  is  undoultt- 
edly  the  place  where  the  family  originated,  though  its  founder 
was  probably  of  Norwegian  origin. 

In  regard  to  the  origin  of  the  family,  the  following  evidence  is 
presented.  In  Captain  Thomas's  "  Traditions  of  the  Morrisons," 
an  extract  is  made  from  a  "Description  of  the  Lewis  l)y  John 
Morisone,  Indweller  there,"  written  pi-esumably  between  1G78  and 
1688,  wherein  he  says,  "Tlie  first  and  most  ancient  iidiabitants  of 

*  See  Map  of  Scotland. 


20  HISTORY    OF   THE   MORISONS. 

this  countrie  were  tliree  men  of  three  several  races,  viz.  Mores,. 
the  son  of  Kennanus,  whom  the  Irish  historians  call  Makurich, 
whom  they  make  to  be  son  to  one  of  tlie  kings  of  Norway,  some 
of  whose  posteritie  remains  in  this  land  to  this  day.  All  the 
Morrisons  in  Scotland  may  challenge  their  descent  from  this 
man." 

Another  tradition,  preserved  in  the  branch  of  Morisons  which 
settled  in  Nottingham,  N.  H.,  is  to  the  same  effect,  and  points  in 
the  same  direction.  This  branch  of  the  family  emigrated  from 
Scotland  to  Ireland,  at  the  time  of  the  siege  of  Derry,  1688,  and 
to  Nottingham,  N.  H.,  in  1727.  This  statement  is  from  Hon. 
Robert  Morrison,  of  Northwood,  N.  H.,  a  former  mayor  of 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  who  received  it  in  the  early  part  of  the  pres- 
ent century,  from  an  aged  relative  whose  birth  dates  back  to 
1750.  While  giving  him  words  of  admonition,  this  aged  person 
said,  "jMaintain  the  honor  and  integrity  of  your  family,  for  the 
Morrisons  come  from  the  best  blood  of  Scotland  ;  they  are  de- 
scended from  tlie  royal  family."  Royalty  amounts  to  nothing, 
and  only  that  man  is  truly  royal  who  makes  himself  so  by  a  noble 
life  and  heroic  deeds. 

This  evidence  is  adduced  to  show  the  ground  there  is  for  belief 
in  the  consanguinity  of  the  different  branches.  The  reader  will 
not  fail  to  notice  the  striking  similarity  of  these  traditions,  com- 
ing down  for  two  centuries  through  different  channels.  We 
know  of  no  intercourse  between  the  Morrisons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire and  the  Morisons  of  Scotland  since  the  emigration  of  the 
former  in  1688.  The  traditions  here  and  the  traditions  there  were 
separate  and  independent.  The  streams,  one  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic  and  one  on  that  side,  ran  unmingled  for  two  hundred 
years,  and  yet  they  retain  in  their  essential  j^arts  the  same  cur- 
rent of  tradition. 

These  traditions  all  point  in  the  same  direction,  and  establish 
beyond  reasonable  doubt  the  common  origin  of  the  family,  and 
Lewis  as  its  early  home. 

ORTHOGRAPIiy    OF   THE    NAME. 

There  is  no  authoritative  manner  of  spelling  Morison.  It  has 
been  found  spelled  in  many  different  ways,  such  as  Maryson, 
Moreson,  Moryson,  Morreson,  Moorison,  Morrisson,  Morson, 
Morisown,  Morisone,  Morison,  Morrison,  Murison,  and  Mor- 
rowson. 

In  early  days,  the  family  in  Scotland,  England,  Ireland,  and 
America  almost  invariably  s])elled  their  name  with  one  r;  thus, 
Mo?-ison.  This  Avas  the  customary  orthography  till  about  the 
year  1800,  when  the  change  to  Morrison  became  general  in  Scot- 
land, England,  Ireland,  and  America,  and  has  continued  to  the 
present  time.  The  family  in  Londonderry,  N.  II.,  followed  the 
general  custom. 

Norman  Morison,  Esq.,  of  StornoAvay,  Island  of  Lewis,  Scot- 
land   (a   descendant   of  the   Hereditary   Judges),    writes,  "  Our 


DERIVATION    OF    THE    NAME.  21 

iamily,  and  indeed  the  Lewis  families,  wrote  their  name  with 
one  r;  thus,  Morison."  George  Cruikshanks,  Esq.,  of  Scotland, 
writes,  Aug.  30,  1879,  "The  Morisons  of  Bogney,  from  whom  I 
suppose  you  are  descended,  always  si^elled  their  name  with  one 
r,  and  I  may  say  they  are  almost  the  only  family  in  Scotland  who 
do  so." 

Morison  is  the  original  mode  of  spelling.  It  comes  nearer  the 
supposed  derivation  of  the  name,  and  appears  to  be  the  correct 
orthography. 

DERIVATION   OF   THE    NAME. 

Ca])t.  F.  W.  L.  Thomas  writes,  under  date  of  Aug.  1,  1879, 
"The  original  name  is  Gaelic,  of  which  the  translation  is  'Son  of 
the  Servant  (Disciiile)  of  Mary,'  now  reduced  to  Maryson,"  etc. 

The  History  of  Raymond,  N.  H.,  says,  "Morrison,  son  of  Morris : 
Morris  is  from  the  Welsh  Mmor  (Great),  and  rys  (a  warrior) ;  so 
the  name  means  son  of  a  great  warrior." 

Hon.  Charles  Morrison,  m.  p.,  of  London,  Eng.,  writes,  "Have 
always  supposed  that  it  [Morrison]  means  'Son  of  Maurice,' 
Maurice  being  the  French  form  of  the  Latin  Mauritius.'''' 

The  name  was  spelled  J/oorison  by  one  family  in  Scotland, 
which  one  of  its  members  thought  "indicative  of  connection  with 
the  three  Moors'  heads  forming  the  Morrison  crest." 

Nathaniel  Holmes  Morison,  ll.  d..  Provost  of  the  Peabody 
Institute  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  writes  as  follows,  under  date  of  Feb. 
24,  1880:  "I  examined  this  j)oint,  the  origin  of  the  name,  some- 
what, years  ago,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  name  is 
simply  .son  of  Moor,  More,  Mhor,  Midr,  3Ioir,  Mar,  and  that  this 
variously  spelled  name  comes  from  the  Gaelic  word  mhor,  or  mor, 
signifying  '  renowned,  famous,  a  mighty  one.'  The  mere  fact  that 
the  Moors  and  Morrisons  have  a  common  crest,  three  Moors'  heads, 
is  strong  presumjitive  evidence  in  its  favor,  and  shows  that  there 
Avas  a  connection  between  the  two  families." 

Under  date  of  March  11,  1880,  he  writes,  "If  the  name  is 
derived  from  the  Gaelic  mhor,  or  mor*  as  I  think  it  is,  it  must 
have  been  formed  from  that  word  after  the  persons  bearing  the 
name  of  Moor,  etc.,  had  ceased  to  be  Gaels,  and  become  either 
Norsemen  or  Saxons,  and  used  one  of  these  languages.  The 
Gaelic  for  son  is  mac,  while  son  is  both  Norse  and  Saxon.  It 
is  clear  to  my  mind  that,  like  Johnson,  Allison,  and  many  other 
names,  this  name  means  the  son  of  somebody,  —  whether  of  Mary, 
Moore,  or  Maurice  can  hardly  be  asserted  with  confidence;  but 
the  fact  that  the  Moors,  and  not  the  Morrises,  have  the  same 
crest  as  the  Morrisons,  plainly  points  in  that  direction  for  the 
ancestry  of  the  name.  The  name  as  originally  written  in  Saxon, 
or  in  Saxon-English,  would  be  Moores-son,  or  Mores-son;  or  if 
the  h  of  the  Gaelic  were  retained,  Mhores-son,  the  Saxon  genitive, 

*  "In  the  old  Norse,  or  Icelandic,  language,  mor  means  a  swarm,  a 
shoal."  — N.  H.  M. 


22 


HISTORY    OF    THE   MORISONS. 


our  possessive,  being  es.  Tliis  is  by  far  the  most  regular,  the 
most  simple,  the  most  natural,  and,  taking  the  crest  into  account, 
the  most  probal)le  origin  of  tlie  name.  'The  Saxon  language  was 
well  establislied  in  England  and  the  Lowlands  of  Scotland  in  the 
ninth  century.  In  Xorse,  the  name  would  be  ]Moors-son,  Mors- 
son,  Mhors-son,  tlie  genitive  being  formed  in  s  without  the  e.'" 

COATS    OF   ARMS. 

The  arms  as  borne  by  different  brandies  of  the  IVIorison  family, 
as  given  in  Burke's  Heraldic  Dictionary :  — 

3forison  (Dersay,  Co.  of  Fife,  Scotland).  —  Azure  (blue); 
three  Saracen  heads  conjoined  in  one  neck,  ]iroper,  the  faces 
looking  to  the  chief  (front) ;  dexter  and  sinister  sides  (both 
sides)  of  the  shield.     Motto,  I*retio  prudentia  praestat. 


c5&:iSiCSs> 


MORISON. 


Morison  (Lyon  Register).  —  The  same,  with  two  falcons'  heads 
couped;  azure;  in  the  flanks  a  serpent  issuing,  proper.  Motto, 
Pretio  prudentia  praestat. 

3Iorison  (Bogney,  Scotland).  —  The  same  as  of  Dersay,  with 
the  uppermost  head  affixed  by  a  wreath  to  the  otlier  two. 

Morison  (Preston  Grange,  Scotland). — New  Register.  Argent 
(silver  or  white) ;  three  Moors'  lieads  coujied,  sable  two,  and  one 
banded  of  the  first.  Crests:  thi-ee  Saracen  heads,  as  in  the  arms 
of  Morison  of  Dersay.     Motto,  Pretio  prudentia  praestat. 

Morison.  —  Argent  (silver);  a  fesse  gules  (red)  between  three 
Moors'  heads,  sable,  banded  of  the  second.  Crest:  three  jNFoors' 
heads  conjoined  in  one  neck,  proper,  one  looking  upward,  the 
other  two  to  the  dexter  and  sinister.     Motto,  Prtidentia  pnaestat. 

Morison.,  or  Morrison  (Cashiobury,  Co.  Hertfordsliire,  as  borne 
by  Sir  Charles  Morrison,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  created  a  Baronet 
in  1611.  Ilis  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth  married  Arthur,  Lord 
Capel,  and  was  motlier  of  Arthur,  first  earl  of  Essex). — Arms, 


COATS    OF   ARMS.  23 

Or  (goldt'ii),  on  a  chief,  gules   (red),  three  oluiplets  of  the  field. 
Crest:  a  Pegasus,  or  (golden). 

"Old  John  (Tuillini  says,  writing  two  liundred  years  before 
Burke,  who  seems  to  have  co])ied  him  almost  word  for  Avord: 
'Azure;  three  Saracen  heads  conjoined  in  one  neck,  proper,  the 
faces  looking  towanls  the  chief,  dexter  and  sinister  sides,  by  the 
name  of  Morison.'  ((luillim's  Heraldry,  p.  251.)  He  seen'is  to 
imply  that  what  is  called  the  Dorsey  Morison's  arms  belonged  to 
Hhe  name  of  JLorison.' ^'' * 

Nisbet  Heraldry,  Vol.  I,  p.  262,  says:  "Those  of  the  name  of 
Moir  and  Morison  carry  three  Moores'  heads,  relative  to  their 
name." 

Papworth,  Armorials,  p.  935,  says,  "Moor  or  Moir  of  Scotstown 
and  Murison,  have  three  Moores'  heads  argent.  These  heads  are 
placed  one  on  top  of  the  other  two,  looking  u}iward."  By  inijdi- 
cation  it  would  show  a  connection  between  the  families  of  Moor 
and  Morison. 

The  motto,  "Pretio  prudentia  praestat,"  P'airbain  translates: 
"Prudence  excels  reward."  See  Fairbain's  Crests.  Elwin,  in  his 
Handbook  of  Mottoes,  translates  it,  ''Prudence  is  better  than 
profit."  In  Washbourne's  Family  Crests,  the  translation  is, 
"Prudence  is  better  than  riches."  '■'■Prudentia  comes  from  pro 
and  video,  to  see  before,  to  look  ahead.  This  quality  of  mind  is 
what  we  call  long-headed,  and  is  thoroughly  Scotch.  By  coining 
an  expressive  word  I  would  translate  it,  Long-headedness  is  above 
price."  This  translation  by  Dr.  N.  H.  Morison  will,  I  think,  be 
acceptable  to  most  Morrisons. 

It  is  claimed  that  these  arms  and  crest  were  bestowed  upon  a 
Morison  in  the  war  of  the  Crusades  for  some  deed  of  daring,  by 
the  English  king,  Kichard  I  (Canir  de  Lion).  In  this  connection, 
and  relative  to  both  crest  and  name,  I  will  give  an  extract  of  a 
letter  from  Dr.  N.  H.  Morison,  of  Baltimore,  under  date  of  March 
11,  1880.  "The  form  of  the  crest — three  Moors'  heads  —  is 
pretty  strong  presumptive  evidence  that  it  came  from  some 
incident  or  incidents  connected  with  the  Crusades.  Where  else 
could  the  Gaels  of  Scotland  have  come  in  contact  with  the 
Moors'?  Men  did  not  travel  in  those  days,  and  ordinary  wars 
were  petty  affairs,  usually  between  neighboring  chiefs.  Fynes 
Moryson  was  the  greatest  traveller  of  the  sixteenth  century, — 
his  'Itinerary  Through  Ten  Kingdoms'  being  the  most  reliable 
and  thorough  account  of  the  countries  he  visited  during  ten  years 
of  laborious  travel.  I  should  hardly  look  for  the  name,  then, 
before  the  Crusades;  both  on  account  of  its  composition  having 
the  Saxon  son  in  it,  and  on  account  of  this  crest,  probably 
derived  from  some  ancestor  of  the  Moore  family." 

At  different  times,  other  arms  have  been  granted,  different 
from  those  given,  and  which   it  is  useless  to  mention. 

*  From  letter  of  N.  H.  Morison,  ll.  d.,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  elated  April, 
1880. 


24  HISTonV    OF    THE    M0RIS0N8. 

The  Morrison  family  is  (1880)  well  represented  in  the  various 
professions  and  in  polities  in  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland. 

In  the  county  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  a  number  are  wealthy 
landowners. 

D.  Morrison,  ll.  t>.,  Rector  of  Glasgow  Academy. 

A.  Morrison,  ll.  d.,  Princii)al  of  Scotch  College,  Melbourne, 
Australia. 

Hon.  C.  Morrison,  m.  p.,  London,  England. 

Many  of  tlie  name  ai-e  clergymen. 

FIRST    MORISONS    IN   AMERICA. 

There  have  been  many  emigrations  of  Morisons  to  America. 
From  the  most  authentic  sources  I  find  nine  persons  of  the  name 
who  emigrated  to  this  country  previous  to  A.  T>.  1700. 

1635.  Elizabeth  Morrison,  .ijiecl  12  years;  came  in  the  ship  "Planter," 
in  the  famil.y  of  George  Giddings,  from  Hertford.shire,  Eng. 

1635.  William  Morrison,  aged  2'd;  emljarked  in  the  "Peter  Bonaventnrc," 
of  London,  bound  for  the  Barbadoes. 

1635,  .Vug.  21.     Robert  IMorrison  embarked  for  Virginia  at  S.  Severne.Eng. 

1G65.  Previous  to  this  year,  a  Mr.  Morrison  was  Governor  of  Virginia 
for  one  year. 

1670.  Prior  to  this  year,  Richard  Morrison,  Esq.,  was  appointed  to  the 
ofiice  of  Captain  or  Keeper  of  the  Castle  of  Point  Comfort,  Va. 

1670,  March  10.  Hans  Morrison  received  a  patent,  given  at  Fort  James, 
N.  Y.,  of  lands  at  White  Claj^  Creek,  Del.,  where  liis  descend- 
ants still  live. 

1677.  Robert  Morrison,  who  departed  this  life  the  10th  of  May,  1G77. 
Probate  Records  of  Rockingham  Co.,  N.  H. 

168.T.  The  name  of  Richard  Mori.son  appears  on  the  court  records  of 
Rockingham  Co.,  N.  H. 

1600.     Andrew  Moirison  v/as  in  New  Haven,  Conn. 

161)0.  IJaniel  Morrison  was  a  settler  of  Newbury,  Mass.  (See  Coffin's 
Ilistorv  of  Ncwburv.) 

1710,  Feb.  19.  Silence  Hall,  of  Guilford,  Conn.,  married  Abraham  Mor- 
rison. .^ 

1718.  James,  John,  and  Ilalbert  IMoiison  emigrated  from  the  North  of 
Ireland,  and  landed  in  Boston.  The  settlement  of  Londonderry, 
N.  II.,  commenced  in  171'.).  The  lirst  two  located  in  London- 
derry in  1719. 

1710.  Halljert  Morison  located  at  "  Shcepscot,"  Me.,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Casco  Bay,  and  removed  to  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  m  1735.  He 
was  the  son  of  John  Morison,  who  died  in  1736. 

1721.  Samuel,  David,  and  Robert  Morison  were  in  Londonderrj^  N.  H., 
and  signed  the  petition  for  a  charter. 

1720-23.  John  Morison  and  his  four  children  by  his  last  wife  emigrated 
to  Londonderry.     He  died  1736,  aged  108  (?)' years. 

1726.  William  Morrison  landed  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  settled  in  Notting- 
ham, N.  H.,  1727. 

1730.     Samuel  Morison,  Jr.,  settled  in  Londonderry. 

Since  that  time  emigrations  have  been  numerous,  and  the 
descendants  of  these  emigrants  are  scattered  over  the  United 
States  and   Canada, 


CHAPTER    II. 

Traditions  of  the  Monrtisoxs  (Clan  Mac  GiiiLLKMnuiRE),  Herepi- 
TARY  Judges  of  Lewis,  by  Capt.  F.  W.  L.  Tiioaias,  II.  N.,  Vice- 
President  OF  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland;*  and 
A  History  of  the  Descendants  of  the  Last  "  Hereditary 
Judge,"  to  1880,  rewritten,  from  Authentic  Sources,  by  the 
AuTHOU  OF  THIS  Book. 


TRADITIONS    OF   THE   MORKISONS. 

A  LETTEK  coinmunieated  to  the  "  Athenseum,"  in  March,  18GG, 
contained  some  accomit  of  tlie  Lewis  Clans  founded  on  oral  tra- 
dition. Since  then  I  have  collected  much  additional  information 
concerning  them,  either  from  printed  books  and  MSS.,  or  from 
notices  supplied  to  me  by  residents  on  the  island. 

In  the  letter  to  the  "Athenagum"  it  was  stated,  on  tlie  author- 
ity of  those  around  me,  that  time  out  of  mind  Lewis  had  been 
inhabited  by  three  confederated  clans,  the  Macleods,  the  Mor- 
risons,! and  the  Macaulays.  This  statement  is  confirmed  in  a 
"Description  of  the  Lewis,  by  John  Morisone,t  indweller  there," 
which  is  inferred  to  have  been  written  between  1678  and  1088. 
The  "•Indweller"  states:  "The  first  and  most  ancient  inhabitants 
of  this  countrie  were  three  men  of  three  several  races,  viz.  Mores, 
the  sone  of  Kennanus,  whom  the  Irish  §  historians  call  Makurich, 
whom  they  make  to  be  son  to  one  of  the  kings  of  Norovay,  some 
of  whose  posteritie  remains  in  the  land  to  this  day.     All  the  Mor- 

*  In  this  cliapter  I  have  copied  nearly  the  whole  of  Captain  Thomas's 
pamphlet,  omittinsi;  such  portions  as  were  not  essential  to  the  narrative. 

fli.  Chambers  has,  under  the  heading  of  "Familj^  Characteristics,"  in 
his  "  Popular  Rhymes  of  Scotland," — "The  Manly  Morrisons.  This  is, 
or  was,  especially  applicable  to  a  family  which  had  been  settled  for  a  long 
period  at  Woodend,  in  the  parish  of  Kirkmichael,  in  Dumfriesshire,  and 
become  remarkable  for  the  handsomeness  of  its  cadets "  (Collected 
Works,  vol.  vii,  p.  97).  It  is  still  applicable  to  the  Morrisons  of  the 
Outer  Hebrides. 

I  P^roni  internal  evidence  it  can  be  proved  tliat  the  "Description"  was 
written  after  1678,  and  probably  before  1G88.  He  speaks  of  the  destruc- 
tion of  Stornoway  Castle,  which  took  place  in  1G54,  as  having  "lately" 
occurred.  The  writer  was  intimately  acquainted  with  Lewis  ;  when  young, 
there  were  only  three  people  in  Lewis  who  knew  the  alphabet,  but  when 
he  wrote,  the  head  of  the  family  at  least  was  usually  able  to  read  and 
write.  The  author  was  probably  the  Rev.  John  Morrison,  sometime  min- 
ister of  Urray,  son  of  John  Morrison  of  Bragar,  and  father  of  the  Rev. 
John  Morrison,  minister  of  Petty. 

§  This  means  the  Gaelic,  or  Highland  Scotch,  historians.  —  P2d. 


26  TltADITloXS    OF    THE    MORRISONS. 

risons  in  Scotland  may  chalk'nge  their  descent  from  this  man. 
The  second  was  Iskair  JMac  Aiday,  an  Irishman,*  whose  posteritie 
remain  likewise  to  this  day  in  the  Lews.  The  third  was  Mac- 
naicle,  whose  only  danghter,  Torquile,  the  first  of  that  name  (and 
sone  to  Clandins  the  son  of  Oliphens,  who  likewise  is  said  to 
be  the  King  of  Norvay  his  sone),  did  violently  esponse,  and  cut 
off  immediately  the  whole  race  of  Maknaicle,  and  possessed  him- 
self of  the  whole  Lews,  and  continneth  in  his  i)Osteritie  (Macleod 
LeAvs),  dnring  thirteen  or  fourteen  generations,  and  so  extinct 
before,  or  at  least  about  1600."  f 

Such  was  the  tradition  of  the  origin  of  the  ruling  families  in 
the  seventeenth  century,  and  it  is  first  to  be  noted  that  the  writer 
uses  "Irish"  and  "Irishman,"  where  we  should  now  write  "Gaelic" 
and  "Gael." 

With  regard  to  the  Macleods,  the  tradition  is  general  that  that 
family  got  dominion  in  Lewis  by  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  Mac 
Nicol;  but  while  willing  to  believe  that  Torqixil  increased  his 
superiority  by  such  marriage,  I  have  shown  in  the  Memoir  on 
LcAvis  Place-names  that  Thormod  Thorkelson  was  in  Lewis,  with 
wife,  men,  and  goods,  in  1'231 ;  and  that  the  clan-name,  Leod,  is  in 
all  probability  derived  fi-om  Liotulfr^  who  was  a  chief  in  Lewis 
in  the  middle  of  the  twelfth  century.  % 

Of  the  Morrisons,  it  is  strange  that  the  "Indweller,"  himself  a 
Morrison,  should  have  ignored  what  he  would  have  called  the 
"  Irish "  §  name  of  his  clan,  which  is  from  Gille-Mhidre,  i.  e. 
servant  of  Mary;  from  Gille^  i.  e.  a  servant,  etc.,  and  More, 
i.  €.  Mary.  A  Morrison  in  Gaelic  is  3Iac  Ghillemhiiire,  some- 
times shortened  to  Gillmore,  Gilmour;  or  translated  Morrison, 
Maryson;  or  reduced  to  Milraore,  Miles,  Myles.  The  Morrisons 
are  a  numerous  clan  in  Lewis,  where,  in  1861,  they  numbered 
1402,  or  one  fifteenth  of  the  Avhole  population;  in  Harris  there 
were  530,  equal  to  one  seventh  of  the  inhabitants.  These  num- 
bers indicate  a  domination  in  the  island  of  many  centuries. 

There  is  no  real  tradition  of  their  original  settlement  in  Lewds, 
except  that  the  founder  was  the  inevitable  son  of  the  King  of 
Lochlann ;  but  one  remarkable  genealogy  of  Macleod  makes  Gille- 
niuire  to  have  been  the  father  of  Leod ;  and  before  Raice  (Rooke) 
and  Olbair  (Ulf  ?)  the  Hewer,  we  have  another  Gillemuire.  It  is 
added  that  Eahja  fhoU-alainn,  i.e.  Ealga  of  the  Beautiful  Hair, 
daughter  of  Arailt  Mac  Semmair,  King  of  Lochlainn,  was  the 
mother  of  (Tcillemuire."  || 

I  learn  from  Mr.  Skene  that  the  serfs  or  tenants  on  lands  belong- 
ing to  a  church  or  monastery  dedicated  to  the  Vii'gin  would  be 
called  the  Gillies  of  Mary;  hence  the  origin  of  the  name;  but  in 
process  of  time  it  is  evident  that  such  names  as  Gillemuire  were 
used  as  proper  names,  and  without  any  reference  to  office  or 
employment.     Although   Petrie  says  that  no  Irish  churches  were 

*  A  Gaol.  t  Spot.  Mis.,  vol.  ii,  p.  341. 

X  Pro.  Soc.  Ant.  Scot.,  vol.  xi,  p.  507.  §  Gaelic. 

II  Ulst.  Jour.  Arch.,  vol.  ix,  p.  320. 


HEREDITARY    JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  27 

dedicated  to  the  Virgin  before  the  twelfth  century,*  there  are 
notices  of  Maehuaire,  son  of  Ainbitli,  at  A.  D.  919,  f  and  of  Mael- 
niuire,  son  of  Eocliaidh,  abbot-bislio]i  of  Armagh,  at  A.  D.  1020.$ 
Nor,  although  the  name  is  Gaelic,  is  it  to  be  inferred  that  the 
possessor  was  of  pure  Gaelic  descent,  but  rather  that  he  was  one 
of  tlie  Gall-Gael,  or  mixed  race  of  Northmen  and  Gael  who  peo- 
pled the  towns  and  shores  of  Ireland  and  the  western  islands  and 
coasts  of  Scotland.  For  Maelmaire,  sister  of  Sitric,  King  of 
Dublin,  is  on  record  circa  10G(i;§  and,  before  the  conquest  of  Ire- 
land, in  1130,  Mac  (4ille  j\[aire,  son  of  Allgoirt  of  Port  Lairge 
(Waterford),  the  best  foreigner  {Gall)  that  was  in  Eirinn,  was 
slain.  II 

In  Ireland  there  was  a  Clan  Mac  Ghillemuire  settled  in  Lecale 
{Leth-Cathal),  County  Down.  On  July  7,  1244,  Henry  III 
requests,  among  others,  that  Mac  Gillemuri  himself,  and  with 
his  forces,  will  join  the  Justiciary  of  Ireland  about  to  depart 
for  Scotland:  — 

The  King  to  [Mac  Gillemuri].  Thanks  him  for  the  good 
service  he  is  prepared  to  render.  As  Alexander,  King  of 
Scotland,  has  made  peace,  [Mac  Gillemuri]  may  return  to  his 
own  country,  but  the  king  prays  he  may  be  ready  for  service  H 
the  ensuing  summei'.  (For  further  notices  of  the  Clan  Mac 
Ghillemhuire,  see  Reeves''   "Ecc.  Antiquities,"  p.  339.) 

The  chief  of  the  Clan  Morrison,  whose  dwelling  was  at  Ilabost, 
Ness,  was  hereditary  judge  or  brieve  {JBreitheatnh)  of  Lewis, 
and  continiied  to  hold  the  office  till  the  beginning  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  The  only  record  of  his  judgeshi])  is  that  given 
by  Sir  R.  Gordon,  who,  under  the  rubric  of  "What  the  office 
of  a  Breive  is  among  the  ilanders,"  **  states  that  "The  Breive  is 
a  kind  of  judge  amongst  the  islanders,  who  hath  an  absolute 
judicatorie,  vnto  whose  authoritie  and  censure  they  willinglie 
submitt  themselves,  when  he  determinetli  any  debatable  question 
betuein  ])artie  and  ]>artie."  In  former  times  there  was  a  brieve  in 
every  island,  and  lie  had  one  eleventh  of  every  subject  that  was 
in  dis]>ute,  but  from  whom  there  was  an  appeal  to  the  chief 
judge  in  Islay.ft  Very  exaggerated  notions  remain  of  the  extent 
of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Brieve  of  Lewis.  One  writer  asserts 
that  it  was  a  venerable  institution  that  had  stood  for  many  ages, 

*  Round  Towers,  p.  173.  "The  dedications  to  St.  Mary  in  Scotland 
came  iu  long  before  the  twelfth  century,  as  early  as  the  sixth." — W.  F. 
Skene 

t  Todd's  "Wars  of  the  Gaedhil  with  the  Gaill,"  p.  xci. 

X  lb.,  p.  clxxxix. 

§  lb.,  p.  cxlix. 

y  "  Chron.  Scot.,"  p.  334.  And  I  have  seen  in  a  history  of  Waterford 
a  mandate  of  protection  from  Henry  II  or  III  to  Mac  Gillvore  and  the 
other  Danes  there,  —  i)nt  have  lost  the  reference. 

1[  Cal.  Doc.  Irehtnd,  p   4()5. 

**  Sir  R.  Gordon,  "Earl  of  Snth.,"  p.  2G8,  The  Snpp.  to  the  Conflict  of 
the  Clans,  has,  after  "themselfs,"  "and  never  doe  appeal  from  his  sentence 
quhen  he  determineth,"  etc.,  p.  12. 

ttColl.  De  Reb.  Alb.,  p.  297. 


28  TI.'ADITIONS    OF    THE    MORRISONS. 

and  that  the  jurisdiction  extended  over  the  Hebrides  from  Islav 
to  the  Butt  of  Lewis,  and  on  the  opposite  coast  to  the  Ord  of 
Caithness;  another,  that  he  was  invested  by  His  Majesty  as  judge 
arbiter  from  Cape  Wrath  to  the  Mull  of  Kintyre,  and  was  abso- 
lute in  his  jurisdiction.  * 

It  is  probable  that  the  Brieve  in  Lewis  represented  the  log-maor 
of  Norse  domination,  and  that  in  the  progress  of  time  the  office 
changed  from  that  of  law-man  or  speaker-of-the-law  at  the  ^jm^, 
or  i)opular  assembly,  to  that  of  Domandi^  or  administrator  of 
justice.  In  the  Isle  of  Man  the  Deem)<ttr  held  an  office  of  great 
anti<piity.  He  was  judge  in  cases  of  life  and  death,  as  well  as 
in  the  most  trifling  contentions.  His  presence,  whether  in  liouse 
or  field,  on  horseback  or  on  foot,  constituted  a  court ;  his  decisions 
were  guided  either  by  what  he  could  remember  of  like  cases,  or 
by  his  sense  of  justice,  and  this  lex  non  scripta  was  called  "breast- 
law."  On  assuming  office  he  swore  that  he  would  administer 
justice  between  man  and  man  as  evenly  as  the  back-bone  of  the 
herring  lies  between  the  two  sides  of  the  fish.  Wherever  the 
deemster  Avas  present,  the  aggrieved  jiaity  could  lug  his  op]>onent 
before  him.  The  ])laintiff  placed  his  foot  u])on  that  of  the 
defendant,  and  held  it  there  till  judgment  was  pronounced. 
Both  in  Lewis  and  in  Man  the  decision  seems  to  have  been 
accepted  without  reserve. 

On  the  20th  May,  1527,  King  James  addressed  a  letter  to 
*'  Oure  Breff  of  Inuerness,"  where  "breff "  is  synonymous  with 
"sheriff";  from  whence  it  may  be  inferred  that  the  vice-comes  of 
Skye,  named  in  the  Chronicle  of  Man,  was  the  brieve  of  that  island. 
How  the  office  of  law-man  Avas  abused  un4er  Scottish  tyranny  in 
Shetland  may  be  seen  in  Balfour's  "Oppressions";  but  in  Lewis, 
owing  to  its  remote  situation,  the  brieve  appears  to  have  exercised 
his  ancient  jurisdiction  without  interference.  It  is  very  doubtful 
if  ever  a  brieve  of  Lewis  could  have  spoken  a  Avord  of  English, 
and  as  the  Scots  Acts  of  Parliament  have  not  been  translated 
into  Gaelic,  the  decisions  of  the  judge  can  never  have  had  any 
relation  to  them.  Before  the  utter  confusion  into  which  the 
country  fell  toAvards  the  close  of  the  sixteenth  century,  the 
brieve  of  LcAvis,  like  the  bard  of  Clanranald,  may  haAe  leceived 
some  education  in  Gaelic;  but  in  any  case  Ave  have  ample  proof 
that  he  exercised  his  office  most  nnsparingly,  for  there  are  fcAv 
islands  or  districts  in  Avhich  the  Cnoc  na  Chroiche,  or  GalloAvs 
Hill,t  is  not  a  conspicuous  feature.  With  the  judge,  says  Dr. 
Mac  Ivor,  perished  the  different  records  of  the  Lewis,  and  of  the 
countries  OA'er  wliich  he  had  jurisdiction,   except   a  fcAV   memo- 

*  See  also  0.  S.  A.,  vol.  vi,  p.  292. 

t  There  is  a  Gallows  Hill  at  Knecp,  Uis;  at  Shawhost,  Barvas  ;  another 
near  Stornoway;  a  Cnoc  na  Chroiche  at  Scalpay,  Harris;  and  the  i)lace 
where  a  jjallows  stood  is  pointed  out  at  llodil,  Harris.  A  boat's  mast 
seems  to  have  often  been  used  to  hoist  up  a  man  instead  of  a  sail,  or  the 
mast  upon  which  the  victim  was  snspended  was  laid  across  a  rift  between 
rooks.  Gallows  Hill  is  a  common  name  in  the  Orkneys  and  in  the  Shet- 
land island.s. 


HEREDITARY    JUDGES    OF    EEWIS.  29' 

raiida,  or  rather  scraj)t<,*  retained  by  some  of  the  judge's  de- 
scendants who  esca])ed  the  fury  of  the  Macleods. 

The  "  Indweller  "  is  only  partially  correct  in  stating  that  Ken- 
nanus  Makurich,  ?'.  e.  Cain  Macvurich  {Cathan  Mac  Mhurich), 
was  tlie  first  Morrison  in  Lewis ;  for  the  current  tradition  through- 
out the  island  is  that  the  heiress  of  the  Morrisons,  having  deter- 
mined she  would  only  marry  with  a  Morrison,  Cain,  who  was  a 
Macdonald  from  Ardnamurchan,  passed  himself  off  for  a  Mor- 
rison, became  husband  of  the  lady,  and  consequently  brieve  also. 
The  Harris  Morrisons  claim  to  be  of  the  original  stock.  The 
North  Uist  historian  of  the  Sleat  Macdonalds  (Hugh  Macdonald) 
states  that  "Reginald  married  a  brother's  son  of  his  grandfather's 
to  an  heiress  of  the  name  of  the  Morrisons  in  the  Lewis";  and 
that  lieginald  was  killed  by  the  Earl  of  Ross  in  134G.t 

It  is  further  stated  that  Angus  Oig,  of  Islay,  married  a  daughter 
of  Guy  O'Kaine  in  Ireland  ;$  and  this  is  confirmed  by  Mac  Firbis, 
who  writes  that  the  mother  of  John  Mac  Angus  of  Islay  was 
Ai/ie,  daughter  of  Cumliaighe  W  Cathain.  §  In  this  wav  the 
name  of  Cain  has  been  introduced  —  if  it  was  not  there  before  — 
into  the  Clan  Macdonald,  and  through  them  it  has  been  continued 
as  a  family  name  among  the  Morrisons  to  the  present  day. 

The  conclusion  to  be  drawn  is  that  Kennanus  Makurich,  i.  e. 
Cain  Macvurich,  who  was  adopted  into,  and  from  whom  descended 
the  leading  family  of  the  Morrisons  of  Ness,  was  the  son  of  Murdo, 
son,  or  rather  grandson,  of  John  the  Bold,  founder  of  the  family 
of  Ardnamurchan;  and  that  the  marriage  took  place  not  long 
before  1346. 

I  am  told  that  the  badge  of  the  Morrisons  is  "drift-wood,"  of 
which  a  great  quantity  is  driven  upon  the  west  coast  of  Lewis. 
The  Lewis  Avord  for  drift-wood  is  sgoid;  hence,  in  derision,  a 
Morrison  will  be  told  that  he  has  a  "skate"  (sgait,  Gae.)  for  a 
baby.  || 

Besides  the  district  of  Ness,  the  Morrisons  were  dominant  in- 
the  district  of  Diurness,  in  Lord  Reay's  country.  The  tradition 
of  their  settlement  there  is  that  Ay  Mac  Hormaid  (Aodh  Mac 
T/iormoid),  a  Morrison  from  Lewis,  who  was  a  handsome  and 
good-looking  fellow,  went  for  a  cargo  of  meal  to  Thurso,  and  there 
married  the  daughter  (or  the  sister)  of  the  Bishop  of  Caithness, 
who  bestowed  upon  the  young  couple  the  whole  of  Diurness,  with 
Ashir.Tf     Ay  Morrison  "brought  over  with  him  from  Lewis  a  col- 

*  Those  scraps  were  part  of  a  MS.  History  of  the  Mackeuzies,  called 
by  Donald  Gregory  the  Letterfearn  MS.  Morrison's  "Traditions  of 
Lewis"  contains  what  is  probably  a  copy  of  those  scraps. 

t  Coll.  De  Reb.  Alb.,  p.  1:92.         J  lb.,  p.  29-1. 

§  Hill's  "  Macdonnclls  of  Antrim,"  p.  375.  137G,  Cumoighe  O'Kane, 
Lord  of  Oireacht  O'Kane  (Derry),  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  English  at 
the  port  of  Coleraine,  and  sent  prisoner  in  fetters  to  Carrickfergns. — 
Conne.llan's  "  Four  Masters.'' 

II  Or,  for  a  wife.  Sgoid  is  undoubtedly  a  survival  of  the  Norse  Skid,  a 
log  of  timber.     '■'■  Sgnid-chladaich,"  Gael.,  a  shore  [i.e.  drift]  log. 

t  Now  foolishly  corrupted  to  "Old  Shores." 


30  TliADITIONS    OF   THE   MORRISONS. 

ony  of  no  less  than  sixty  families,  mostly  of  his  own  name,  to 
whom  he  o-ave  lands  n^^on  his  property;  hence  it  is  that  the 
name  of  Morrison  is  ]>revalent  in  these  parts,  for  thongh  the 
property  has  fallen  into  other  hands,  the  stock  of  the  inhabitants 
remains."  * 

In  1518,  Mac  Ian  of  Ardnamnrchan  was  killed;!  the  Uist  his- 
torian says  that  he  fled  for  the  s])ace  of  a  mile,  but  was  over- 
taken by  Mr.  (/.  e.  the  Master  or  Heir)  Allan  Morrison,  and  killed 
by  the  Laird  of  Raisay.l 

In  1546-47,  March  '^2,  there  is  a  remission  to  "Rorie  M'Cleud 
of  the  Lewis,"  and  some  of  his  clan,  for  treasonable  assistance 
given  to  "Mathew,  formerly  Earl  of  Lennox,"  §  among  whom  is 
"William  M'hucheon,"  prol^ably  a  son  of  the  brieve. 

In  1551,  July  23,  Patrick  Davidson  is  paid  £10  by  the  king's 
treasurer  that  he  may  go  to  the  Lewis  to  charge  "M'Cleude  of  the 
Lewis  and  Hucheon  of  the  Lewis  to  come  to  my  Lord  Governor 
[Arran]  at  the  aire  at  Inverness."  ||  This  is  Hucheon  Morrison, 
brieve  or  judge  of  Lewis,  who  was  indirectly  the  cause  of  the 
ruin  of  the  Siol  Torquil. 

The  Mackenzie  faction,  having  failed  to  gain  Lewis,  left  the 
Morrisons  ex|)Osed  to  the  vengeance  of  the  Macleods  for  their 
treachery  to  Torquil  Du.  The  oligarchic  Sir  R.  Gordon  cannot 
imagine  that  the  ties  of  lilood  should  be  sujK'rior  to  fealty  to  a 
chief.  About  this  time  the  Morrisons  fortified  themselves  in  Dun 
Eystein,  at  Ness. 

Dun  Eystein  is  a  natural  stronghold  at  the  north  end,  or  Ness, 
of  Lewis,  in  the  townland  of  Cnoc  Aird,  to  which  the  Morrisons 
were  wont  to  retire  Avhen  hard  pressed  or  in  times  of  Avar.  It  is 
a  flat,  cliffy  island,  of  a  somewhat  oval  shape,  about  75  yards  long 
and  50  yards  broad,  and  is  separated  from  the  mainland  by  a  nar- 
row, perpendicular  ravine,  through  which  the  sea  fiows  at  high 
water.  The  ravine  is  between  30  and  40  feet  broad,  and  the  same 
in  height.  The  remains  of  a  strong  Avail  folloAv  the  edge  of  the 
cliff  on  the  landAvard  side  of  the  island,  and  through  the  wall 
there  are  said  to  haA-e  been  squints  or  loopholes  for  obserA'ation 
and  defence. 

ToAvards  the  northeast  corner  of  the  island  is  a  dun  or  castle, 
sometimes  called  7^ig/i  nam  Arm,  or  the  House  of  Arms,  now  but 
4 5  feet  high.  The  outside  of  the  dun  is  an  oblong  square,  23  by 
18  feet;  and  this  basement  is  nearly  solid,  for  the  central  area, 
which  is  of  an  oval  shape,  is  only  6^  by  4^  feet,  and  there  is  no 
appearance  of  any  doorway.  The  entrance  or  doorAvay  Avas  no 
doubt  at  the  height  of  the  first  floor,  similar  to  a  cKm  in  Taransay. 
The  walls  are  of  dry-stone  masonry,  but  that  is  no  proof  of  age 
in  this  part  of  the  country.     When  exiiloring  the  ruins,  the  Rev. 

*  0.  S.  A.,  A'ol.  vi,  Edderachylis ;  Avliere  the  tradition  of  the  circum- 
stance wliicli  caused  tlie  hinds  to  be  claimed  by  the  Sutherlands  is  stated. 
t  Gresjory,  "Hist.  West.  Isles,"  p.  125. 

X  l)e  Reb.  Alb.,  p.  324.  §  Reg.  Privy  Seal.  — Greg.  Colls.  3IS. 

II  Treasurer's  Accts. — Greg.  Colls  3is. 


HEl.'KDITAKY    .JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  31 

M.  Macpliail,  who  made  the  above  measurements,  found  a  small 
piece  of  flint,  fragments  of  charcoal,  and  a  strip  of  leather  such 
as  was  used  for  making  l)rogues. 

There  are  the  remains  of  huts  ui)on  the  island  ;  and  on  the 
south  sides  is  a  flat  ledge,  called  Palla*  na  Biorlinn^  or  the  Ledge 
of  the  Galley  or  liirlin,  whei-eon  tradition  tells  that  the  uNIorrisons 
used  to  haul  u])  their  boat. 

There  is  no  tradition  of  the  Eysteinn  who  gave  his  name  to  the 
dun;  it  is  a  common  Xorse  mime. 

Many  sanguinary  battles,  still  recounted  by  tradition,  were 
fought  between  the  Macleods  and  JMacaulays  on  one  side,  and  the 
Morrisons  on  the  other.  At  last  the  Morrisons  were  forced  to 
leave  Lewis,  and  take  refuge  with  that  branch  of  their  clan  which 
was  settled  in  Duirness  and  Edderachyllis,  in  Sutherland,  where 
still,  in  1798,  the  natives  were  all,  excejit  a  few,  of  the  three  names 
of  Mac  Leay,  Morrison,  or  Macleod. 

At  that  time  there  lived  on  Eilean  S/tiandaidh  (pronounced 
Elen  Handa),  i.  e.  Sandey  or  Sand  Island,  one  of  the  family  of 
Assynt  Macleods,  named  Little  John  Mac  Donald  Vic  Hucheon, 
a  man  of  low  stature,  but  of  matchless  strength  and  skill  in  arms. 
He  and  the  brieve,  John  Morrison,  met  accidentally  in  a  house  in 
Inverkirkaig  in  Assyant.  Being  in  one  room  and  of  contrarv 
factions,  presently  they  fell  to  fighting,  when,  although  the  Brieve 
had  six  men,  and  John  of  Sandey  but  four,  the  Brieve  and  five 
of  the  Morrisons  were  killed  without  any  loss  on  the  side  of 
the  Macleods.  Sir  R.  Gordon  suggests  that  God  deprived  the 
Brieve  and  his  company  of  the  courage  or  ability  to  resist;  but 
it  must  not  be  forgotten  that  this  same  John  of  Sandey  had 
been  previously  defeated  at  Carloway,  in  Lewis,  by  the  Morrison 
faction. t 

Among  the  numerous  islands  on  the  coast  of  Edderachyllis  is 
one  called  Eilean  a  Bhritheiuih^  or  Judge's  Island;  for  after  John 
Morrison  had  been  slain,  his  friends  in  Lewis  came  in  a  galley  to 
bring  home  his  corpse  ;  but  contrary  Avinds  arising,  they  were 
driven  to  this  island,  where  they  found  it  convenient  to  disem- 
bowel the  body  and  bury  the  intestines,  and  on  the  wind  changing 
they  arrived  in  safety  at  Ness, J 

Malcolm  Mor  Mac  Ian,  who  now  succeeded  to  the  chieftainship 
of  the  Morrisons,  sought  for  John  of  Sandey,  in  order  to  revenge 
the  death  of  his  father,  when  both  ])arties  met  by  chance  in  Coy- 
geach.  They  fought;  but  John  of  Sandey,  besides  killing  most 
of  the  opposite  party,  took  Malcolm  Mor  himself  prisoner,  and 
carried  him  to  Tormod  Macleod  in  Lewis,  who  caused  him  to  be 
beheaded.     This  was  between  1601  and  1605. 


*  This  interesting:  word  is  a  survival  from  the  Norse,  and  means  iu 
Lewis  "a  grassy  ledge  iu  a  cliflF."  Cf.  Cleasbj^'s  "  Icel.  Die,"  s!<6  voce 
"  Fallr." 

t  Sir  R.  Gordon's  "Hist,  of  Earl.  Suth.,"  pp.  264,  272;  0.  S.  A.,  vol. 
vi,  pp.  292,  293. 

X  O.  S.  A.,  vol.  vi,  p.  293. 


32  TKADITIONS    OF    THE    MORRISONS. 

As  noted  above,  those  of  tl)e  Brieve's  descendants*  who  had 
escaped  the  fuiy  of  the  Macleods  took  refuge  with  the  portion 
of  their  chm  that  was  settled  in  Lord  Reay's  country.  When 
the  Mackenzies  had  gained  possession  of  Lewis,  the  relatives  of 
the  Brieve  returned  and  established  themselves  again  at  Ness. 
According  to  tradition,  John  the  Brieve,  who  was  killed  at 
Inverkarkaig,  had  four  sons,  —  Allan,  Donald,  Kenneth,  and 
Angus.  A  fifth  was  Malcolm  Mor,  who  was  beheaded  at  Storn- 
oway.  Allan  and  two  otliers  are  said  to  have  been  killed  in  a 
sea-fight  by  Neil  Macleod,  and  their  heads  were  probably  taken 
by  Neil  Macleod  to  Edinburgh,  where  he  himself  was  afterwards 
hanged.  Of  Donald  we  ap])ear  to  have  authentic  record ;  for  in 
a  commission  of  Fire  and  Sword,  dated  24th  June,  1630,  granted 
to  "Rorie  M'Kenzie  of  Cogach,  Tutor  of  Kintaill,"  and  others, 
against  the  remaining  members  of  the  Siol  Torquil,  "Donald 
M'Indowie  [Donald  IVfacillevore]  Brieff  "  is  included,  and  this  is 
the  last  notice  I  have  found  of  the  Brieve  of  Lewis. 

Donald,  along  with  some  Macleods,  is  described  as  having  been 
concerned  in  the  first  rebellion  against  the  Gentlemen  Adven- 
turers; but  it  is  difiicult  to  understand  why  a  Morrison,  whose 
clan  had  suffered  so  severely  for  having  favored  the  Mackenzies, 
was  included  in  the  commission  of  extermination.  It  is  repeatedly 
affirmed  that  the  Morrisons  assisted  the  Mackenzies  to  reduce 
Lewis,  but  a  slight  explanation  is  offered  by  one  of  the  bards,  f 
who  states  that  the  "Soldier  of  Kintail  promised  part  of  Kintail 
to  Donald,  but  never  gave  it." 

Towards  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  century,  the  whole  of 
Lewis  formed  but  two  parishes,  Barvas  and  Ey  (Stornoway). 
The  minister  of  Barvas  was  the  Rev.  Donald  Morrison,  who 
must  have  been  born  about  1620;  he  was  a  grandson  of  the  judge, 
was  bred  an  Episcopalian  minister,  but  conformed  to  Presbyteri- 
anism.  He  was  personally  knoAvn  to  Martin,  and  supplied  that 
invaluable  writer  with  information  about  North  Rona.  Mr. 
Donald  helped  to  suppress  the  sacrifice  to  Shony  X  about  1670, 

*  "  The  banker  in  Stornoway  [the  late  Mr.  Roderick  Morrison]  is  the 
seventli  or  oiijhtli  in  descent  from  the  last  of  tiiem;"  i.  e.  the  Brieves  of 
Lewis.  —  Lrtter,  Mow  John  M'iiao,  Stornoway,  Dec.  12,  18G0. 

t  Anii-ns  Ounn,  North  Dell,  Ness. 

X  This  remarkable  superstition  —  of  making  and  ofFerinff  at  Hallowmas 
to  a  supposed  sea-sod,  that  he  miuht  send  a  plentiful  supply  of  sea-weed 
on  shore,  and  which  was  supposed  to  have  been  abandoned  about  IfiTO  — 
must  have  been  the  survival  of  the  hnust-hlot,  or  autunmal  sacrificial 
feast  of  the  pa,;::an  Scandinavians;  for  Sjoni  is  a  name  derived  from  son^ 
an  atonement,  sacrifice  (of  tlie  heathen  aue).  (Cleasby's  Iced.  Die.,  pp. 
53.5,  oSd.)  OnniKh-  Sjoni  is  named  in  the  "Land-l)ok,"  pp.  7;>,  89.  But 
althoniih  the  sacriflre  to  Shony  may  have  been  repressed,  the  superstition 
only  took  another  form;  for  up  to  quite  recent  times  there  existed  an 
almOst  extinct  cu.stom  of  pioceedin^-  in  spring  to  the  end  of  a  lonu'  reef, 
and  there  invoking  '•  Brianiiil."'  "  Brianuilt,"  to  .send  a  strong  north  wind 
and  drive  plenty  of  sea-ware  on  shore  to  manure  tlie  land. 

There  seemed  little  prospect  of  makinii'  anytliing  out  of  "Brianuil, 
Brianuilt,"  until  the  Rev.  M.  Macphail  told  me  tiiat  •'  Brianuilt"  was  the 
name  of  a  saint,  and  that  his  day  was  about  the  -Gth  or  27th  of  May. 


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and  died  before  1700,  in  liis  eiolity-sixth  year.  He  was  succeeded 
in  Barvas  by  his  son,  the  Rev.  AUan  JMorrison.* 

When  Mr.  Donald  was  niinistei-  of  Barvas,  his  brother.  Rev. 
Kenneth  Morrison,  was  minister  of  Stornoway;  he  joined  Avith 
his  brother  in  suppressing  the  sacrifice  to  Shoiiy,  and  informed 
Martin  of  a  singular  method  which  lie  saw  practised  in  his 
own  church  for  exorcising  the  second  sight  from  a  "Maid."  f 
He  also  conformed  to  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Kenneth 
was  a  highly  gifted  man,  and  well  suited  to  repress  the  tur- 
moils in  Lewis  which  then  existed  between  the  Papists  and 
Protestants;  for  he  used  to  walk  from  his  manse  at  Tong  to 
the  church  at  Stornoway  with  his  sword  at  his  side,  and  when 
preaching  he  had  two  men  standing  Avith  drawn  swords  at  the 
door  of  the  church. 

The  Pa]>ists  received  great  encoin-agement  from  John  Macken- 
zie of  Assynt  (who  Avas  a  Papist),  Laird  of  Kildun,  and  uncle 
of  William,  Earl  of  Seaforth.  They  ke])t  Mr.  Kenneth  so  much 
on  the  alert  that  he  ncA^er  went  to  bed  Avithout  liaA'ing  his  SAA'ord 
lying  by  him.  On  one  occasion  the  Laird  of  Kildun  Avas  so 
exasperated  against  the  minister  tliat  he  sent  six  stout  men  to 
bring  Mr.  Kenneth  by  force  to  Aignish,  Avhere  he  then  resided. 
The  men  arrived  at  the  manse  just  as  Mr.  Kenneth  had  gone  to 
bed;  his  Avife  suspected  some  ca^I  design,  and  informed  her 
husband.  He  merely  told  her  to  send  them  up-stairs  if  they 
had  any  business  with  him.  They  were  brought  to  his  room, 
and  on  his  asking  them  Avhat  they  wanted,  they  told  him  that 
the  Laird  had  bid  them  take  him  to  Aignish.  $  He  replied,  "Oh, 
very  Avell;  let  us  first  drink  the  Laird's  health,  and  then  I  Avill  go 
witli  you."  To  this  there  Avas  no  objection.  Now  Mr.  Kenneth 
had  a  A^ery  large  "dram-horn,"  §  Avhich  Avas  only  used  on  particular 

Now,  St.  Brenden  is  AATitteu  in  Irish,  Brenainn,  and  Martin  calls  St. 
Brendan's  Cliapel  in  St.  Kilda  St.  Brianan.  His  day  is  on  tlie  IGtli  of 
May;  and  if  tliis  is  taken  as  Old  Style,  his  festival  would  be  on  the  28th 
of  May,  New  Style. 

With  regard  to  the  terminations  nil,  uilt,  I  hazard  the  conjecture  that 
they  represent  the  Gaelic  >S'eo?arf«j>  =  sailor,  voyager;  for  when  written 
phonetically,  it  is  Shulta,  and  Avhen  compounded  ulta ;  so  that  Brianuilt 
I  take  to  be  a  condensed  form  of  Breanainn-sheoladair,  i.  e.  Brendan  the 
Voyager. 

There  is  a  legend  among  the  Lewis  folk  which  implies  that  the  "  Temple" 
on  Sulasgeir  Avas  erected  by  or  dedicated  to  St.  Brendan  ;  but  tlie  inference 
is  countervailed  by  the  fact  that  the  island  is  known  as  "Bara,"  which 
surely  means  the  island  of  St.  Barr. 

*Rev.  Mr.  Gunn,  formerly  of  Lochs;  MS.  But  the  O.  S.  A.  has 
"Murdoch  "  Morrison. 

t  Martin's  "  Westei'u  Isles,"  p.  314. 

X  Aignish,  for  Egcjja-nes,  Norse=Egg-ness,  so  called  from  the  rounded 
pebbles  found  on  its  shores.  Aignish  forms  the  southeast  point  of  Loch 
Stornoway. 

§  "  Dram-horn,"  in  Gaelic  Adharc-dhrama.    The  one  I  have  is  a  section  of 
a  cow's  horn,  ?>y^  inches  high,  and  2}>-^  inches  across  the  mouth;  it  holds 
3^  fluid  ounces,  or  about  one  third  of  a  tumbler.     Hoav  large  one  might 
be  that  was  only  used  on  particular  occasions  it  Avould  be  rash  to  guess. 
3 


34  TRADITIONS    OF    THE   MORRISONS. 

occasions ;  and  it  was  now  produced.  The  men  drank  the  Laird's 
health  and  then  that  of  his  kidy.  His  Reverence  then  asked 
them  to  drink  his  own  health.  By  this  time  the  men  were  so 
exhilarated  that  they  would  drink  anybody's  health.  But  John 
Barleycorn  was  master  of  them,  and  they  were  soon  unable  to 
move  hand  or  foot.  Mr.  Kenneth  then  made  his  own  men  bind 
them  Avith  ropes  of  straw,  carry  them  to  the  boat,  ferry  them  to 
Aignish,  and  lay  them  in  the  passage  leading  to  the  Laird's  room. 
The  Laird  was  restless  from  anxiety,  and  rose  early  to  learn  what 
success  had  attended  his  adventure,  and,  on  going  out,  stumbled 
over  one  of  his  drunken  men.  They  could  give  no  account  of 
how  they  came  there,  nor  why  they  were  bound  Avith  straw  in  so 
ridiculous  a  manner.  The  Laird  said  this  was  black  Kenneth's 
doing,  and  that  he  had  ])ractised  some  trick  to  bring  them  to  that 
condition;  but  that  they  should  be  thankful  to  Mi-.  Kenneth  for 
not  having  left  them  on  the  shore  within  reach  of  the  flood. 

The  clemency  of  Mr.  Kenneth  softened  in  some  degree  the 
anger  of  the  Laird,  for  shortly  afterwards  he  wrote  to  Mr.  Ken- 
neth to  come  to  Aignish  to  have  a  discussion  on  the  merits  of 
their  respective  creeds.  Mr.  Kenneth  was  kindly  received,  and 
after  dinner  the  discussion  took  place.  Mr.  Kenneth  seems  to 
have  advanced  his  arguments  with  moderation,  and  illustrated 
them  with  amusing  stories,  by  which  the  Laird  Avas  induced  to 
assert  that  he  Avould  more  minutely  examine  into  the  doctrines  of 
his  Church.  From  that  time  the  Laird  moderated  his  zeal  for 
the  Pa])ists,  and  lived  on  good  terms  Avitli  Mr.  Kenneth. 

The  Rev.  Kenneth  Morrison  Avas  a  good  poet,  as  some  of  his 
productions  in  the  Gaelic  language  sufficiently  attest.  The  Rev. 
Aulay  Macaulay,  minister  of  Harris,  married  a  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Kenneth  Morrison. 

Mr.  Kenneth  Avas  succeeded  as  minister  of  StornoAvay  by  his 
second  cousin,  the  Rca^  Donald  Morrison,  wdiose  jiedigree  is  thus 
given :  Donald  MacRorie  Vic  Angus  Vic  Allan  3Ihic  a  Bhrei- 
theimh;  i.  e.  son  of  the  Brieve  (John  Morrison).  Mr.  Donald 
must  have  liA^ed  till  1747,  Avhen  his  successor,  the  Rev.  John 
Clark,  Avas  admitted.* 

.  It  is  told  that  Mr.  Donald  studied  at  St.  AndrcAv's,  Avhere,  hav- 
ing Avon  the  good  opinion  of  the  professors,  they  recommended 
him  to  the  notice  of  William,  Earl  Seaforth,  Avho  presented  him 
to  the  chxirch  of  StornoAA^ay.  Mr.  Donald  Avas  zealous  in  his  call- 
ing; in  no  long  time  he  married  a  lady  of  great  personal  attrac- 
tions; Seaforth,  the  young  Laird  of  Kildun,  and  many  others 
were  at  the  Avedding.  That  night  nothing  but  politics  Avere  dis- 
cussed, and  they  all  got  early  to  bed.  Seaforth  invited  Mr. 
Donald,  his  bride,  and  all  the  j^arty  to  come  next  day  to  Seaforth 
Lodge,  where  there  AA^as  a  splendid  and  cheerful  feast.  The  Rev. 
Kenneth  Macaulay,  minister  of  Harris,  but  a  LcAvis  man,  was 
present. 

*  O.  S.  A.,  vol  xix,  p.  250;  CuUoden  Papers,  p.  293. 


HEREDITARY    JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  35 

Seafortli  himself  was  a  Protestant,  but  tlie  Laird  of  Kildun  and 
some  others  were  rank  Papists,  and  they  determined  to  browbeat 
the  two  ministers.  A  smart  discussion  ensued;  but  it  is  a  Pro- 
testant who  rejwrts  the  arguments,  so  of  course  the  Protestants 
had  the  best  of  it. 

Not  long  afterwards  Mrs.  Morrison  became  unruly  in  her  family, 
when  it  was  found  out  that  the  cause  of  Mrs.  Morrison's  change 
from  better  to  worse  was  the  effect  of  spirits.  Mr.  Donald  was 
unable  to  reform  his  wife,  so  that  her  habitual  intemperance 
became  known  far  and  wide,  and  the  clergy  threatened  to  sus- 
pend him  for  not  separating  from  such  a  woman.  He  received  a 
letter  from  the  Synod  to  appear  before  it.  By  the  advice  of 
Seaforth,  he  wrote  to  his  relation,  the  Rev.  Angus  Morrison  (of 
Contin),  who  was  then  living  at  Doire-na-muic,  by  Little  Loch 
Broom.  Mr.  Angus  gave  Mr.  Donald  a  sealed  letter,  dated  1741, 
to  the  moderator  of  the  Spiod ;  but  in  spite  of  argument  the 
Synod  summoned  Mr.  Donald  before  the  General  Assembly. 
The  two  friends  went  to  Edinburgh,  and  there  engaged  the 
services  of  John  Macleod,  of  Muiravonside,  advocate.  After 
hearing  arguments  from  both  sides,  the  Assembly  decided  against 
the  Synod. 

Some  months  after  Mr.  Donald  had  returned  to  Stornoway,  on 
a  Sunday  after  coming  from  church,  he  was  reading  the  Bible, 
while  Mrs.  Morrison  was  Ijrawliug  and  annoying  all  the  family. 
But  the  minister  was  deaf  to  her  noise,  and  would  take  no  notice 
of  her.  This  so  enraged  Mrs.  Morrison  that  she  snatched  the 
Bible  off  the  table  and  threw  it  in  the  fire.  His  reverence  pre- 
served his  composure,  and,  drawing  his  chair  close  to  the  fire,  and 
warming  his  hands,  he  said,  "Well,  mistress;  this  is  the  best  fire 
I  ever  Avarmed  myself  at."  Mrs.  Morrison  gazed  at  her  husband 
and  at  the  Bible  in  the  flames;  without  saying  anything,  she 
withdrew  to  another  room,  and  from  that  hour,  to  the  joy  of  all 
around  her,  she  became  sober  and  penitent,  and  strove  daily  to 
add  to  the  comfort  of  her  husband  and  family.* 

In  1653,  Murdo  Morrison,  son  of  Allan,  son  of  the  brieve 
(John),  was  tacksman  of  Gress.  He  had  three  sons, — John, 
subsequently  known  as  the  tacksman  of  Bragar,  Allan,  and 
Murdo. 

On  the  10th  August,  1653,  Colonel  Corbett,  of  the  Roundhead 
army,  took  possession  of  the  peninsula  on  which  the  town  of 
Stornoway  now  stands;  and  having  had  the  arms  of  the  ])lace 
delivered  up  to  him,  he  fortified  the  point  and  left  Major  Crispe 
as  governor  of  Lewis,  with  six  companies  of  soldiers,  two  great 
guns,  and  four  sling  pieces.  On  31st  January,  1654,  a  strange 
report  reached  Edinburgh,  that  Seaforth  had  with  1,400  men 
stormed  the  fort  of  Stornoway  and  taken  it.  But  on  the  14th 
February,  1654,  more  certain  information  arrived  there,  and  "the 
business  of  Lewis  was  thus :     Xonnan  [recte  John]  Macloud  [of 

*  Morrison's  "Triiditions  of  Lewis." 


36  TRADITIONS    OF    THE   MORRISONS. 

Rasy,  and  neplicw  of  Seafortli],  with  four  or  live  hundred  men, 
landed  in  the  Lewis  Island  [at  Loch  Shell],  and  after  three  or 
four  days  staying  at  some  inaccessible  places  in  the  isle,  fell  upon 
our  soldiers  who  lay  at  Stornoway  out  of  the  fort,  and  killed 
twelve  of  them;  but  a  party  out  of  the  fort  beat  them  thence, 
relieved  the  remainder  of  the  men,  removed  the  goods  into  the 
fort,  and  burnt  the  houses."  On  21  st  March,  news  arrived  at 
Dalkeith,  that  "the  garrison  of  Lewis  had  made  slaughter  of  the 
country  i)eo])le  that  joyned  with  Seaforth,  and  they  have  also 
slaughtered  some  of  the  garrison  ;  the  old  natives  [Macleods] 
joyned  with  our  men  against  tlie  rest  of  tlie  country,  so  that 
these  divisions  cause  great  devastation  in  those  parts.""  * 

Tliis  account  is  corroborated  by  the  "Indweller";t  but  the 
patriotic  antiquists  now  tell  a  very  different  story,  which  need 
not  be  repeated  here;  except  that  John,  the  future  tacksman  of 
Bragar,  being  on  good  terms  Avith  the  officers  of  the  garrison, 
spent  the  night  previous  to  the  attack  in  drinking  with  themj 
and  after  observing  where  the  sentinels  were  posted,  and  the 
weakest  part  of  the  defence,  returned  to  Gress.  His  brother 
Allan  had  been  employed  in  collecting  the  Lewis  men.  The 
attack  was  made  at  night  in  tw^o  columns,  —  Seaforth  marching 
by  the  lands  of  Torry,  and  Rasay  by  Bayhead.l  The  result  is 
stated  above. 

John  Morrison,  of  Bragar,  wdio  is  said  to  have  had  "Ladies 
modesty,  Bishojjs  gravity.  Lawyers  eloquence,  and  Captains  con- 
duct," Avas  personally  knoAvn  to  Martin,  and  described  by  him  as 
"a  ])erson  of  iinquestional»le  sincerity  and  reputation";  and  he 
is  still  rememlK'red  for  his  poetry,  shrewdness,  and  Avit.  He  is 
named  by  Martin  at  pp.  28,  315,  and  316  of  the  "Western 
Isles." 

A  great  part  of  the  lands  of  Bragar  Avas,  as  Avas  universal  at 
that  time,  sublet  to  tenants.  It  happened  that  Seaforth  sent  for 
Morrison  to  come  to  Stornoway.  It  Avas  spring-time,  and  Mor- 
rison was  in  doubt  as  to  Avhom  he  should  leave  in  charge  of  the 
farm  during  his  absence.  In  order  to  fix  upon  the  most  trust- 
worthy, lie  took  the  folloAving  ])lan :  he  closed  up  all  the  AvindoAvs 
and  openings  that  admitted  light,  and  placed  a  big  stone  in  the 
passage  that  led  to  his  room.  He  then  sent  to  tell  all  his  tenants 
that  he  had  something  to  say  to  them.  The  tenants  arrived,  each 
one  stumbling  oA^er  the  stone,  till  at  last  an  old  man,  after  spraAvl- 
ing  across  the  ]»assage,  remarked  that  that  Avas  no  place  for  such 
a  stone,  and  rolled  it  out  of  the  way.  John  Morrison  then  said 
to  his  tenants,  "  You.  may  now  go  away  all  of  you ;  but  while  I 
am  absent,  see  you  obey  the  instructions  of  this  old  man,  Avhom 
I  leave  as  my  substitute,  and  Avho  appears  to  be  the  most  careful 
and  willing  of  you  all." 

One  day  John  Morrison  had  the  peo})le  of  Balaloch,  in  Bragar, 


*  Spot.  Mis.,  vol.  ii,  pp.  124,  126,  1G9,  196. 
t  lb.,  p.  342.         I  Dr.  Macivor,  M.  S. 


HEREDITARY    JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  37 

working  on  his  farm.  They  had  their  l:)reakfast  at  his  house,  but 
lingered  too  long  over  it.  When  they  resumed  their  work,  he 
addressed  them  thus :  — 

Fasan  muintir  Balalocli, 

Au  deigli  1110  chuid  araiii  is  brochaiii  ith  'us  ol. 

Na  h-uile  fear'baii'airt  eiridh, 

'S  clia  togadli  e  feiii  thou. 

As  much  as  to  say  that  it  was  the  way  of  the  people  of  Balaloch, 
after  eating  his  bread  and  drinking  his  brochan*  for  each  to  say 
it  is  time  for  us  to  go  to  work,  but  that  no  one  got  up  from  his 
seat. 

On  one  occasion  John  Morrison  considered  himself  overcharged 
by  the  factor,  and  refused  to  pay  his  deniand.  The  factor  com- 
plained to  Seaforth,  who  sent  for  Morrison  to  come  to  Stornoway. 
Morrison  set  out  at  once,  putting  the  rent  into  one  jnirse  and 
what  he  considered  to  be  the  overcharge  in  another.  When  he 
arrived  at  Seaforth  Lodge,  a  large  dog  barked  furiously  at  him, 
on  which  Morrison  struck  it  a  violent  blow  on  the  nose  with  his 
stick.  The  dog  yelled  dismally,  and  one  of  Seaforth's  servants, 
on  coming  to  see  what  was  the  matter,  commenced  to  abuse  Mr. 
Morrison,  who  punished  his  insolence  by  striking  him  on  the  jaw. 
The  uproar  now  was  greater  than  ever,  and  Seaforth  made  his 
appearance.  John  Morrison  explained  the  origin  of  the  row,  and 
added : — 

Gille  tiglieania '  us  cii  mor. 

Ditliis  iiach  coir  lei.iiidh  leo  ; 

Buail  am  l)alacli  air  a'  charl^aid. 

'S  buail  am  l)algair  air  au  t-sroiu. 

TRAN'SLATIOX. 

The  boy  (menial)  and  bull-dog  (watch-dog)  of  a  laird 
Are  two  that  should  not  be  let  alone; 
Strike  the  boy  on  the  jaw, 
And  strike  the  dog  ou  the  nose. 

Seaforth  was  amused  at  Morrison's  imjiromptu  verse,  and 
welcomed  him  cordially.  Morrison  told  him  why  he  had  not 
paid  the  rent,  and  presented  the  bags  containing  the  real  rent 
and  what  he  had  been  overcliarged.  On  inquiry,  it  was  found 
that  the  factor  exacted  more  rent  than  was  just,  and  he  was 
dismissed,  while  John  Morrison  ha<l  the  honor  of  paying  his  rent 
in  future  into  Seafortli's  own  hands. 

John  Morrison  sent  two  of  his  servants  to  pull  heather  for 
making  ropes ;  one  jiulled  indiscriminately  whatever  came  in  his 
way,  whether  fit  or  unfit;  the  other  left  a  great  deal  of  soil 
sticking  to  the  roots.  When  John  Morrison  saw  what  they 
had  done,  he  said:  — 

Chuir  me  breinean'us  fuididh 
'Bhuain  fraoich  an  cnideachda  cheile ; 
Thug  breiuean  dliachaidh  an  cudthrom, 
'S  thug  fuididh  ddachidli  na  gcugan. 

*  Brochan,  Gael.,  thin  gruel. 


38  TRADITIONS    OF    THE    MORRISONS. 

TRANSLATION. 

I  sent  Nasty  and  Turbulent 

To  pull  heather  in  company  together; 

Nasty  brought  home  dandrifl', 

And  Turbulent  brought  home  [only]  bare  sticks. 

John  Morrison  had  a  red-haired  wife,  who  was  sometimes  in  a 
bad  temper,  and  on  whom  lie  occasionally  practised  his  sarcastic 
hmiKU',  as  follows:  — 

Diubhaidh  connaidh  fearna  fhlluch  ; 

Diubhaidh  side  flion  chur; 

'S  gus  an  teid  an  saoghal  as 

'Se  diubhaidh  an  t-saoghail  drocli  bhean. 

TRANSLATION. 

The  worst  of  fuel  is  wet  alder; 
The  worst  of  weather  is  soft  sleat; 
And  until  the  world  is  at  an  end 
The  worst  thing  in  it  is  a  bad  wife. 
Again :  — • 

Fadadh  teine  ann  an  loch; 
'Tiormachadh  cloich  ann  an  cuan ; 
Comhairle  ga  toirt  air  mnaoi  bhuirb 
Mar  bhuiir  uird  air  iarruun  fuar. 

TRANSLATION. 

Making  a  Are  in  a  lake ; 

Drying  a  stone  in  the  ocean ; 

Giving  advice  to  a  headstrong  wife 

Is  like  the  stroke  of  a  hammer  on  cold  iron. 

It  appears  to  have  been  the  custom  in  Lewds  for  the  ground- 
officer  (under-bailiff ;  maor^  in  Gaelic)  to  have  claimed  half  the 
smith's  dues.  Donald  MacRorie  was  then  ground-officer,  and 
his  demand  was  resisted  by  Murdo  Morrison.  "His  father  ])leaded 
his  cause  very  pithily,  as  follows :  — 

Aon  de  charaibh  an  t-saoghail 

Saoilidh  mi  fein  gu  'm  beil  e  tuadhal ; 

Gobha  ga  losgadh  an  cardaich 

"S  letli  ua  caiu  aig  Domhuil  Mac  Ruairidh : 

meaning  that  he  thought  the  world  must  be  turning  round  the 
wrong  way;  for  Donald  Mac  Rorie  to  take  half  the  cam  (tax, 
dues)  while  the  smith  was  being  scorched  in  his  smithy. 

John  Morrison  had  to  pay  some  tax  in  Stornoway,  and  sent  it 
by  Donald  Chuain,  a  poor  man  who  sometimes  worked  on  his 
farm.  When  Donald  came  back,  John  Morrison  went  to  Donald's 
house,  Avhere  he  found  him  leaning  on  his  elbow  in  bed.  When 
John  Morrison  was  leaving,  he  said:  — 

'S  buidhe  dhuit  fein  Dhomhuill  Chuain 
'S  tu  ad  laidhe  air  do  chluain  thaobh; 
Cha  thog  pracadair  do  gheall, 
'S  cha  mho  tha  thu  an  taing  ua  maoir. 

TRANSLATION. 

Happy  art  thou,  oh  !  Donald  of  tlie  Main, 

Reclining  easy  on  your  side  ; 

A  tax-gatherer  will  not  sue  thee  for  taxes, 

Nor  to  a  maor  (ground-ofhcer)  you  need  not  crouch. 


HEREDITARY    JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  39 

On  another  occasion,  John  Morrison  addresses  Donald  Chuain 
thus : — 

Dh'  fhalbli  thu  s'  clui  nihist  learn 
'8  dh'  fhay  tlui  mo  liouii  again  feiii 
'S  leis  a  bhith  l)ha  nam  fheoil 
Dheanainn  ol  ged  dheidheadh  tn  eig : 

but  the  meaning  is  obscure.* 

Donald  of  the  Ocean  is  immortalized  by  Martin ;  for  he  tells  us 
Donald  lived  in  a  village  near  Bragar,  and  that  he  cut  his  toe  at 
the  change  of  the  moon  (perhaps  on  this  very  journey),  "  and 
it  bleeds  a  fi-esh  drop  at  the  change  of  the  moon  ever  since." 
(West.  Isles,  p.  13.) 

Once  when  the  family  at  Bragar  Avas  short  of  meal,  John  Mor- 
rison left  home  in  the  morning  to  buy  some,  but  in  the  evening 
returned  with  empty  sacks,  for  he  had  unloaded  what  he  had  got 
at  a  little  distance  from  the  house.  When  his  wife  saw  the  empty 
sacks,  she  began  to  scold  him  angrily.  Morrison  allowed  her  to 
go  on  till  she  was  tired,  and  then  went  and  fetched  the  meal.  As 
soon  as  she  saw  it,  her  mood  changed,  and  slie  began  to  smile. 
John  Morrison  then  said  :  — 

Ni  thu  gaire  'uair  a  gheibli  thn  min; 
'S  mist  do  ghcan  bhi  gun  bhiadh ; 
'S  b'fear  learn  fein  ua'n  t-each  dearg 
Nach  tigitlh  fearg  ort  riammh. 

TUANSLATION. 

You  laugh  when  you  get  meal ; 

Y'our  good  humor  is  the  worse  for  being  without  food  ; 

I  would  rather  than  the  red  horse 

That  auger  came  not  ou  you  ever : 

meaning  that  he  would  give  his  red  horse  to  have  her  always  in 
good  humor. 

To  his  various  other  talents,  John  Morrison  of  Bragar  seems  to 
have  added  tliatof  engineer;  for  Seaforth  having — about  1660  — 
undertaken  the  siege  of  the  castle  of  Ardvrack,  belonging  to 
Macleod  of  Assynt,  and  finding  he  made  but  little  progress,  sent 
for  John  Morrison,  who,  having  gone  over  the  ground,  recom- 
mended that  four  hundred  raw  cow-hides  should  be  made  into 
bags  and  stuffed  with  moss.  The  bags  were  ])laced  in  a  line  and 
raised  to  the  height  of  a  man,  and  from  the  shelter  of  this  ram- 
part the  besiegers  fired  upon  their  assailants  without  receiving 
any  damage  themselves.  Some  say  the  Mackenzies  placed  the 
wives  of  the  Macleods  upon  the  top  of  the  rampart ;  at  any  rate, 
the  castle  was  quickly  surrendered.! 

John  Morrison  had  five  sons,  four  of  whom,  Roderick,  Angus, 
John,  and  Murdo,  seem  to  have  inherited  their  father's  genius ;  the 
fifth  is  said  to  have  been  Malcolm,  who  was  appointed  to  the 
Chapel  of  Poolewe.  $ 

*  These   epigrams  of  tlie  Tacksman  of  Bragar   are  from  the  Rev.  M. 
Macphail,  Kiimartin,  and  the  late  Mr.  John  Morrison,  surveyor, 
t  Morrison's  "Traditions  of  Lewis." 
j  Mackenzie's  Beauties  of  Gaelic  Poetry,  p.  85. 


40  TRADITIONS    OF    TIIK    MORRISONS. 

Roderick,  called  An  Clasdir  Dall,  or  the  Blind  Harper,  finds 
a  place  in  Mackenzie's  "Beauties  of  Gaelic  Poetry";  but  I  have 
nothing  to  add  to  what  is  there  stated,  except  that  his  father 
declared  that  he  was  put  to  more  expense  and  trouble  in  bringing 
up  one  son  as  a  musician,  than  he  would  have  had  in  educating 
three  as  clergymen.* 

The  fame  of  Angus,  minister  of  Contin,  occupies  a  wide  space 
in  folk-lore.  He  was  "  the  last  Episco]>al  minister  of  Contin,  of 
whom  many  interesting  anecdotes  are  still  related,  illustrative  of 
his  wit  and  bencA^olence.  This  excellent  man  suffered  very  harsh 
treatment  for  refusing  to  conform  to  Presbytery.  He  was  rudely 
ejected  from  his  own  church,  to  which  he  had  fled  as  a  sanctu- 
ary." t  The  writer  goes  on  to  say  tliat  he  closed  a  long,  honorable, 
and  a  useful  life  in  great  indigence ;  biit  I  think  this  must  be  a 
mistake,  for,  besides  that  he  owned  the  small  pro])erty  at  Doire- 
na-Muic,  by  I^ittle  Loch  Broom,  we  find  that  "  Mrs.  Morrison, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Angus  Morrison,  the  last  Episcopal  minister  of 
Contin,"  left  a  legac}^  of  £80,  for  charitable  purposes,  to  the  poor 
of  Foderty ;  |  and  that  "  Mrs.  St.  Clair,  who  died  at  Jamaica  [pos- 
sibly the  same  lady  as  the  Mrs.  Morrison  named  above],  a  native 
of  this  parish  [Contin],  daughter  of  Mr.  JEneas  Morrison,  min- 
ister of  Contin,"  left  a  legacy  of  £100  to  the  poor  of  that  parish. § 
He  was  living  on  his  own  property  at  Doire-na-Muic,  by  Little 
Loch  Broom,  in  1723,  and  travelled  to  Edinburgh  in  that  or  the 
following  year. 

The  Rev.  Angus  Morrison,  otherwise  called  Black  Angus,  was 
noted  for  his  sagacity,  wit,  and  good  felh^wshij),  as  Avell  as  for 
being  a  learned  and  eloquent  ]»reacher.  The  sgeulachdan  of  the 
"  Fathers  in  Ross-shire  "  are  A^aluable,  not  so  much  for  tlieir  his- 
toric truth,  but  as  illustrating  the  way  of  life  and  mode  of  thought 
of  that  time.  Alexander  Mackenzie,  of  Applecross  and  Highfield, 
bought  and  sold  cattle,  and  sometimes  went  with  liis  droves  to 
England,  where  he  sold  them  to  great  advantage.  At  one  time, 
Mackenzie  having  sold  his  drove,  was  staying  at  a  gentleman's 
house  in  Yorkshire,  and,  on  the  Sabbath  day,  attended  divine  ser- 
vice. The  preacher  was  a  talented  man,  and  much  esteemed  for 
his  doctrine  and  eloquence.  Conversation  turning  upon  the  dis- 
course, Mackenzie  said  that  there  Avas  a  preacher  in  Ross-shire 
who  excelled  any  they  could  bring  against  him  in  soundness  of 
doctrine,  fluency  of  speech,  and  clear  and  powerful  delivery ;  and 
that  he  would  stake  £50  upon  it.  His  English  friend  accepted 
the  wager.  When  Mackenzie  came  home,  he  went  to  Contin, 
and  told  Mr.  Angus  of  the  wager.  He  replied,  "  Well,  Sandy,  I  '11 
go  with  you  to  Yorkshire ;  but  I  fear  you  will  have  a  ])oor  chance 
for  your  money."     Mi-.  Angus  let  his  Ijeard  grow,  and  for  a  snuff- 

*  He  may  have  been  recorded  in  one  of  the  two  lost  volumes  of  Mor- 
rison's "Traditions  of  Lewis." 
tN.  S.  A.,  Uoss-shire,  p.  237. 

JO.  S.  A.,  vol.  vii,  p.  414;  N.  S.  A.,  Ross-shire,  p.  259. 
§0.  S.  A.,  vol.  vii,  p.  166;  N.  S.  A.,  Koss-shire,  p.  243. 


HEREDITARY   JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  41 

mull  he  took  a  rough,  undressed  rain's  horn  of  most  uncouth 
appearance,  and  for  a  lid  closed  it  with  a  pickle  of  straw.  Apjile- 
cross  and  Mr.  Angus  arrived  safely  on  a  Saturday  night  at  their 
destination,  and  on  the  next  day,  as  the  wager  was  well  known, 
there  was  a  large  assemlilage  to  hear  the  Scotch  minister.  It  was 
then  the  custom,  when  rivals  had  to  preach,  that  a  text,  from 
which  they  had  to  2:)reach  extempore,  was  placed  in  the  j)ulpit  by 
the  Presbytery.  When  Mr.  Angus  entered  the  pulpit,  he  was 
meanly  dressed,  and,  with  his  long  beard,  presented  an  uncouth 
appearance.  He  looked  round  the  pul])it  for  the  slip  of  paper 
with  the  text  upon  it,  and  finding  none,  sat  down,  ])ulled  out  his 
ram's  horn  and  took  a  pinch.  At  last  one  of  the  ministers  got  uj), 
and  asked  him  if  he  Avas  going  to  address  them.  Mr.  Angus  said 
they  had  given  him  no  text.  One  of  the  ministers  told  him  he 
could  take  his  own  beard  and  snuff-box  for  a  text.  I  omit  the 
sermon.  Of  course,  Aaron's  beard  and  its  anointing,  and  what 
it  was  typical  of,  were  introduced.  In  the  evening  the  rani's 
horn  was  the  text,  which  was  illustrated  by  Joshua  and  his  trum- 
pets, Avith  suitable  apjilications  and  inferences.  When  the  ser- 
mons were  concluded,  all  the  ministers  gave  their  A'erdict  in  his 
faA^or.  So  Applecross  Avon  his  Avager,  Avhich  he  2:)resented  to  Mi-. 
Angus,  AAdio  had  no  scru})le  in  accepting  it.* 

Other  reminiscences  Avould  lead  to  the  conclusion  that  the  days 
of  the  Fathers  in  Ross-shire  were  not  all  so  miserable  as  has  been 
supposed ;  but  they  are  passed  over  to  giA'e  place  to  an  instance  of 
the  sagacity  of  the  minister  of  Contin.  Some  sheep  had  been 
stolen  from  a  parishioner,  and  the  soldiers  at  Fort  Augustus  A\'ere 
suspected  of  the  theft.  With  the  consent  of  the  commanding 
officer,  the  soldiers  Avere  draAA^i  np,  Avhen  Mr.  Angus  gave  each  of 
them  a  straAV,  and  told  them  he  should  knoAV  Avhicli  of  them  Avas 
the  thief,  for  he  Avould  be  in  ])ossession  of  the  longest  straw.  The 
man  AA^ho  was  guilty  of  the  theft  sliortened  his  straAv  to  aAoid 
detection,  and  Avas  thereby  discoA'ered. 

Mr.  Angus  Avas  as  courageous  as  he  Avas  Avitty ;  for,  haA  ing 
business  in  Edinburgh,  he  had  arriA^ed  at  IiiAerness,  Avhere  he  A\as 
informed  that  a  desi)erate  robljer,  of  Avhom  a  party  of  soldiers  Avas 
in  pursuit,  and  for  AAiiom  a  rcAvard  Avas  offered,  Avas  supposed  to 
be  lurking  ujion  the  road.  Mr.  Angus,  hoAvever,  proceeded  u])on 
his  journey,  but  Avas  again  Avarned  that  the  robber  had  lately  lieeii 
seen  in  that  neighborhood.  Mr.  Angus,  having  a  fast  horse,  thougltt 
he  might  venture  to  proceed ;  but  as  he  Avas  passing  througli  a 
wood,  the  robber  sprang  from  behind  a  tree,  and,  presenting  a 
pistol  at  Mr.  Angus's  breast,  demanded  his  purse.  Mr.  Angus, 
saying  that  his  purse  contained  A'ery  little  money,  and  that  he 
would  rather  part  Avith  it  than  his  life,  told  the  robber  to  hold  his 
horse  ;  and,  as  the  horse  Avas  A^ery  young  and  skittish,  to  take  hold 
of  the  bridle  Avitli  both  hands.  Mr.  Angus  had  a  stout  stick,  and 
when  he  saAV  both  hands  of  the  robber  engaged,  lie  turned  to  one 

♦Morrison's  "Traditions  of  Lewis." 


42  TRADITIONS    OF    Till'.    MOKRISONS. 

side,  and  instead  of  taking  out  his  i)urse  as  the  robber  expected, 
lie  raised  his  stick  and  bronglit  it  down  with  sucli  force  across  the 
amis  of  the  robber  as  completely  to  disable  him.  Mr.  Angus  then 
tied  him  to  the  tail  of  his  horse,  and  returned  to  Inverness,  wdiere 
he  received  the  reward  for  the  capture,  and  the  hearty  congratu- 
lations of  the  people.* 

Of  Mr.  Angus  it  is  said,  "  His  satirical  m  it  was  the  terror  of 
many  in  those  days,  so  that  any  person  who  invited  such  a  man 
to  a  treat,  made  the  best  shift  he  could  to  please  him,  and  to  part 
Avith  him  on  good  terms."  When  Mr.  Angus  was  living  at  Little 
Loch  Broom,  a  neighbor  jn-essingly  invited  Mr.  Angus  to  visit 
him,  which  Mr.  Angus  i)re])ared  to  do  rather  unexpectedly.  The 
neighbor  caught  sight  of  Mr.  Angus  coming  towards  his  house,  and 
not  being,  as  he  thought,  sufficiently  jirepared  to  entertain  him,  he 
went  into  his  house  and  told  his  wife  to  say  that  he  had  gone  from 
home,  and  that  he  would  not  be  back  for  two  days.  When  Mr. 
Angus  entered,  the  mistress  said  what  her  liusband  desired  her. 
But  Mr.  Angus,  who  had  his  suspicions,  told  her  that  he  would 
wait  till  her  husband  came  back.  The  mistress  was  very  mieasy 
all  day,  and  towards  evening  brought  a  man,  with  a  very  large 
creel,  into  the  culaistf  or  small  room  at  the  end  of  the  house 
in  which  her  husl)and  was  secreted.  Mr.  Angus  watched  the 
mistress  and  the  man  with  some  interest,  and  presently  saw  the 
man  returning  with  a  heavy  load  u])on  his  back.  Mr.  Angus 
guessed  what  was  in  the  creel,  and,  having  his  pocket-knife  ready, 
he  dexterously  cut  the  stra])  of  the  creel  as  the  man  was  passing 
the  liearth.  Both  the  creel  and  its  contents  fell  into  the  fire,  and 
the  goodinan  roared  for  help.  None  was  more  ready  than  Mr. 
Angus  to  render  assistance,  and  to  ask  the  goodman  Avhat  could 
have  induced  him  to  practise  such  an  expedient.  The  goodman 
made  a  clean  breast  of  it,  and  added,  that  had  he  got  out  of  the 
house,  he  would  ha^e  come  in  as  from  a  journey,  and  made  the 
minister  welcome  to  what  he  had.  Mr.  Angus  explained  that  he 
would  have  been  contented  with  a  herring  and  ])otatoes,  and 
recommended  a  straightforward  line  of  conduct  in  the  future. $ 

Another  of  the  sons  of  the  tacksman  of  Bragar  w^as  the  Rev. 
John  Morrison,  sometime  minister  of  Urray,  in  Ross-shire.  On 
the  7th  A})ril,  1719,  the  Rev.  John  Morrison,  of  Urray,  ordained 
and  admitted  the  Rev.  John  MacGillegen,  of  Altness,  minister  of 
Loch  Ailsh.§  I  have  stated  before,  that  I  su})])0se  the  Rev.  John 
Morrison  of  Urray  was  the  '■'Tndweller,"  who  wrote  an  account  of 
Lewis,  now  in  the  Macfarlanc  Topographical  Collections. || 

The  minister  of  Urray  had  a  son,  also  called  John,  who  was 

♦Morrison's  "Traditions  of  Lewis." 

t  Cttlaist  is  au  abbreviation  of  Cul-iia-glais,  behind  the  loclv.  Where  tlie 
house  is  divided  by  two  partitions  into  the  three  chambers,  the  inner  one 
is  tlie  culaist. 

X  Morrison's  "Traditions  of  Lewis." 

§  N.  S.  A.,  Ross-shire,  p.  408, 

11  Spottiswoodo  Mis.,  voL  ii,  p.  335. 


HEREDITARY   JUDGES    OF   LEWIS.  43 

missionary  at  Amulree  in  1745 ;  lie  was  settled  in  Petty,  in  Inver- 
ness-shire^ in  1759,  and  in  1774  his  successor  was  appointed.  He 
was  called  the  Bard,  and  one  of  his  popular  Gaelic  songs  was  to 
the  lady  whom  he  had  ba])tized,  and  to  whom  he  was  afterwards 
married.*  According  to  Lewis  tradition,  he  was  chosen  minister 
of  Petty  in  a  competition  with  four  other  candidates.!  He  was 
a  highly-gifted  and  orthodox  preacher,  and  was  believed  to  be 
gifted  with  the  spirit  of  prophecy  in  a  wonderful  manner. 

The  youngest  son  of  John  Morrison  of  Bragar  was  Murdo,  and 
he  was  bred  to  be  a  smith. t  He  was  a  man  of  uncommon  strength, 
and  possessed  a  full  share  of  the  genius  of  the  family ;  he  could 
make  swords  and  guns,  though  in  a  measure  self-taught.  He  pro- 
posed at  one  time  to  his  father  to  make  a  gun  for  killing  deer. 
His  father,  doubting  his  ability,  persuaded  him  not  to  attempt  it. 
However,  he  set  aV)out  it,  and  on  a  day  he  was  fixing  the  gun  into 
the  stock  when  his  father  entered  the  smithy.  His  father  said, 
"  You  have  made  a  gun  contrary  to  my  advice,  and  I  daresay  it 
will  never  kill  a  beast."  Murdo  replied,  "  Do  not  judge  prema- 
turely, for  I  am  just  going  to  put  a  shot  into  it."  There  hapi)ened 
to  be  a  lot  of  Mr.  Morrison's  cows  grazing  at  some  distance  from 
the  smithy,  and  Murdo  said,  "What  should  I  have  to  pay  if  I 
shoot  that  speckled  ox  from  liere  ?  "  "  Well,"  said  his  father,  "  if 
you  kill  six  of  my  cattle  at  that  distance,  yoii  will  not  have  to 
pay  a  penny  for  the  loss."  Murdo  fired  at  the  stot,  which  fell, 
and  Murdo  told  his  father  to  send  a  servant  to  bleed  the  beast. 
John  Morrison  advised  his  son,  if  he  wanted  to  keep  so  good  a 
gun  for  himself,  that  he  should  put  no  ornament  on  it,  nor  fix  it 
in  the  stock,  but  simply  tie  it  on  with  cord,  so  that  the  ugly 
mounting  should  scare  any  gentleman  from  desiring  to  possess  it. 
From  this  circumstance  it  was  called  Gun  na  Sraxng,  %.  e.  the 
Ro}>e  Gun.  In  spite  of  its  ugly  mounting,  Murdo  did  great  exe- 
cution m  the  deer-forest,  and  on  one  occasion,  when  returning 
from  a  visit  to  his  brothers  at  Contin  and  Urray,  he  arrived  at 
Gairloch  when  there  Avas  a  shooting-match  for  a  silver  cup.  Each 
competitor  had  to  put  a  half-crown  into  the  cuj),  and  Donald  Roy 
Mackenzie,  otherwise  Donald  Roy  Mac  Vic  Urcliy,  formerly  tacks- 
man of  Park,  Lewis,  and  co-alt  (fosterer  or  foster-brother)  of 
Murdo,  persuaded  him  to  try.  Murdo  aimed  at  the  target,  and 
won  both  the  cup  and  the  money.  The  laird  of  Gairloch  was  so 
much  pleased  with  Murdo  that  he  sent  him  in  his  barge  to  LeAvis.§ 

In  those  days  Seaforth  used  to  go  once  a  year  round  Lewis  to 
sport,  when  he  would  remain  for  a  night  at  Mr.  Morrison's  house 

*N.  S.  A.,  Ross-shire,  p.  409. 

t  But  compare  N.  S.  A.,  Ross-shire,  p.  410. 

X  The  social  status  of  a  smith  must  not  be  compared  with  that  of  a  far- 
rier at  the  present  daj^;  besides  his  farm,  his  caiii  or  dues  i^ave  liim  a 
competent  livelihood.  In  the  earliest  time  he  n)ade  his  own  iron  (in 
Sweden,  certainly),  wiiich  he  fashioned  into  anj-thiny  that  was  needed,  — 
needles,  fishhooks,  arms,  armor,  etc. ;  he  manufactured  the  ,i>;old  and  silver 
oruaraents  of  the  w^ealtli_y,  and  was  both  jeweller  and  uoldsmith. 

§  Morrison's  "  Traditions  of  Lewis." 


44  TRADITIONS    OF   THE   MORRISONS. 

at  Bragar.  On  one  occasion  Seaforth  had  Mackenzie  of  Assynt 
with  him  and  the  captain  of  a  man-of-war.  Seaforth  desired  a 
peck  measure  to  be  brought,  for  he  had  been  told  that  if  a  sword 
was  properly  tempered,  it  might  be  bent  into  the  circle  of  the 
measure.  The  gentlemen  took  their  swords,  and  all  stood  the 
trial  but  Seaforth's,  which  broke.  Seaforth  was  somewhat  disap- 
pointed with  the  result. 

In  due  time  the  guests  went  to  their  beds,  when  John  Morrison 
told  his  son  that  he  must  not  go  to  his  bed,  but  to  his  smithy,  and 
try  to  mend  Seaforth's  sword.  So  father  and  son  set  to  work, 
and  when  Murdo  had  mended  and  polished  the  sword,  he  handed 
it  over  to  his  father,  and  desired  him  to  tell  where  it  had  been 
broken.  His  father  could  not  see  Avhere  it  had  been  joined. 
Murdo  then  wanted  to  go  to  bed,  but  his  father  said,  "Not  yet; 
let  us  try  if  the  sword  Avill  go  into  the  peck  measure  without 
breaking."  It  did  so.  The  half-peck  w^as  then  brought,  and  it 
stood  even  that  trial. 

After  breakfast  next  day,  when  Seaforth  and  his  suite  were  pre- 
])aring  to  leave,  Seaforth  put  on  the  scabbard  with,  as  he  thought, 
the  broken  sAvord,  muttering  some  words  about  breaking  it.  John 
MoiTison  then  said  that  even  here,  in  Bragar,  the  sword  could  be 
repaired  and  made  better  than  ever.  "  Well,"  said  Seaforth,  "  if 
you  could  get  my  sword  mended  and  tempered  so  as  to  stand  the 
])r()|)er  trial,  I  would  give  you  this  year's  rent  of  Bragar  down." 
Jolin  Morrison  re])lied,  "Let  us  see  the  pieces  and  be  thinking 
about  it."  Seaforth  drew  forth  his  sword,  and,  looking  at  it  with 
astonishment,  he  remarked,  that  tliough  he  had  passed  the  night 
in  bed,  that  they,  tlie  Morrisons,  had  not  taken  tlieir  wonted  rest. 

The  Gun  na  iSraing^  altlKHigh  an  ugly  piece  of  furniture,  was 
a  very  ])roJfitable  one;  but  after  Murdo  JNIorrison's  death,  his  son, 
Donald  Morrison,  who  was  tacksman  of  Habost,  at  Ness,  broke  it 
in  a  fit  of  anger,  and  repented  of  his  rash  deed  when  there  was 
no  remedy.* 

The  Rev.  Norman  Morrison,  grandson  of  John  Morrison  of 
Bragar,  succeeded  the  Rev.  John  Macleod,  who  was  the  first  Pres- 
byterian minister  of  Uig.  On  9th  May,  1763,  the  Rev.  N.  Mor- 
rison received  a  letter  at  Balnakil,  Uig,  dated  30th  March  last, 
from  Macleod  of  Hamar  (Theo])hilus  Insulanus),t  in  Skye.  In 
answer,  the  Rev.  N.  Morrison  states  that  he  will  subscribe  for  a 
bound   copy  of  Hamar's  "  Treatise  on  the   Second  Sight,"t  then 

*  Morrison's  "  Traditions  of  Lewis." 

t  Carruthei's'  "  Boswell's  Jour.,"  p.  127. 

X  Tliis  work  is  a  curiosity,  and  supplies  much  iutorosting  matter. 
Haniar  was  strongiy  anti-Jacobite.  The  tradition  concerning  him  is  : 
Koderick  Macleod,  tacksman  of  Hamar,  was  a  true  patriot  and  a  loyal 
subject.  After  the  battle  of  Sheriffmuir  he  was  appointed  by  the  Com- 
missioners to  uplift  the  rents  of  the  forfeited  estates  in  Skye  and  Uist,  but 
manaijcd  his  lousiness,  as  kind's  factor,  with  prudence  and  compassion. 

Hamar  was  travellini>'  to  Inverness  with  the  kind's  rent,  and  had  but 
one  servant  with  him,  wlio  was  very  strong,  but  not  very  wise.  Hamar 
was  surprised  by  three  robbers,  as  he  was  resting  in  a  wood,  and  his  ser- 


HEREDITARY    JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  45 

about  to  be  published;  but  lie  assures  Macleod  that  not  one  in 
his  parish  can  read  but  himself.*  The  book  might  liave  been  more 
useful  to  Mr.  Morrison  had  it  contained  instructions  for  dispelling* 
these  supernatural  illusions;  however,  a  demon  haA'ing  got  into 
communication  with  Malcolm  Macleod,  tenant  of  C'liff,  he  applied 
to  the  minister,  who  gave  him  a  written  ])aj»er  M'hich  he  was  to 
offer  to  the  demon.  When  they  next  met,  Malcolm  presented  the 
paper  (the  demon  being  alile  to  read,  while  Malcolm  could  not); 
but  the  demon  was  disgusted,  and,  on  ]\Ialcolni  continuing  to  per- 
secute him  with  it,  he  disappeared  and  was  never  seen  again. 

But  more  unruly  than  the  evil  spirits  were  the  spirits  of  some 
of  his  parishioners;  for  one  of  them,  Donald  Macaulay,  tacksman 
of  Brenish,  haA'ing  taken  offence  at  the  minister,  locked  him  out 
of  his  own  church ;  but  the  misdemeanor  was  com])romised  by  a 
fine  to  the  poor's-liox.f 

About  177S  the  Rev.  Xorman  Morrison  was  succeeded  in  Uig 
by  the  Rev.  Hugh  Monro. 

The  Morrison  clan,  besides  forming  a  large  ))roportion  of  the 
population  of  Lewis,  are  numerous  in  Harris,  Xorth  and  South 
Uist,  and  Edderachyllis.  The  numbers  of  a  clan-name  is  a  good 
indication  of  the  length  of  time  that  the  clan  has  been  settled 
upon  the  land.  Often,  by  the  irony  of  fate,  the  poorest  beggar  is 
the  representative  of  the  most  ancient  lord  of  the  soil. 

The  Harris  Morrisons  claim  to  be  of  the  original  stock,  and  the 
following  tradition  concerning  them  is  interesting. 

Sometime  in  the  fifteenth  centur}',  Macleod  of  Harris,  who  was 
a  young  man,  was  in  Pabbay.  He  heard  that  Peter  Morrison,  a 
tenant  in  Pabbay,  was  an  expert  wrestler,  so  he  collected  the 
young  men  of  the  island  and  desired  them  to  show  their  skilL 
They  then  began  to  wrestle,  and  Peter  Morrison  proved  himself 
to  be  the  best  man.  The  laird  then  requested  Peter  to  try  a  fall 
with  himself;  but  Peter  declined,  for  he  said  his  temper  was  such 
that  he  could  not  yield  to  any  man  unless  he  was  overpowered. 
Macleod  commended  him  for  his  courage,  and  bade  him  act  as  he 
had  said.  They  then  grappled,  and  Peter  soon  laid  Macleod  upon 
his  back.  Macleod  took  no  offence,  but  one  who  was  standing  by, 
thinking  to  gain  the  laird's  good-will,  drew  his  sword  and  killed 
Peter.     But  when  Macleod  saw  Peter  fall,  he  ordered  his  men  to 

vaut  was  sleeping  a  little  distance  ofl'.  Resistance  was  useless,  so  he  gave 
up  the  money.  The  robbers  returned  a  crown  to  Hamar  to  pay  his  lodg- 
ings for  a  daj^  and  a  night ;  but  he  declined  it,  and  said  he  would  be 
obliged  to  them  if  they  would  give  a  good  slap  to  wake  up  his  laz_v  servant. 
The  robbers  treated  the  kilted  Highlander  very  rudely,  but  he  sprang  up 
so  suddenly  that  he  wrested  a  gun  from  one  of  them  in  a  moment,  and 
killed  them  both.  The  third  fled;  but  Hamar,  who  had  by  this  time  got 
his  gun,  brought  him  down.  By  the  clever  stratagem  of  getting  the  vio- 
lent temper  of  his  man  aroused  he  regained  all  his  money.  After  this 
adventure  Hamar  alwaj's  got  some  soldiers  to  be  a  guard  when  he  was 
going  to  Inverness  with  money. 

*  "  There  are  none  but  myself  in  the  parish  to  use  the  book." — Seco7ul 
Sight,  p.  161. 

t  Morrison's  "  Traditions  of  Lewis." 


46  TRADITIONS    OF    THE   MORRISONS. 

seize  the  murderer,  -who  fled;  but  being  closely  pursued,  he  jumped 
headlong  over  a  precipice  into  the  sea. 

Peter  Morrison  left  one  son,  and  the  kind  laird  brought  him  up 
with  his  own  children ;  and  as  he  displayed  considerable  ability, 
he  had  the  chief  management  of  Macleod's  estate. 

Young  Morrison  was  a  comely  person,  and,  in  the  suite  of  Mac- 
leod,  visited  Maclean  of  Coll.  It  was  soon  agreed  between  the  chiefs 
that  Morrison  should  marry  one  of  Coil's  daughters ;  but  when 
he  was  called  before  them,  he  modestly  declined,  as  he  had  not 
wherewith  to  support  a  family.  But  the  worthy  Macleod  said 
he  had  ])lenty  to  maintain  them,  and  that  the  Laird  of  Coll  would 
not  see  his  daughter  want.  Then  they  went  to  the  young  lady's 
room,  and  asked  her  if  she  objected  to  marry  Macleod's  secretary 
and  the  chief  manager  of  his  affairs.  The  young  lady  discreetly 
answered  that  she  could  not  refuse  what  had  been  arranged  for 
her  by  her  kind  friends,  but  she  requested  of  Macleod  that,  if  she 
had  sons,  one  should  be  a  minister  (priest)  and  another  a  smith ; 
that  Macleod  should  present  the  minister  to  a  parish,  and  to  the 
smith  the  usual  reA^enue  belonging  to  his  office.  This  was  granted, 
and  there  was  one  son  a  priest  in  Plarris,  who  the  people  remem- 
ber as  A'  Person,  and  another  son  was  the  smith  there.  From 
this  Morrison  the  smiths  in  Harris  are  descended ;  *  and  I  add  that 
while  I  write  the  smith  in  Harris  is  still  a  Morrison,  and  that 
Peter  is  yet  a  distinctive  name  in  that  family- 

The  following  legends  are  of  little  historic  value,  Init  they  often 
unconsciously  record  the  ideas  and  customs  of  a  remote  age,  and 
are  eminently  suggestive  on  that  account.  These  legends,  along 
with  most  of  the  foregoing  tales,  have  been  selected  either  from 
the  MS.  "Traditions  of  Lewis,"  written  by  Mr.  John  Morrison, 
cooper,  Stornoway;  or  from  the  Rev.  M.  Mac])hairs  "Traditions 
of  Ness,"  which  were  obligingly  collected  by  him  in  answer  to  my 
request  for  information  concerning  the  "Brieve  of  Lewis."  He 
says  that  "most  of  them  were  taken  down  from  the  dictation  of 
Angus  Gunn,  at  North  Dell,  who  not  unfrequently  told  the  same 
story  with  additions'  and  omissions ;  he  died  about  a  year  ago." 
Gunn  could  not  read,  and  had  no  dates,  but  recited  volumes  of 
what  he  supposed  to  be  the  history  of  Lewis. 

IAN   BKITHEAMH,    THE    JUDGE    OF    LEWIS. 

John  Morrison  was  married  twice ;  by  his  first  wife,  who  was  an 
Irish  lady,  he  had  four  sons, — Allan,  Kenneth,  Angus,  and  Murdo.f 
He  used  to  go  every  alternate  year  for  wood  to  Ullapool,  where, 
after  the  death  of  his  Irish  spouse,  he  became  enamored  of  the 
only  daughter  of  the  tacksman  of  Ullajjool  (aon  nighean  Fir 
JJllapoll).  The  lady  was  not  willing  to  accept  him,  but  by  the 
persuasions  of  the  islander  and  her  aged  father  she  was  induced 
to  consent,  and  they  were  married. 

*  Morrison's  "  Traditions  of  Lewis." 

t  Miirdo  is  a  mistake  for  Donald,  and  Malcolm  Mor  is  forgotten. 


HEKEDITAKY    JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  47 

When  the  marriage  was  over,  agus  a  chaidh  og  chur  air 
leahadh,  and  all  the  household  Avere  asleep,  some  one  entered  the 
bedroom  of  the  Avedded  pair,  and  placed  his  hands  upon  them 
both.  The  Brieve  awoke,  and  demanded  in  a  loud  voice,  "Who 
is  this,  and  what  do  you  want?"  when  the  person,  whoever  it  was, 
left  the  room  Avithout  saying  a  word.  But  the  bride  began  to  cry, 
for  she  knew  it  Avas  her  handsome  yomig  loA'er,  for  Avhose  sake  she 
had  at  first  refused  the  BrieA^e.  Next  day  the  ncAvly  married  pair 
sailed  for  LeAvis ;  a  daughter  Avas  born  to  them  before  the  BricA'e 
made  his  voyage  to  Ullapool  again,  where,  after  taking  in  a  cargo 
of  Avood,  himself  and  crcAA^  slept  in  the  boat,  Avaiting  the  return 
of  the  tide.  But  during  the  niffht  a  bloAv  Avith  a  club  killed  the 
BrieA'e  as  he  lay  asleep,  and  the  foul  assassin  escaped  unseen. 
Before  the  LcAvis  men  left  on  the  morning,  a  faii--haired,  hand- 
some young  man  came  to  the  boat,  and  seemed  much  distressed 
Avhen  he  Avas  told  of  what  had  happened.  When  they  Avere  about 
to  leave,  he  said  he  had  long  been  anxious  to  visit  LeAvis,  and  if 
they  Avoitld  give  him  a  passage,  and  bad  Aveather  came  on,  that  he 
Avould  show  himself  to  be  as  good  a  hand  at  the  helm  as  tlieii- 
deceased  master.  Pie  embarked  Avith  them,  and  took  the  hehn  all 
the  Avay  till  they  arriA'ed  at  Ness. 

As  soon  as  they  landed,  the  stranger  asked  a  boy  to  show  him 
the  way  to  T'igh  mor  Thabost,  i.  e.  the  Big  House  of  Ilabost. 
The  boatmen  Avere  astonished,  and  asked  him  hoAV  he  came  to 
knoAv  about  the  Hall  of  Plabost.  "I  knoAV  something,'''  said  he, 
"about  Habost."  The  stranger  Avent  to  the  house,  and  the 
BrieA^e's  Avife  Avelcomed  her  former  lover.  She  asked  him  about 
her  husband.  "He  is  coming,"  was  the  ansAver.  Presently  the 
creAV  came  up  from  the  boat,  and  told  her  all  that  had  happened, 
and  that  her  husband  had  been  murdered.  The  lady  did  not  seem 
to  take  it  much  to  heart,  for  her  husband  Avas  hardly  buried  before 
she  AA^as  again  married,  and  to  her  first  loA'er. 

Allan,  the  eldest  of  the  Brieve's  children,  having  arriA^ed  to 
sixteen  years  of  age,  claimed  his  father's  SAVord  and  the  right  to 
use  it.  For  such  pretension  his  stei^father  sought  to  kill  him;  but 
Allan  fled  to  his  mother's  friends  in  Ireland.  In  the  course  of  a 
feAA"  years  they  came  back  Avith  him  to  assist  him  to  get  a  share 
of  his  father's  property.  It  Avas  Christmas  Ea'c  Avhen  they  landed 
at  Ness,  and  as  they  came  near  the  house  they  heard  the  sound  of 
music,  by  Avhich  they  knew  that  the  inmates  were  enjoying  a  feast 
and  making  merry  Avith  their  friends.  Allan,  embittered  by  the 
remembrance  of  the  injuries  he  had  suffered  at  their  hands,  Avas 
with  difliculty  restrained  from  rushing  in  and  dealing  Avdth  them 
in  the  midst  of  their  merriment.  But  his  uncles  reasoned  Avith 
him  on  the  barbarity  and  coAvardliness  of  so  doing,  and  told  him 
they  would  shed  no  blood  Avithout  warning  them  of  their  danger, 
so  that  they  might  prepare  for  defence. 

Allan  Avent  into  the  kitchen  and  there  saAv  his  father's  bard, 
neglected  and  des])ised,  lying  upon  straAv  upon  the  floor.  The 
bard,  on  seeing  his  master's  son,  swooned   with   joy;  the  sight 


48  TKADITIOXS    OF    niE    MOKKISOXS. 

recalled  to  him  tlie  days  when  lau  Coir*  Britlieamli  was  his  pa- 
tron, when  on  Christmas  he  used  to  be,  not  in  the  kitchen,  but  in 
the  hall,  and  there  the  life  and  soul  of  the  company.  When  the 
bard  recovered  his  senses,  Allan  urgxnl  him  to  go  to  the  hall  door 
and  charge  him  with  the  murder  of  his  patron,  and  not  to  fear,  as 
Allan's  party  would  be  quite  near  to  render  assistance. 

When  the  new  liard  saw  the  old  bard  at  the  door,  he  addressed 
him  as  follows:  — 

Failt'  ort  fein  a  bhaird  Eoin, 
Sluiidh'rianili  an  tiuh  an  ol  ghann  ; 
Dh'  fluiadaicli  thu"am  Eritheamh  gu  chladh, 
Am  belli  o"n  tigidh  an  Lagh  cam. 

TRANSLATION. 

Welcome  to  tlice,  oh !  bard  of  John. 

Thou  didst  always  sit  where  drinking  was  scanty. 

Thou  didst  drive  the  Judge  to  his  grave. 

The  mouth  from  which  proceeded  the  ci'ooked  law. 

Upon  which  the  lady  clapped  her  sides  with  delight.  The  old 
bard,  finding  his  Avorthy  master  and  himself  insulted  in  this 
manner,  denounced  his  mistress  in  tlie  following  reply :  — 

A  bhean  bhaoth,  's  a  bhean  bhaoth, 
Teann  a  nrill  ach  ci  do  bhreith 
Fuatli  do'u  fhear  do'n  rug  thu  clann 
'S  gradh  do'n  fhearathug  cheann  dheth. 

TKANSLATION. 

Oh  wicked  woman,  oh  wicked  woman, 
Draw  nigh  that  we  may  know  your  opinion, 
Hatred  to  him  to  whom  you  bore  children, 
And  love  to  the  man  that  beheaded  him. 

The  party,  quickly  understanding  the  reason  of  the  old  bard's 
boldness,  fled  from  the  house  and  escaped  to  the  mainland.  Allan 
Morrison  regained  his  heritage,  and  became  Brieve  of  Lewis. t 

No  corroboration  has  been  found  of  this  obscure  tale.  The 
events  belong  to  a  period  anterior  to  the  sixteenth  century.  That 
the  widow  of  a  brieve  married  the  murderer  of  her  husband  is 
supported  by  the  tradition  that  John  Macleod  of  Sandey  did  so. 
Of  course,  there  is  no  truth  as  concerning  him,  and  the  event 
may  have  been  borrowed  from  a  tragedy  that  was  enacted  on  an 
island  in  Loch  Stack,  Edderaehyllis.  Sir  Hugh  Macky  of  Far 
fell  desperately  in  love  with  a  beautiful  womaii,  wdio  resisted  his 
addresses  on  the  score  that  she  had  a  husband.  The  miscreant 
detained  the  wife  upon  the  island,  caused  her  husband  to  be  mur- 
dered, had  the  corpse  decapitated,  and  produced  his  head  to  the 
wife.  The  widow  offered  no  more  opposition,  as  she  feared  a  like 
fate  for  herself.  $ 

*  Coir,  Gae.,  just,  upright,  good,  hospitable. 

t  Rev.  M.  Macphail's  "  Traditions  of  Ness,"  MS. 

t  0.  S.  A.,  vol.  vi,  p.  294. 


HEREDITARY   JUDGES    OF    LEWIS.  49 


ALLAN   MOU   MORRISON,    JUDGE   OF   LEWIS. 

Many  a  wild  and  impossible  story  has  been  invented  from  the 
shadowy  remembrance  of  the  tragedies  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury, of  which  the  following  is  an  instance:  — 

Neil  Macleod,  called  in  the  legend  Odhar,  i.  e.  dun,  the  uncle 
of  Torquil  Dubh  Chief  of  Lewis,  attacked  the  Morrisons  on  the 
Habost  moor,  but  was  defeated.  Xeil  sent  to  Harris  for  assist- 
ance, and  came  again  to  Habost ;  but  the  Morrisons  had  taken 
shelter  in  Dun  Eystein.  The  Macleods  arrived  at  lught  and 
marched  to  Dun  Eystein,  Avhen  one  of  the  Morrisons,  unaware  of 
the  presence  of  an  enemy,  came  out  of  the  hut.  An  Uig  man 
shot  an  arrow  —  Baobh  an  Dovlaich^  literally,  the  T'ury  of  the 
Quiver,  the  last  arrow  of  the  eighteen  that  should  be  used  —  at 
him,  and  he  was  struck  by  the  arrow,  which  passed  through  his 
body.  The  wounded  Morrison  cried  f(u-  helj^;  the  rest  came  oixt, 
and  Allan,  the  eldest,  and  by  far  the  bravest,  of  them  sprang 
across  the  ravine  which  separated  Dim  Eystein  from  the  adjacent 
cliff,  and  loudly  demanded  that  the  assassin  should  be  given  u]i 
to  him.  The  Macleods  denied  all  knowledge  of  the  deed ;  but 
Allan  reproached  them  with  cowardice,  and  said,  "If  you  have 
come  to  fight,  you  ought,  according  to  the  laws  of  war  from  the 
creation  of  the  world,  to  have  waited  till  there  was  light  enough 
to  see  each  other."  He  then  asked  Neil  for  his  Leigh,  i.  e.  Doctor, 
to  attend  the  wounded  man.  Neil,  after  some  hesitation,  con- 
sented ;  Allan  took  the  Leigh  under  his  arm  and  leaped  back 
across  the  ravine  with  him  into  the  dun.  The  wounded  man  died, 
however.  The  Morrisons  fled  from  Dun  Eystein  to  the  mainland, 
whither  Neil  pursued  ;  but  the  Morrisons  had  seen  Neil  crossing 
the  Minch,  and,  slipping  out  from  among  the  islands,  tried  to  get 
back  to  Lewis.  The  Macleods  ascended  a  hill,  espied  the  brieve's 
birlin,  and  gave  chase.  There  were  only  Allan  Morrison  and  his 
two  brothers  in  the  boat ;  so  Allan  Mor,  who  was  very  strong,  set 
his  two  brothers  to  row  against  himself,  and  composed  and  sung 
this  iorram  or  boat  song,  with  which  the  Ness  fishermen  still 
lighten  their  toil. 

The  chorus,  '■^JVaUibh  i  's  na-ho-ro,^''  is  repeated  after  every 
line:  — 

lomair  a  Choinnaich  fhir  rao  chriclhe; 
lomair  i  gu  laidair  rigiiinii; 
Gaol  uam  ban  og's  graclh  nighean. 

Dh'  iomrain  fein  fear  mu  dhitliis, 
'S  nam  eiginn  e  fear  mu  thri. 
Tha  eagal  mor  air  mo  chridhe 
Gur  i  biorlinn  Neill  tha'  tighinn, 
No  eathair  Mine  Tlionnaid  Idhir. 

'S  truagh  nacli  robh  mi  fein  's  Nial  Odhar 
An'  lagan  beag  os  ceann  Dhun  Othail ; 
Biodag  nam  laimh,  is  e  bhi  fodliam, — 
Dhearbhinu  feinn  gun  teidheadh  i  domhaiu ; 
'S  gun  biodh  fail  a  chleibh  'na  gliabhaij. 


50  TRADITIONS    OK    THE    MORRISONS. 

TKANSLATION'. 

Chorus. — "Na  liv  ee,  's  ua-ho-ro;  "  words  haviug  no  meaning. 

Row,  Kenneth,  man  of  my  heart ; 

Row  with  vehement  might ; 

The  darling  of  damsels,  and  the  beloved  of  girls. 

I  myself  could  row  against  two ; 
And  may  be  against  three. 
There  is  great  fear  on  my  heart 
That  it  is  Neil's  barge  that  is  coming, 
Or  the  boat  of  the  son  of  dun  Thormod. 

It  is  a  pity  that  I  and  dun  Neil  were  not 

In  a  small  hollow  above  Dun  Oo-ail ; 

A  dirk  in  myiiand,  and  lie  beneath. 

I  would  be  sure  it  should  go  deep, 

And  that  the  blood  of  his  breast  should  Slow  down  his  reins. 

Neil  overtook  the  Morrisons  a  short  time  after  they  had  pa8se<i 
Dun  Othail  (pro.  Dan  Oo-ail),  where  they  fought  desperately. 
Neil  attacked  them  on  one  side,  and  the  Harris  men,  in  a  second 
boat,  on  the  other.  Allan  engaged  Neil's  party  and  killed  nearly 
all  his  men,  when  Neil  exclaimed,  "My  men,  something  mitst  be 
done,  or  the  monster  {Mast)  will  not  leave  a  head  on  the  shoul- 
ders of  any  one  of  us."  They  fastened  a  sword  to  the  end  of  an 
oar,  therewith  to  stab  Allan,  who,  when  he  sa^v  it  coming,  made 
such  a  desperate  blow  as  to  cut  the  oar  in  two,  but  striking  into 
the  gunnel  of  the  boat  his  sword  stuck  fast,  and  before  he  could 
extricate  it  the  Macleods  closed  round  him,  and  both  himself  and 
his  two  brothers  were  killed.  They  were  buried  in  a  small  hollow 
a  little  above  Dun  Othail.* 

In  this  story  we  have  the  distinctly  ScandinaA^an  notion  that 
it  was  wrong  to  slay  after  dark.  Among  the  Northmen,  and  no 
doubt  among  all  other  peoj^les  in  the  same  barbarous  stage,  the 
mere  killing  of  a  man  was  of  little  importance, — in  Burnt  Njal, 
the  atonement  for  a  foul  assassination  w- as  only  twelve  ounces  of 
silver, — btit  it  was  murder  if  the  killing  -was  done  at  night;  ndttr- 
vigr/  em  moro-vig,  "Is  it  not  called  murder  to  kill  j^eople  at 
night?"  So,  too,  Sweyn,  Earl  Hakon's  son,  objects  to  captives 
being  killed,  because  "it  was  night."     (Burnt  Njal,  vol.  ii,  p.  36.) 

With  regard  to  the  Leigh  (La'knir,  Icel.),  Leech  or  Surgeon,  it 
might  be  supposed  that  the  bard  had  imported  a  foreign  idea  into 
his  tale.  Though  I  have  found  no  record,  yet  it  may  be  inferred 
that  a  chief  would  be  attended  by  his  hereditaiy  doctor  in  time 
of  war.  But  there  is  no  reason  why  the  Macleods  and  Morrisons 
should  have  ever  been  in  want  of  a  doctor  ;  for  so  late  as  1793 
the  natives  of  Edderachyllis  were  nearly  all  of  the  names  of 
Macleay,  Morrison,  and  Macleod.  These  Macleays  were  the 
descendants  of  "  Ferchard  Leche,"  i.  e.  Ferchard  Beathadh,  Bea/- 
ton  or  Bethune,  a  native  of  Islay,  and  who  was  physician  to  King 
Robert  II.  In  1379  "Ferchard,  the  king's  physician,"  had  a  grant 
of  the  lands  of  Mellenes  and  two  parts  of  Hope,  in  Sutherland 

*  Rev.  M.  Macphail's  "Traditions  of  Ness,"  MS. 


HEREDITARY   JUDGES    OF   LEWIS.  51 

("Or.Pr.,"vol.  ii,  part  2,  p.  704);  and  in  1386  "Ferchard  Leche" 
has  a  gift  of  all  the  islands  near  the  coast  between  the  Stour  in 
Assynt  and  Armadale,  Sutherland.  (lb.,  p.  695.)  The  Clan  Beaton 
or  MacBeathadh  were  a  medical  clan,  and  there  are  notices  of 
them  in  Islay,  Mull,  South  Uist,  and  Far  in  Sutherland.  One  of 
them,  the  "famous  Doctor  Beaton,"  of  Mull,  had  the  dubious 
fortune  of  being  blown  up  when  on  board  the  Spanish  ship  Flor- 
ida, in  Tobermory,  but  escaped  unhurt.  (Martin's  "West.  Isles," 
p.  254.) 

DUN    OTHAIL,    NORTH    TOLSTA. 

It  was  a  cold  and  snowy  day  when,  under  the  guidance  of  the 
shepherd,  by  wading  through  overflowing  brooks  and  wet  heather, 
I  reached  the  cliff  above  Dun  Othail,  which  rose  before  me  deso- 
late and  grand  "through  storm  and  reek,"  and  at  any  time  is  one 
of  the  most  picturesque  objects  in  Lewis. 

Dun  Othail  is  a  natural  fortress,  being  an  irregular  peaked  rock, 
u]ton  the  sea  coast,  nearly  two  hundred  feet  high,  and  disjoined  from 
the  main  by  a  perpendicular  ravine,  which,  however,  does  not 
reach  to  the  water.  The  sides  of  the  ravine  appear  to  have  been 
the  walls  of  a  trap-dyke,  which  has  been  denuded.  The  dun  is 
only  accessible  from  the  land  on  the  southeast  side,  and  there  it 
is  defended  by  a  wall.  I  was  unable,  through  fatigue,  to  proceed 
beyond  this,  but  the  Rev.  M.  Macphail  informs  me  that,  although 
there  is  no  defensive  masonry  upon  the  rock,  it  is  so  diflicult  of 
access  that  the  jiath  which  leads  upwards  could  be  defended  by  a 
single  individual. 

An  oblong  ruin  upon  its  extreme  point  is  supposed  by  Mr.  T. 
S.  Muir  to  have  been  a  chapel.* 

Dun  Othail  is  famous  in  Lewis  legends  ;  the  ubiquitous  Coin- 
neach  Odhair  (Kennetli  Oear)  has  prophesied  that  there  will  be 
great  destruction  of  the  Lewis  jieople  by  sword  ;  but  — 

Anihaiun  Lacsdail  fo  tliuatli, 

Aig  au  Criuiiich  am  mor  shluagh; 


That  is:- 


Ach  thig  a  mach  a  Dun  Othail 

Na  blieir  cobhair  dhoibh  's  fuasgladh.t 

At  the  North  Laxdale  river, 

Where  the  great  multitude  of  people  will  gather 


But  one  shall  come  out  of  Dun  0-ail 
That  shall  render  them  help  and  relief. 

ALLAN  MORRISON   AND   THE  DEMON. 


Macleod  of  Lewis  possessed  Assynt  and  Cogach  (but  not  Strath 
Connon,  only  his  son  was  married   there) ;    and  when    he  was 

*  "  Chanictcristics  of  Old  Church  Arch.,"  pp.  2,  1G8. 
t  This  prophecy  is  not  in  the  interesting  collection  made  by  Alex.  Mac- 
kenzie, of  the  "  Prophecies  of  the  Brahan  Seer,"  Inverness,  1877. 


52  TRADITIONS    OF   THE   MORRISONS. 

passing  some  time  in  those  countries,  lie  left  the  sole  management 
of  Lewis  to  Judge  Morrison  of  Ness.  Donald  Cam  and  Neil 
Macleod  being  dead,  the  sons  of  the  Judge  ruled  the  country 
most  tyrannically. 

Allan  Morrison,  the  Judge's  eldest  son,  was  intimate  with  a 
demon.  This  coming  to  the  ears  of  Macleod  of  Lewis,  Allan  was 
sent  for  by  him,  and  was  asked  if  it  was  true ;  Allan  confessed  it 
was.  Macleod  then  said,  "The  next  time  you  meet  the  demon^ 
ask  whether  I  shall  die  a  natural  death  or  not."  Allan  returned 
in  a  few  days,  and  said  that  the  demon  foretold  that  the  present 
Laird  of  the  Lewis  would  be  killed  by  a  Macleod  then  living. 
But  the  wicked  Allan  Morrison  feigned  this  story,  for  the  demon 
had  said  that  either  Allan  or  his  father  would  be  killed  by  the 
hands  of  a  John  Macleod. 

In  consequence  of  this  information,  Macleod  of  Lewis  left  the 
country  for  liis  other  estates,  for  lie  did  not  consider  himself  safe 
while  a  single  John  Macleod  was  left  alive  in  Lewis ;  and  Judge 
Morrison  obtained  his  sanction  to  bring  all  the  Macleods  in  the 
country  before  his  court  as  suspected  persons. 

Judge  Morrison  now  began  the  trial  of  the  suspected  Macleods. 
He  killed  sixteen  of  the  Macleods  of  the  name  of  John,  for  it  was 
by  a  John  Macleod  that  Judge  Morrison  was  to  lose  his  life. 
But  after  he  liad  disposed  of  all  the  John  Macleods  in  this  manner,, 
the  demon  or  spirit  told  him  that  it  was  by  John  Macleod  of 
Harris,  that  he  or  his  son  was  to  be  killed. 

The  Judge  had  then  recourse  to  conspiracy,  and  engaged  six- 
teen stout  and  able  men  to  swear  to  support  him  in  his  bloody 
plot.  He  sent  one  of  his  men  with  a  letter  to  the  Laird  of 
Harris,  saying,  that  as  the  Judge  had  now  the  sole  management 
of  Lewis,  he  sent  him  his  respects,  and  requested  Macleod  to  meet 
him  on  a  certain  day  to  sport  and  hunt  deer  in  the  hills  of  Lewis. 
John  Macleod  of  Harris  had  been  by  this  time  forewarned  of 
Judge  Morrison's  plot,  so  he  answered,  that  having  been  lately 
sporting  in  the  Lewis  hills,  he  would  rather  that  the  Judge  should 
come  to  sport  with  him  in  Harris. 

The  Judge  and  his  sixteen  warriors  arrived  at  Rowdle,  and 
were  hospitably  entertained  by  Macleod  for  the  greater  part  of 
the  night.  But  Avliile  the  Judge  was  enjoying  himself,  quite 
happy  in  the  thought  that  he  would  take  Macleod's  life  upon  the 
liills  on  the  next  da}^,  Macleod  gathered  his  chief  men  about  the 
house;  suddenly  a  strong  body  of  swordsmen  entered  the  hall, 
and  bound  Judge  Morrison  and  his  sixteen  Avarriors.  The  Laird 
of  Harris  now  ]troduced  the  letter  which  a  friend  in  Lewis  had 
written,  telling  about  the  conspiracy.  Macleod  offered  pardon  to 
the  sixteen  men,  who  had  been  forced  to  join  the  })lot,  provided 
they  would  return  peaceably  to  Lewis,  which  they  joyfully 
accepted.  The  Judge  Avas  put  to  death  at  Rowdle ;  and  thus 
the  prediction  Avas  fulfilled  in  spite  of  the  shifts  made  to  aA^ert  it 
by  the  bloody  massacre  of  the  Macleods  in  Lewis.* 

*  Morrison's  "  Traditions  of  Lewis." 


HEREDITARY   JUDGES    OF   LEWIS.  53 

This  myth  has  been  elaborated,  from  the  facts  that  John  Mac- 
leod  of  "Sanda  killed  Ian  Breitheamh,  i.  e.  John  the  Judge, 
defeated  Malcohn  Mor,  his  son,  and  carried  him  to  Stornoway, 
where  he  Avas  beheaded. 

THE   WICKED    INCENDIARY. 

Macleod  of  Lewis,  having  found  out  that  he  had  been  imposed 
upon  by  Allan  Morrison,  returned  to  Stornoway  Castle.  He 
settled  Torquil,  his  son,  at  Strath  Chonen  ;  his  youngest  son  was 
sent  to  Cain  Morrison's  house  at  Ness ;  and  a  son  of  Cain  Morri- 
son was  fostered  by  Macleod  at  Stornoway,  thus  showing  the 
friendship  and  good  understanding  between  the  families. 

When  mattcTS  had  continued  in  this  way  for  some  time,  a 
Mdcked  man  who  used  to  be  going  back  and  fore  between  Ness 
and  Stornoway,  came  one  day  into  Macleod's  castle  and  said  that 
Cain  Morrison  had,  in  a  violent  passion,  killed  Macleod's  child, 
Macleod  unfortunately  believed  it  to  be  true,  and  in  his  anger 
killed  the  son  of  Cain  Morrison.  The  wicked  incendiary  then 
flies  off  to  Ness,  and  tells  that  he  saw  Macleod  kill  the  young- 
Morrison.  Cain,  on  hearing  of  the  murder,  could  not  conceive 
any  reason  for  it,  and  though  the  young  Macleod  was  much  loved 
by  all  the  family,  he  Avas  not  spared. 

Thus  the  peace  of  those  families  was  broken  by  this  wicked 
incendiary.  It  is  told  that  when  Judge  Morrison,  with  the  laird's 
concurrence,  executed  all  the  .John  Macleods  in  Lewis,  some  of 
the  relations  of  this  wicked  man  suffered  with  them,  and  this  was 
the  way  he  took  to  revenge  the  death  of  his  friends ;  and  it  was 
through  him  that  the  Macleods  of  Lewis  became  extinct.  Instead 
of  peace  between  the  Macleods  and  Morrisons,  there  was  now 
nothing  but  murder  and  bloodshed.  Cain  Morrison  was  at  last 
obliged  to  flee  to  the  mainland,  where  he  was  killed  by  a  cottar 
in  an  island  by  Loch  Broom,  since  then  called  "Judge's  Island." 

Allan  More  Morrison  then  took  his  father's  place  at  Ness,  and 
fighting  went  on  between  the  two  clans  whereby  both  suffered 
severely  in  their  property  and  friends.* 

The  circumstance  which  gave  name  to  Eilean  cC  Britheimh^  or 
Judge's  Island,  has  been  described  above.  The  custom  of  sending 
a  child  to  be  fostered  in  a  family  which  had  been  at  deadly  feud 
with  the  parents  of  the  child,  although  intended  to  strengthen 
in  the  strongest  manner  the  truce  between  the  families,  often  led 
to  his  destnxction.  We  shall  have  another  instance  of  fosterage 
in  the  murderer's  family  in  the  traditions  of  the  Lewis  Macaulays. 

In  an  edition  of  the  Letterfearn  MS.  History  of  the  Macken- 
zies,  copied  into  Morrison's  "  Traditions  of  Lewis,"  after  stating 
that  the  brieve  was  hated  for  his  treachery  to  Torquil  Du,  there 
occurs,  "  as  also  killing  a  son  of  M'Leod's  [Torquil  Du's]  when  a 
child  nursing  in  his  own  house."  This  sentence  is  not  in  Gregory's 
copy  of  the  Letterfearn  MS.,  but  it  is  the  only  corroboration  I 
can  find  of  the  preceding  legend. 

*  Morrison's  "Traditions  of  Lewis." 


54  TllADITIONS    OF   THE   MORRISONS. 

HOW   THE  MORRISONS   GOT   RONA. 

The  possession  of  the  island  of  Rona  was  a  subject  of  dispute 
between  the  Morrisons  and  the  people  of  Sutherland.  The  main- 
land people  claimed  it,  because,  as  they  asserted,  the  island  lay 
nearer  to  Sutherland  than  to  Ness.  At  last  it  was  agreed  that 
the  contending  parties  should  race  for  it,  and  that  the  island 
should  belong  to  those  who  first  lit  a  fire  there.  On  the  day  of 
trial  tlie  mainlanders  seemed  likely  to  be  the  first  to  i-each  to, 
and  make  a  fire  ui)on  the  island;  but  a  Morrison  shot  a. burning 
arrow  from  his  boat  and  set  the  grass  on  fire,  and  Rona  has 
belonged  to  Lewis  ever  since.* 

One  of  the  customs  of  the  Northmen,  by  which  they  took  pos- 
session of,  or  as  they  called  it,  hallowed,  land  to  themselves,  was 
by  raising  a  fire  upon  it.  It  seems  to  have  been  sufficient  to  have 
lit  a  fire  at  the  mouth  of  a  river  to  constitute  a  claim  to  all  the 
land  through  which  that  river  flowed.  Bvit  what  more  imme- 
diately bears  upon  the  preceding  legend  is  told  in  the  settlement 
of  Iceland:  "A  man,  who  was  called  Onund  the  Fore-knowing 
(viss),  took  up  land  from  Merkigil  and  all  tlie  valley  eastAvard  of 
it;  and  when  Erik  [an  adjacent  landnam-man]  thought  of  taking 
the  west  end  of  the  valley,  Onund  fell  to  divination  (felldi 
blotspan)  to  make  him  prescient  (viss)  of  the  time  when  Erik 
intended  to  come  to  take  the  -valley ;  but  then  Onund  was  the 
quicker  [of  the  two],  and  shot  a  burning  arrow  {tund-or,  tinder- 
arrow)  over  the  river,  and  so  ap])ropriated  or  hallowed  ihelgadi) 
to  himself  all  the  land  westward,  and  [lie]  dwelt  by  the  i-iver." 
(Land.,  p.  193  ;  Cleasby's  Die,  p.  254.) 

With  these  legends  we  close  the  "Traditions  of  the  Morrisons." 
Although  the  authorities  have  been  carefully  consulted,  it  is  prob- 
able that  a  native  of  Lewis  could  have  greatly  extended  them, 
and  perhaps  have  found  something  to  repress  ;  but  a  comparative 
stranger  has  the  advantage  of  l)eing  able  to  tell  the  Avhole  truth,  — 
a  liberty  seldom  enjoyed  by  a  family  historian. 

Here  ends  the  narrative  of  Captain  Thomas. 

*  Rev.  M.  Macphail's  "  Traditions  of  Ness."  In  Morrison's  "Traditions 
of  Lewis"  it  is  Macleod  of  Harris  and  Macdonald  of  Slait  who  race  for 
St.  Kilda.  Two  boats  were  to  be  built  of  equal  size,  they  were  then  to 
cast  lots  for  them,  and  whoever  got  first  "  and  kinded  a  fire  thei'eiu,"  was 
to  possess  the  island.  "  In  this  way  Macleod  of  Harris  became  proprietor 
of  St.  Kilda  originallj'." 


FIRST    GENKKATION. KENNETH    MOKISON.  55 

HISTORY    OF    THE    DESCENDANTS    OF    THE    HEREDITARY 
JUDGE    OF   LEWIS,    SCOTLAND. 

BV    THE   AUTHOR   OF    THIS    BOOK,  L.   A.  MORKISON. 

The  history  of  the  family  of  the  Hereditary  Judges  is  not 
closed  with  the  death,  nearly  three  centuries  ago,  at  Inverkar- 
kaig,  of  Judge  Jolin  Morison,  the  last  Brieve  of  Lewis,  and  the 
loss  of  the  chieftainship ;  nor  is  it  closed  with  the  completion  of 
the  interesting  and  valuable  pamphlet  of  Captain  Thomas.  I 
take  up  the  work  Avhere  he  laid  it  down,  and  give  a  history  of 
the  descendants  of  the  Judge  to  1880. 

The  record  of  this  remarkable  family  is  one  of  thrilling  interest, 
and  an  air  of  romance  still  lingers  about  the  descendants  of  the 
Brieve  of  Lewis.  In  various  walks  of  life,  in  peaceful  seen  es, 
in  foreign  climes,  they  are  as  celebrated  as  were  their  ancestors  in 
the  feuds  and  bloody  dramas  of  the  past.  In  Lewis,  the  Father- 
land, in  Canada,  Australia,  and  the  United  States,  their  record 
can  be  traced.  In  the  iield  of  discovery,  in  politics,  in  the  con- 
flicts of  arms,  in  business  and  mercantile  life,  their  history  is  one 
of  progress,  and  their  record  is  one  of  honor. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  FAMILY  AFTER  THE  DEATH  OF  JUDGE 

MOKISON. 

"  Towards  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  century,  the  whole  of 
Lewis  formed  but  two  parishes,  Barvas  and  Ey  (Stornoway). 
The  minister  of  Barvas  was  Rev.  Donald  Morrison,  who 
must  have  been  born  about  1620  ;  he  was  a  grandson  of  the 
Judge.  When  Rev.  Donald  Morrison  was  minister  of  Baiwas, 
his  brother.  Rev.  Kkxxeth  Morisox,  was  minister  of  Storno- 
way. He  also  conforme(l  to  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  Avas  a 
highly  gifted  man,  and  well  suited  to  repress  the  tiirmoils  which 
then  existed  in  Lewis  between  the  Papists  and  Protestants,  for 
he  used  to  walk  from  his  manse  at  Tong  to  the  church  at  Storno- 
way with  his  drawn  sword  at  his  side ;  and  when  preaching  he 
had  tAvo  men  standing  with  drawn  swords  at  the  door  of  the 
church."* 

GENEALOGY    OF   THE    DESCENDANTS    OF   THE    HEREDITARY 

JUDGE. 

[Ill  the  riiiniiiig-titlet;,  the  heatling  of  the  left  page  indicates  the  family 
described;  the  small  llgu res  attached  to  a  name  indicate  the  generation; 
and  the  two  numbers  enclosed  in  brackets  in  the  centre  of  the  pages  are 
the  first  and  the  last  of  the  numbers  denoting  individuals  found  on  the 
two  pages.     For  general  arrangement,  see  Introduction.] 

The  arrangement  and  nwnbering  in  this  cotidnuation  ^vi\l 
commence  with  Rev.  Ke^vNktii  Moiuson^  last  named,  as  Ken- 
neth Morison,  first  generation. 

*  See  "  Traditions  of  the  Morrisons,"  by  Capt.  F.  W.  L.  Thomas,  p.  33. 


56  DESCENDANTS    OF    THE    HEREDITARY    JUDGE.  [1 

1.  Rev.  Kenneth  Morison  was  probably  a  son  of  Kenneth 
Morison,  who  was  son  of  Judge  John  Morison-  the  Brieve,  who 
was  slain  at  Inverkarkaig ;  minister  of  Stornoway,  Isle  of  Lewis, 
Scotland.  He  was  grandson  of  the  last  Judge  Morison,  Brieve 
of  Lewis.     He  was  born  about  1640,  and  his  child, 

2.  Allan'-,  born  about  1675  ;  he  was  a  clergyman  ;  but  little  is 
known  of  his  history.     He  left  one  child, 

3.  Alexander^,  born  about  1700 ;  he  was  taxman  in  Shader, 
Island  of  Lewis ;  date  of  his  death  unknown.  The  following 
were  his 

CHILDHKN,    BOKN    NKAR    STORNOWAY,    SCOTLAND. 

4.  Johu^  (7),  b.  about  1735;  remained  in  Lewis. 

5.  Donald*  (12),  b.  about  1740;  emigrated  to  Canada  in   176G,  wliere  be 

d.  in  I8I0. 

6.  Allan*  (17),  b   about  1745;  emigrated  to  Canada  in  17G6,  where  he  d. 

about  1815. 

7.  John^  [4]  (Alexander^  Allan^  Kennethi).  This  John  Mor- 
ison remained  in  Lewis,  Scotland,  while  his  brothers  emigrated 
to  Canada  in  1766.  He  had  two  sons  by  the  same  christian  name, 
but  by  different  wives.  No  dates  being  given,  it  is  probable  that 
the  first  Donald  died  before  the  birth  of  the  second  Donald  ; 
though  occasionally  two  persons  of  the  same  christian  name  are 
found  in  one  family.  In  that  case,  pseudonjins  were  given  to 
distinguish  them. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    LEWIS,    SCOTLAND. 

8.     Donald  ;  emigrated  to  Canada,  and  went  into  l)usiness  at  St.  Andrew's, 

where  he  d. 
0.     Roderick  (30)  ;  d.  at  Edwards  Depot,  Mississippi,  U.  S  ,  Feb.  1854. 

10.  Donald  (33);  emigrated  to  Australia  in  1853;  resides  at  Queensland. 

11.  Johanna;  m.  Mr.  Macdonald.     She  lived  in  Glasgow,  where  some  of 

her  family  d.,  when  she  returned  to  Lewis,  and  d.  there. 

12.  Donald"*  [5]  (Alexander^,  Allan-,  Kenneth^);  born  near 
Stornoway,  Scotland,  and  emigrated  to  Canada  in  1766,  witli  his 
brother  Allan  Morison.  He  landed  at  Quebec,  and  settled  in 
Berthier,  Can.,  in  1780,  and  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits ;  he 
died  in  1810.  Married  Jane  Cairns,  of  Paisley,  Scotland,  about 
1780;  died  in  Berthier,  Can.,  about  1825. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN   BERTHIER,    CAN. 

13.  Roderick  (89),  b.  Jan.  1,  1785;  d.  1843. 

14.  Charles  (42),  b.  171)0;  d.  at  Berthier,  1832. 

14i.  Jane;  ni.  Charles  Fortier,  a  merchant,  who  resides  at  Rivier-dn-Loup- 
en-haut.  Can.  Two  children:  1st,  Charles;  2d,  Emilie,  who 
live  upon  the  homestead.     Their  parents  are  deceased. 

15.  David  ;  d.  in  chiklhood. 
15i.   Alexander;  d.  young. 

16.  Catherine;  m.  Charles  Webster.    They  d.  about  1820,  and  were  buried 

at  Berthier,  Can.     No  issue. 

17.  Allaii^  [6]  (Alexander'',  Allan-,  Kenneth^).  He  was  born 
near  Stornoway,  Scotland,  and  emigrated  to  Canada  with  his 
brother  Donald  in  1766 ;  resided  at  Terrebonne  and  Berthier. 
He  died  at  the  latter  place  about  1815.  He  married  Jane  (or 
Jessie)  Wadin,  who  was  born  in  Canada,  Oct.  30,  1763. 


39]  FIFTH    GENERATION. RODEKK'K    MOIJISON.  57 

CHILDREN. 

18.  Jane,  b.  Jan.  2G,  1781 ;  m.  Mr.  Bernard,  and  d.  at  Berthier,  Can. 

19.  Alexander,  b.  Jan.  21).  1782. 

20.  John,  b.  July  1,  1788. 

21.  William  (47),  b.  March  7,  1785  ;  d.  on  Morrison's  Island,  Aug.  7,  ISGfi. 

22.  Jaracs,  b.  June,  1790. 

23.  Christopher,  b.  June,  1792. 

24.  Nancy,  b.  Aug.  20,  1794;  ni.  Olivier  Chamard  :  d.  at  St.  Denis,  on 

Richelieu  River,  Can. 

25.  Louis,  b.  October,  1796. 

26.  Marion,  b.  June,  1798. 

27.  Amelia,  b.  February,  1801. 

28.  Allan  (50),  b   at  Terrebonne,  Can.,  June  3,  1H03. 

29.  Donald-George   (61),    b.    at  Sorel,   Can.,   Aug.   28,   1805;    d.   at  St. 

Hyacinthe,  January,  1875. 

30.  Roderick^  [9]  (John^  Alexander \  Allan-,  Kenneth^).  He 
was  born  in  Lewis,  Scotland,  and  studied  medicine  in  Glasgow. 
Lived  as  a  merchant  in  Stornoway ;  but  being  unsuccessful,  he 
went  to  Sierra  Leone,  Africa.  His  health  failed  him  there,  when 
he  sailed  for  America,  and  landed  at  Baltimore,  Oct.  29,  1826. 
He  joined  his  brother  Donald  Morison  at  St.  Andrew's,  Can. 
Subsequently  he  removed  from  that  ])lace  and  settled  as  a  planter 
and  physician  at  Edwards  De])ot  on  the  Mississippi,  and  was 
successfid  in  his  business.     He  died  there,  February,  18^4. 

CHILD. 

31.  George.     He  spent  several  years  in  Calirornia,  but  returned,  and  suc- 

ceeded his  father  at  Edwards  Depot,  IMiss.,  where  he  d.  in  1877, 
and  left  one  son, 

32.  George-Hoderick. 

33.  DonakP  [10]  (John^  Alexander^  Allan-,  Kenneth^).  He 
was  born  in  Lewis,  Scotland.  His  father  died  when  he  was  young. 
Was  a  joiner,  and  lived  in  Stornoway.  In  1853  he  emigrated  to 
Australia,  with  his  eldest  son.  Was  unsuccessful  at  the  mines, 
and  now  (1879)  lives  in  Queensland,  Australia. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    STORNOWAY. 

34.  John;  emigrated  to  Australia  in  1853. 

35.  Norman  (67);  lives  in  Stornoway,  Isle  of  Lewis,   Scotland;    post- 

master of  the  city. 

36.  Roderick;    emigrated  to   Australia   in   1862,   and   is  a  merchant    in 

Queensland. 

37.  Alexander;  is  a  seaman,  and  sails  along  the  coast  of  Australia. 

38.  James-Thomas  ;  is  a  carpenter,  and  lives  in  the  North  of  England. 

39.  Roderick^  [13]  (Donald^  Alexander^  Allan-,  Kenneth^). 
He  was  born  in  Berthier,  Can.,  Jan.  1,  1785  ;  emigrated  to  the 
Indian  country,  near  Lake  Suj)erior,  in  1799,  and  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  old  Northwestern  Fur  Company,  whicli  was  absorbed 
by  the  Hudson  Bay  Company  about  1818.  He  was  one  of  the 
few  men  who  successfully  resisted  Lord  Selkirk,  the  founder  of 
the  Hudson  Bay  Company.  While  in  the  Indian  country,  lie  was 
powerful  in  his  intiuence  over  the  Indians,  and  by  whom  he  was 
called  "  White  Bear,"  owing  to  his  great  physical  develojiment 
and  strength.  By  common  consent  he  was  at  the  head  of  the 
Indian   forces   in   tlie  Lake   Superior  region    in   the   wai'  of   1812, 


68  DESCENDANTS    OF    THE    HEREDITARY    JUDGE.  [40 

.and  did  much  to  shield  Americans  in  the  United  States  from 
Indian  depredations.  Altliough  a  Scotcliman,  and  an  English 
subject,  he  was  friendly  to  the  United  States.  He  refused  to 
enter  the  Hudson  Bay  Fur  Company  when  the  two  companies 
were  merged  in  one,  and  returned  to  Canada.  He  was  judge 
of  the  county  court  of  Berthier  from  1820  to  1829,  when  he 
resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Cliarles  (No.  42),  who 
held  the  office  till  his  death,  July  30,  1832 ;  who  was  in  turn  suc- 
ceeded by  his  cousin  William  (No.  47),  who  continued  in  office 
till  the  judicial  laws  of  the  ])rovince  of  Lower  Canada  were 
changed.  Judge  Koderick  JVIorison  died  in  Canada  in  1843.  He 
married.  May  21,  1821,  Susan-Rebecca,  youngest  daughter  of  Dr. 
James  and  Abagail  (Jessup)  Walker,*  of  Sorel,  Can.,  where  she 
was  born,  Dec.  11,  1802  ;  sJie  died  at  St.  Josej)!),  Mich.,  July  1, 
18G5. 

CHILDREN. 

40.  Aluxandm--Hamiltoii  (74),  b.  Feb.  22,  1822;  resides  St.  Joseph,  Mich. 

41.  George-Kamsay  (79),  b.  1824 ;  d.  at  Stevensville,  Mich.,  Juue  24,  1875. 

42.  Charles^  [14]  (Donald*,  Alexander^,  Allan-,  Kenneth^).  He 
was  born  in  Berthier,  Can.,  and  died  there  of  cholera,  in  1832. 

CHILDREN. 

43.  Francis,  b.   1819.     He  was  educated  at  Nicollet  College,   Can.,  and 

became  a  Catholic  priest.  In  1850  he  was  named  by  Tope  Pius 
IX  as  coadjutor  bishop  of  Vancouver.  He  declinetl  the  position, 
and  remained  as  rector  of  Napierville  Parish,  Province  of  Que- 
bec, until  his  death,  in  April,  1877. 

44.  Edmund;  farmer;  res.  at  Napierville,  Province  of  Quebec. 

45.  George;   a  merchant,  and  lives  in  Napierville.  Province  of  Qn(l)ec. 

Has  several  sons, — one,  by  name  of  .l(?/a/'d,  is  a  prominent 
lawyer  in  Montreal. 

46.  Jane;  she  m.   Sir  Louis  Ilypolite  La  Fontaine,  who  was  premier  of 

Lord  P^lgin's  administration,  and  who  d.  in  18G4,  while  chief- 
justice  of  Canada.  "Lady  La  Fontaine"  resides  in  Montreal. 
She  has  two  daughters;  one  of  whom  m.  P.  A.  A.  Dorion, 
Esq.,  a  wealtliy  lawyer  in  Montreal.  Hsr  other  daughter  m. 
"Chevalier"  Larocque.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Papal  Zou- 
aves, and  was  knighted  by  Pope  Pius  IX  for  some  deed  of 
valor  in  an  engagement  in  which  he  was  wounded. 

*  Dr.  Walker  was  a  native  of  Stonebridge,  Donegal  Co.,  Ireland,  and 
came  to  America  as  surgeon  on  the  stall' of  General  Burgoyne,  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary war,  and  was  paroled  after  the  battle  of  Stillwater  and  sur- 
render of  Burgoyne.  His  wife,  Abagail.Jessnp,  was  the  only  daughter 
of  Colonel  Jessup,  who  commanded  "J^isup's  Rangers"  in  Burgoyne's 
army.  Colonel  Jessup  was  paroled  after  the  l)attle  of  Stillwater.  He  and 
his  daughter  were  natives  of  Stillwater,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  had 
several  brothers  ;  some  of  whom  w  ere  patriots  in  the  Revolution,  espousing 
the  American  cause,  and  three  of  them  "  United  Empire  Loyalists"  (the 
polite  name  for  Tory).  He  was  the  grandson  of  Col.  John  Jessup,  who 
received  a  large  grant  of  land  on  the  Hudson  River,  from  Charles  the 
Second  for  his  lidelity  to  Charles  tlie  First.  Colonel  Jessup  lost  this  prop- 
erty by  confiscation  in  the  Revolution,  but  received  from  the  P^uglish 
government  large  grants  of  land  on  the  River  St.  Lawrence,  in  and  about 
Sorel,  Can.,  as  compensation  for  the  loss.  Dr.  Walker  received  a  fine 
property  of  IJOO  acres,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Richelieu  River,  on  the  St. 
Lawrence,  and  in  Cauada,  in  consideration  of  his  military  services  to  the 
British  government. 


47]  FIFTH    GENERATION. — WILLIAM   MORRISON.  59 

47.  AVilliam^  [-21]  (A\\an\  Alexander^  Allan',  Kennell)i). 
William  Morrison,  the  discoverer  of  the  sources  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  Avas  born  in  Montreal,  Can.,  in  1785.  The  following  sketch 
of  him  -we  take  from  Vol.  YI,  186G,  page  628,  of  the  "American 
(Annual)  Cyclopedia,"  published  by  D.  Appleton  &  Co. :  — 

"  William  Morrison,  a  Canadian  fur-trader,  interpreter,  and  ex- 
plorer ;  born  in  Montreal,  C.  E.,  in  1785 ;  died  on  Morrison's  Island, 
Aug.  7, 1866.  In  1802  he  commenced  his  apprenticeship  with  the 
Northwestern  Fur  Company  at  Fond  du  Lac,  and  was  soon  after 
admitted  as  a  partner.  During  the  years  1803-15,  he  explored  the 
entire  region  of  the  Xorthwest,  and  wintered  at  many  important 
geographical  points.  In  1816,  he  took  charge  of  John  J.  Astor's 
business,  and  remained  with  him  until  1826,  when  he  retired,  and 
went  to  Canada.  He  has  since  lived  at  Berthier.  By  an  Indian 
wife  he  had  two  sons.  Mr.  Morrison's  life  has  been  an  eventful 
one  ;  but  that  which  most  of  all  will  immortalize  his  name,  is  the 
fact  of  his  being  the  first  white  man  who  discovered  the  sources 
of  the  Mississippi  Eiver.  This  honor  has  generally  been  awarded 
to  Mr.  Schoolcraft,  but  the  justness  of  Mr.  Morrison's  claim  is 
without  doubt." 

From  the  "  Chicago  Times,"  Saturday,  Aug.  26,  1866,  I  extract 
the  following,  taken  from  the  "  Montreal  Telegraph  "  :  — 

"  The  name  of  William  Morrison  is  identical  with  the  rise  and 
progress  of  the  fur  trade  in  Minnesota.  .  .  .  He  was  ever 
popular  among  the  Indian  tribes,  and  among  them  his  influence 
was  very  great.  The  following  incident  will  bear  evidence  to 
this,  and  may  add  another  scrap  to  the  romantic  history  of  the 
Northwest. 

"Mr.  Morrison  was  living  at  Sandy  Lake  at  the  time  when  the 
great  chief,  called  'The  Prophet'  (brother  to  Tecumseh,  who,  unlike 
his  brother  chief,  was  ever  loyal  to  the  British  government),  sent 
out  his  mandates  to  all  the  West  to  muster  the  tribes  to  a  general 
massacre  of  the  w^hites.  The  message  was  sent  secretly  by  runners 
with  accompanying  tobacco.  If  the  terms  were  acceded  to,  the 
tobacco  was  cut  and  smoked.  Thus  the  Indians  throughout  the 
country  became  apprised  of  the  prophet's  order  without  the 
knowledge  of  the  Avhites.  But  a  sudden  change  was  observed 
in  the  conduct  of  the  Indians.  Never  before  were  signs  so 
ominous  of  evil,  and  matters  daily  assumed  a  more  gloomy 
aspect.  It  was  evident  that  some  prompt  action  must  be  taken  to 
avert  the  impending  evil,  and  INIr.  Morrison  was  elected  as  the 
only  one  able  to  break  up  the  plot.  Cheerfully  he  accepted  the 
dangerous  mission,  and  accordingly  started  off  to  visit  the  assem- 
bled tribes.  He  took  with  him  two  men,  paddled  slowly  down 
the  river,  and  passed  the  Indians'  cam]).  Some  children  playing 
on  the  bank  first  discovered  him,  and  reported  that  'Little 
Englishman '  (as  he  was  called)  was  coming  down  the  river. 
All  ran  out  to  meet  him.  They  woidd  speak  to  him,  if  to  none 
other.  Anxious  to  learn  if  the  whites  Avere  still  ignorant  of  the 
plot,  they  asked  if  he  had  any  news.     '  Oh,  nothing  ! '  he  replied 


60  DESCENDANTS   OF   THE   HEREDITARY   JUDGE.  [47 

carelessly,  fully  understanding  tlie  Indian  character;  'what's 
the  news  with  you  ? '  '  Nothing,'  said  they  ;  and  he  began  to 
slowly  paddle  his  canoe.  Then  he  paused  suddenly.  '  Oli,  yes,' 
said  he,  '  I  do  remember  something.  The  great  medicine-man, 
tlie  prophet,  lias  been  killed  by  the  Long  Knives.'  Then  he  pro- 
ceeded slowly  down  the  river,  as  though  nothing  had  happened. 
He  did  not  know  this  to  be  true,  though  it  afterwards  proved  so 
by  a  remarkable  coincidence.  However,  the  Indians  fully  be- 
lieved him.  Not  an  hour  after  his  return  to  the  fort,  the  Indians 
began  to  flock  in  by  hundreds,  and  seemed  anxious  to  become 
friends.  The  paint  was  removed  from  their  faces,  and  they 
manifested  their  usual  cordiality.  They  had  no  wish  to  make 
war  on  the  whites,  but  felt  bound  to  obey  the  order  of  the  great 
medicine-man. 

"  Eventful  as  his  life  has  been,  that  which  will  most  of  all 
immortalize  his  name  is  the  fact  of  his  being  the  first  white 
who  discovered  the  sources  of  the  Mississippi  River.  This  honor 
has  generally  been  awarded  to  Schoolcraft ;  but  there  are  living 
(or  were  very  recently)  witnesses  of  the  justness  of  Mr.  Morrison's 
claim.  Tlie  following  copy  of  a  letter  which  tlie  late  Mr.  Morrison 
addressed  to  the  Historical  Society  of  Minnesota,  so  clearly  sets 
forth  his  claim  as  to  leave  no  doubt  of  his  title  to  the  lasting 
lionor  of  his  great  discovery,  viz. :  — 

"  '  I  left  Old  Grand  Portage  in  1802,  and  landed  at  Leech  Lake  in 
September.  In  October,  I  Avent  and  wintered  on  one  of  the  Crow 
Wing  streams,  near  its  source.  Our  Indians  were  Pillagoes.  In 
1803-4,  I  wintered  at  Kice  Lake.  I  passed  by  Red  Cedar  Lake 
(now  Cass  Lake),  and  followed  up  the  Mississippi  to  Cross  Lake. 
Then  followed  the  Mississippi  up  to  near  Elk  Lake  (now  Itasca), 
the  source  of  the  great  Mississippi,  the  portage  we  made  to  get 
to  Rice  Lake,  that  empties  itself  into  the  Red  River,  which  I 
visited  in  1804 ;  and  if  the  late  General  Pike  did  not  lay  it  down 
as  such  when  he  came  to  Leech  Lake,  it  is  because  he  did  not 
happen  to  meet  me.  I  was  at  an  outpost  that  winter.  The  late 
General  Pike  laid  down  on  his  map  Cass  Lake  as  the  head  of  the 
Mississippi  River.  I  did  not  trace  any  vestige  of  white  men 
before  to  Itasca  Lake.  In  1811-12,  I  again  went  the  same  route, 
and  down  the  Rice  River  to  the  plains.  Then  I  overtook  a  gen- 
tleman with  an  outfit  from  Mackinac,  M.  Olepe,  with  whom  I 
parted  at  Fond  du  Lac.  He  took  the  south  towards  Mackinac, 
and  I  took  the  north  to  head-quarters,  which  had  been  changed 
to  Fort  William  from  Old  Grand  Portage.  This,  I  expect,  will 
explain  that  I  visited  in  1804,  and  in  1811-12,  Itasca  and  five 
small  streams  that  empty  into  that  lake. 

"  'By  way  of  explanation  Avhy  the  late  General  Pike,  in  1805, 
who  had  orders  to  trace  the  Mississippi  to  its  source,  failed  to  do 
so,  I  must  say  he  Avas  stopped  a  little  below  Swan  River  (what  is 
now  called  Pike's  Rapids,  or  Block  House),  by  the  foe,  and  had  to 
]iroceed  on  foot  to  Leech  Lake.  He  had  to  learn  there  where  the 
source  of  the  Mississippi  was.     He  went  to  Cass  Lake,  and  could 


60] 


FIFTH    GENEKATION. ALLAN    MUKKISON.  61 


proceed  no  farther.  He  had  been  told  that  I  knew  the  source, 
but  could  not  see  me,  being  out  on  an  outpost.  This  want  of 
information  made  him  commit  the  error.  Some  person,  not 
knowing  better,  told  him  there  was  no  river  above  Cass  Lake. 
Cass  Lake  receives  the  waters  of  Cross  Lake,  and  Cross  Lake 
receives  that  of  Itasca*  Lake.  There  are  live  small  streams  that 
empty  into  Itasca  Lake.  They  are  short,  and  will  soon  lose 
themselves  in  swamps.  Rice  River  is  a  short  portage,  and  is 
called  the  heights  of  land,  which  is  the  dividing  ridge  between 
the  Mississippi  and  the  waters  that  empty  into  Red  River  and 
Hudson's  Bay,  No  white  man  can  claim  the  discovery  of  the 
Mississippi  before  me,  for  I  was  the  first  who  saw  the  source. 
Yours,  etc.,  William  Morrison.' 

"It  is  manifest  from  this  that  neither  Schoolcraft  nor  Nicollet 
was  the  first  discoverer  of  the  Mississippi.  Mr.  Morrison  did 
much  to  develop  the  vast  resources  of  the  far  west." 

In  i-eligion,  he  was  an  Episcopalian.  He  was  baptized  by  a 
clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  remained  a  steadfast 
member  of  that  church  till  his  death.  He  was  buried  at  Sorel, 
Can. 

CHILDREN. 

48.  William. t     He  passed  a  great  portion  of  his  life  aiDoiig  the  wilds  of 

the  Rocky  Mountains,  in  Oregon  and  (California,  and  accompa- 
nied Colonel  Fremont  in  his  expedition.  He  d.  in  Oregon  in 
1850.     No  issue. 

49.  Donald-George, t  b.  Sorel,  Can.,  May  10,  1827.     He  was  a  member  of 

the  Territorial  Legislature  of  Minnesota,  representing  the  Pem- 
bina region  in  the  assembly.  He  was  for  many  years  register 
of  deeds  of  Douglas  County,  Wisconsin  (the  county  at  the  head 
of  Lake  Superior).  He  res.  (1880)  at  Superior,  Douglas  Co., 
Wis.  Children:  1st.  Mary-Eliza,  b.  Feb.  17,  1860 ;  2d,  Frances- 
Harriet,  b.  Jan.  6,  1802;  3d,  Lillian-Margnret,  b.  Jan.  19,  1867; 
4tli,  Mary-Anne-Josette,  b.  April  11,  1869;  5th,  Georirianna- 
Angeiica,"b.  Nov.  9, 1871  ;  6th,  Donald-William,  b.  Jan.  14,  1874; 
7th,  George-Allan,  b,  July  28,  1876 ;  8th,  Cecilia-Beatrice,  b. 
Oct.  5,  1878. 

50.  Allan^  [28]  (AllanS  Alexander^,  Allan^  Kenneth^) ;  born 
at  Terrebonne,  Can.,  June  3,  1803.  Left  Canada  in  1817  for  the 
Lake  Superior  coinitry,  and  was  a  fur-trader  there  and  in  the 
upper  Mississippi  region.  He  was  a  member  of  one  of  the  earlier 
legislatures  of  Minnesota,  and  for  a  long  time  was  postmaster  of 
Crow  Wing.  Morrison  County,  Minnesota,  was  named  for  him. 
He  married,  in  1826,  Charlotte-Louise  Chaboille,  the  daughter  of 
an  Indian  chief.  She  was  born  1809,  at  Fort  William,  Lake  Supe- 
rior, and  died  Oct.  2,  1873,  at  Crow  Wing,  Minn.  He  died  at 
White  Earth  Reservation,  Minn.,  Nov.  21,  1877. 

♦The  derivation  of  the  name  is  not  generally  known.  " //a.vra  "  is 
derived  from  two  Latin  words,  Veritas  cap^it  (true  head),  i)y  uniting  the 
last  four  letters  of  the  Jirst  word,  and  the  first  two  of  the  last  word. 

t  See  page  528,  Appieton's  Annual  Cyclopaidia  for  1866,  vol.  vi. 


62  DESCENDANTS    OF    THE   HEREDITARY   JUDGE.  [51 

CHILDUEN,    BOKX   IX   NORTHWESTERN  MINNESOTA. 

51.  Charles,   b.   at  Leaf  River,   March   16,    1827;  cl.   at  Fredonia,  N.  Y., 

Feb.  18,  1842. 

52.  Margaret,  b.  at  Porta,<je  La  Prairie,  Sept.  13,  1829;    d.  at  Gull  Lake, 

Minn.,  May  3,  18-18. 

53.  Mary-Ann,  b.  at"  Swan  River,  Jan.  12,  1832;    in.  1856,  John  R.  Sloau. 

54.  William,  b.  at  Pine  River,  Feb.  17,  1834;  d.  at  Red  Cedar  Lalie,  Dec. 

17,   1834. 

55.  Charlotte-Louise,  b.  at  Lake  Winuebagoshish,  Oct.  31,  1835;  d.  at 

Cro\v  Wing,  Oct.  24,  1859. 

56.  Jane,  b.  at  La  Pointe,  Lake  Superior,  Feb.  17,  18  —  ;  d.  at  Crow  Wing, 

March  14,  1863. 

57.  Caroline,  b.  at  Cross  Lake,  on  Pine  River,  April  9,  1841 ;  m.  May, 

.1864,  Christopher  Graudelmyer;  res.  in  Braiuard,  Minn.  Two 
children  :  1st,  Charlotte,  b.  at  Crow  Wing,  May,  1865;  2d,  Rose, 
b.  at  St.  Cloud,  March,  1867. 

58.  John-George  (87),  b.  at  Lake  Winuebagoshish,  April  29,  1843. 

59.  Rachel,  b.  at  Long  Lake,  April  13,  1846;  lives  at  Braiuard,  Minn. 

60.  AUau,  b.  at  Crow  Wing,  June  3,   1848;  farmer;  res.   White  Earth, 

Minn.     He  m.   June,    1875,    Angeliue  Moutreuil,  b.  at  Sandy 
Lake,  Minn. 
60^.  Louise,  b.  Long  Lake,  April  20,  1851;  resides  at  White  Earth,  Minn. 

61.  Donald-George^  [29]  (Allan'',  Alexander^  Allan-,  Ken- 
neth^) ;  born  in  Sorel,  Can.,  Aug.  28,  1805.  Lived  at  St.  Hyacinthe, 
Can.,  where  he  died  Jan.  18,  1875.  He  married  July  8,  1833, 
Maria  A.  R.  Papineau,  born  at  Isle  Rou])in,  Can.,  May  9,  1816  ; 
died  at  St.  Hyacinthe,  Can.,  Dec.  24,  1854. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    AT    ST.    HYACINTHE,    CAN. 

62.  Margaret- Ann  (97),  b.  Nov.  16,  1835;  d.  March,   1875. 

63.  George-Allan-Oliver,  b.  Oct.  4,  1839;  resides  at  White  Earth,  Minn.  ; 

merchant. 

64.  Lewis-Francis-Beiijamin,  b.  Jan.  30,  1842;  resides   at  St.  Hyacinthe, 

Can. ;  lawyer. 

65.  Jean-Depaullos,  b.  May  3,  1845 ;  d.  May  26,  1849. 

66.  Maria-L.-IL,  b.  Jan.  8,  1849;  d.  Jan.  31,  1853. 

67.  Norman*"'  [35]  (Donald^  John"',  Alexander'^  Allan",  Ken- 
neth^). Norman  Morison  is  the  only  remaining  member  of  his 
father's  family  living  in  Lewis.  He  was  made  ])ostmaster  of 
Stornoway,  the  chief  city  of  the  island,  in  1860,  a  position  he 
still  [1880]  retains.  He  is  the  eighth  generation  removed  from 
the  last  Judge  Morison,  Brieve  of  Lewis,  Scotland. 

CIIILDREX,    BORN   IN    STORNOWAY,  LEWIS. 

68.  Mary-Jane.  71.     Murdo. 

69.  Isabella.  72.     Johanna. 

70.  Donald.  73.     Macdonald. 

74.  Alexander-Hamilton*'  [40]  (Roderick^  Donald^  Alexander'', 
Allan-,  Kenneth^).  Hon.  Alexander-H.  Morrison  is  the  eldest  and 
nearest  living  relative  of  that  celebrated  family  of  Morison  who  so 
long  held  dominion  in  the  Island  of  Lewis,  and  is  the  eigJith  gen- 
eration removed  from  the  last  Judge  Morison,  Brieve  of  Lewns. 
Tuttle's  Illustrated  History  of  Michigan,  published  in  1873,  has 
the  following  respecting  the  subject  of  our  sketch  :  — 


-'^^g'^GeaEPerme'y^'^      *   " 


^/97^^. 


74]  SIXTH    GENERATION.  —  ALEXANDER-H.    MORRISON.  63 

"  Hon.  Alexander- Hamilton  Morrison.  —  Alexaiider-Hainiltoii 
Morrison,  of  St.    Joseph,   Mich.,   projector    and    builder    of    the 
Chicago  and  jNIichigan  Lake  Shore  Raih-oad,  and  its  vice-presi- 
dent and  general   manager,  was  born  in   Quebec,  Can.,  P^eb.  22, 
1822.     At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  was  engaged  as  clerk  for  B.  W. 
Smith,  now  sheriff  of  Simcoe,  Ont.,  and  with  him  came  west  in 
1838,  arriving  in  Chicago  in  October  of  that  year,  when  Chicago 
contained  less  than  four  thousand  inhabitants.     Here  he  entered 
the  employ  of  David  Ballentine,  then  a  contractor  on  the  Illinois 
and  Michigan  canal,  remaining  with  him  as  clerk  until  he  engaged 
in  active  business  on  his  own  account  at  the  age  of  nineteen.     In 
1847-48-40,  Mr.  Morrison  was  engaged  as  a  contractor  on  public 
works  in  Illinois  and  Iowa.     In  1850  he  came  to  St.  Joseph,  Mich., 
where  he  has  since  resided,  being  connected  in  extensive  business 
as  a  merchant  and  lumberman  until  he  engaged  in  the  railroad 
enterprise  which  now  occujiies  his  attention.     The  Chicago  and 
Michigan   Lake   Shore   Railroad,   of   which  Mr.  Morrison  is  the 
projector,  builder,  and   manager,  extends  from   New  Buffalo,  on 
the  Michigan  Central  Railroad,  to  Pentwater,  which  is  the  main 
line,  a  distance  of  170  miles,  with  a  branch  of  25  miles  from  Hol- 
land to   Grand  Rapids ;  and   another  branch  of  55  miles  from 
Muskegon  to  Big  Rapids,  making  in  all  250  miles  of  road.     Con- 
sidering the  difficulties  encountered  in  consequence  of  the  decision 
of  the  supreme  court  of  Michigan,  declaring  void  all  municipal 
aid  voted  to  help  construct  railways,  together  with  the  fact  that 
the  road  was  built  through  a  new  country,  sparsely  populated, 
which  would  hot  have  been  undertaken  without  the  encourage- 
ment the  law  of  18G9  ]>roposed,  tlie  success  of  the  enterprise,  in 
both  its  completion  and  management,  entitles  the  projector  and 
builder  to  an  amount  of  praise  foi*  commercial  sagacity,  foresiglit, 
and  economy  in  all  the  details  of  construction  and  management 
seldom  awarded  to  men  of  these  times,  and  which  to  him  in  after 
years  will  be  a  source  of  consolation  and  pride.     Mr.  Morrison, 
while  engaged  in  extensive  business,  has  at  the  same  time  given 
some  attention  to  politics,  and  has  been  the  recipient  of  political 
lionors,  having  seen  much  of  public  life  for  a  man  of  his  years, 
now  only  fifty-tAvo.     In  1851  he  was  chairman  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  Berrien  County.     In  1852  he  was  a  candidate  for 
presidential  elector  on  the  Whig  ticket.     In  1856  he  Avas  elected 
to  the  senate  of  this   State,  and  was  on  the   staff  of  Governor 
Bingham.     In  1858  he  was  appointed  on  the  staff  of  Governor 
Wisner.     In  1860  he  Avas  elected  to  the  house  of  representatives, 
and  Avas  chairman   of  the  committee  on   State   affairs  for  three 
sessions,  and  during  the  time  Avas  one  of  the  special  joint  com- 
mittee on  war  matters,  of  Avhich  Hon.  James  F.  Joy  and  Hon. 
Henry   P.  Baldwin  Avere  members.      To   the   members  of    that 
committee  must  be  aAvarded  the  honor  of  successfully  projecting 
that  policy  AAdiich  at  the  end  of  the  Avar  found  the  State  unincum- 
bered Avith  a  Avar  debt,  and  another  by  Avliich  the  old  State  debt 
Avill   be  all   i.aid   bv   the   close   of  the   vear   1881.     In   1862   INfr. 


64  DESCENDANTS    OF    THE    HEREDITARY    JUDGE.  [74 

Morrison  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln  collector  of  internal 
revenue  for  the  second  district  of  Michigan,  composed  then  of 
the  counties  of  Allegan,  Berrien,  Van  Buren,  Kalamazoo,  Branch, 
Cass,  and  St.  Jose])h,  and  was  appointed  by  President  Johnson 
assessor  of  the  same  district  in  1867,  which  office  he  held  until 
June  30,  1869,  when  he  resigned  to  enter  upon  the  railroad 
project  of  which  mention  is  made  above.  Mr.  Morrison  belongs 
to  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  the  Western  country,  who  were 
Indian  traders  in  the  Lake  Superior  region  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  last  century  and  the  first  ])art  of  this.  His  father  was  a 
member  of  the  old  Northwestern  Fur  Company,  and  one  of  the 
few  partners  in  that  company  that  refused  to  surrender  to,  and 
successfully  resisted.  Lord  Selkirk  in  his  war  made  upon  it  in  the 
interest  of  the  Hudson  Bay  Company,  immediately  after  the  late 
war  with  Great  Britain.  His  guardian  in  his  boyhood,  and  under 
whose  care  he  was  educated,  was  his  friend  and  relative,  the  late 
William  Morrison,  the  discoverer  of  the  sources  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  from  whom  he  obtained  a  knowledge  of  ])ioneer  life  in  the 
beginning  of  the  century,  by  hearing  him  relate  adventures  that 
to  the  young  have  an  irresistible  charm.  Mr.  Morrison  ascribed 
his  late  success  mainly  to  his  business  connection  Avith  the  Hon. 
James  F.  Joy,  the  railroad  magnate  of  the  Northwest,  to  whom 
he  awards  almost  the  entire  praise.  Be  this  as  it  may,  the  people 
of  Michigan  will  always  remember  the  subject  of  tliis  sketch  as 
one  of  her  distinguished  characters;  and  the  people  of  the  county 
of  Berrien  and  town  of  St.  Joseph  as  its  most  prominent,  widely 
known,  and  ambitious  man,  who  for  nearly  twenty-five  years  has 
maintained  a  spotless  business  rei)utation,  and  still  enjoys  the 
unlimited  confidence  of  his  neighbors." 

In  the  Michigan  volume  of  "American  Biographical  History  of 
Eminent  and  Self-made  Men,"  wath  portrait  illustrations  on  steel, 
published  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  in  1878,  an  eulogistic  history  of  Mr. 
Morrison's  career  is  to  be  found ;  and  in  addition  to  what  is  pub- 
lished in  Tuttle's  History  of  Michigan,  mention  is  made  that  A. 
H.  Morrison  and  C.  G.  Wickes  of  Chicago  were  the  joint  owners 
and  operators  of  the  Dakota  and  Sioux  City  and  Pembina  Rail- 
roads ;  that  Mr.  Morrison  had  been  a  member  of  the  Republican 
State  Central  Committee  for  six  years;  was  connected  with  the 
Masonic  and  Odd  Fellow  fraternities,  having  been  Master  of 
Occidental  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  the  first  Noble  Grand  of 
Burnett  Lodge,  I.  O,  O.  F.,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mich.  In  religion, 
Mr.  Morrison  is  put  down  as  a  "Liberal";  and  that  during  a 
business  career  of  thirty  years,  he  had  been,  with  three  exceptions, 
unknown  to  the  courts  as  suitor,  juryman,  or  witness.  Mr.  Mor- 
rison was  married  in  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  Jan.  17,  1848,  to  Julia- 
Ann  Reynolds,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  who  was  born  there  Jan.  21, 
1832. 

The  same  history  gives  the  following  account  of  his  maternal 
ancestry:  His  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Col.  John  Jessup, 
who,  for  his  fidelity  to   Charles  I,  was   rewarded  by  Charles  II 


96] 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  —  GEORGE-RAMSAY   MORRISON.  65 


with  a.  large  tract  of  land  on  the  Hudson  River  in  the  State  of 
New  York.  This  tract,  known  as  Jessup's  tract,  became  historic 
through  its  confiscation  by  the  State  of  New  York  immiediately 
after  the  revolutionary  war  (1776). 

In  1878,  Mr.  Morrison  erected  a  very  extensive  Avooden-ware 
manufactory  at  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  and  in  1879  erected  a  large 
paper-pail  establishment,  giving  to  the  business  his  personal 
attention,  with  the  aid  of  his  only  son  Donald  Morrison,  a  young 
man  of  eighteen  years.  These  works  combined  make  one  of  the 
largest  manufactories  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States.  A  good 
illustration  of  these  works  is  here  given. 

In  1880  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  National  Republican 
Convention,  to  nominate  candidates  for  President  and  Vice- 
President  of  the  United  States.  He  was  strongly  urged  as  a 
candidate  of  the  Rej^ublican  party  for  governor  of  Michigan,  in 
1880,  but  declined  the  use  of  his  name. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   ST.    JOSEPH,   MICH. 

75.  Jessie,  b.  July  26,  1854;    m.  Feb.  25,  1879,  Neil  A.  McGilvray;  they 

reside  in  St.  Joseph.  One  child  :  Jessie  Morrison,  b.  Jan.  10, 1880. 

76.  Addie,  b.  Sept.  20,  1857;  lives  (1880)  with  her  parents. 

77.  Donald,  b.  Nov.  30,  1860  (St.  Andrew's  Day)  ;  resides  at  St.  Joseph. 

78.  Lillian,  b.  Dec.  27,  1869. 

79.  George-Ramsay^  [41]  (Roderick^  Donald*,  Alexander^, 
Allan ^,  Kenneth-').  He  was  born  in  Canada  in  1824,  and  died  at 
Stevensville,  Mich.,  June  24,  1875,  after  having  spent  several  years 
of  his  life  in  California,  where  all  his  sons  were  born  but  the  eldest. 
In  1845  he  married  Mary  A.  Dwyer,  at  Waukegan,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

80.  Williain-'Roderick,    b.    in    Waukesian,   111.,   Dec.    1848;    is    assistant 

treasurer  of  the  Wisconsin  Valley  Railroad,  Tomah,  Wis. 

81.  George-K.  ;  agent  at  Stevensville,  Mich. 

82.  Allan  ;  telegraph  operator  at  Breedsville,  Mich. 

83.  Charles;  telegraph  operator  at  New  Troy,  Mich. 

84.  Edmund ;  lives  Avith  his  widowed  mother  in  Stevensville,  Mich. 

85.  Susan-Rebecca,  b.  in  Waukegan,  111.,  Dec.  1846; 

86.  Maggie,  b.  in  California;    both  m.  and  reside  in  California;    their 

husbands'  names  are  Richardson,  although  not  related. 

87.  John-George«  [58]  (Allan^,  Allan^  Alexander^  Allan^, 
Kenneth^);  born  April  29,  1843;  farmer;  res.  at  White  Earth, 
Minn.  He  married  Margaret-Elizabeth  Fairbanks,  July  3,  1863. 
She  was  born  at  La  Pointc,  Lake  Superioi-,  Minn.,  July  15,  1847. 

CHILDREN. 

88.  Charlotte-Catherine,  b.  at  Crow  Wing,  Minn.,  Jan.  28,  1864;    d.  Jan. 

28,  1864. 

89.  Robert-IIenry-A.,  b.  at  Crow  Wing,  Minn.,  Feb.  8,  1865. 

90.  Charles-William,  b.  at  Crow  Winij,  Minn  ,  Oct.  4,  1867. 

91.  Julia-Rachel,  b.  March  4,  1869,  at^Crow  Wing. 

92.  Donald-Allan,  b.  at  Crow  Wing,  Minn.,  Jan.  ^^28,  1871. 

93.  John-George,  b.  at  Crow  Wing,  Minn.,  Oct.  80,  1873. 

94.  James-Alexander,  b.  at  White  Earth,  Minn.,  Nov.  21,  1875;  d.  Nov. 

21,   1875. 

95.  Lewis-Francis,  b.  at  White  Earth,  Minn.,  May  7,  1877. 

96.  Caroline-May,  b.  at  White  Earth,  Minn.,  May  22,  1879. 


66  DESCENDANTS    OF    THE    HEREDITARY    JUDGE.  [97 

97.  Margaret-Ann'^  (St.  Germain)  [62]  (Donald-George-Morri- 
son^,  Allan*,  Alexander'^,  Allan-,  Kenneth^) ;  born  at  St.  Hyacinthe, 
Can.,  Nov.  16,  1835 ;  married  April  22,  1863,  Joseph-Henri-Le- 
Maire  St.  Germain,  who  was  born  July  15,  1833,  at  Repentigny, 
Oan.;  physician;  res.  St.  Hyacinthe,  Can.     She  died  March,  1875. 

CHILDREX,    BORN   AT   ST.    HYACINTHE. 

98.  Marie-Honorine-Emelie,  b.  .luly  8,  1864. 

99.  Marie-Rosalie-Eruestiiie,  b.  Jan.  6,  186G. 

100.  Charles-George,  b.  July  13,  18r.7. 

101.  Louis-Joseph-Henri,  b.  April  15,  18G9. 

102.  Marie-Louise-Fraucoise,  b.  Aug.  9,  1871. 

103.  Mane-Caroliue,  b.  July  29,  1873 ;  d.  1875. 

104.  Marie-Albiua,  b.  Feb.  27,  1875 ;  d.  1879. 


CHAPTER    III. 

Introduction  to  the  History  of  the  Mokisons  of  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  with  a  Map  of  the  Original  Township,  including  the 
PRESENi'  Towns  of  Dekry,  Londonderry,  Windham,  and  Portions 
OF  Manchester,  Hudson,  and  Salem,  N.  H.  —  Plan  of  the  Orig- 
inal MoRisoN  Homesteads. 


'God  sifted  a  whole  nation,  that  He  might  send  clioice  grain  into  the  wilderness." 


It  will  be  im])0ssible  to  speak  of  the  emigration  of  the  Mori- 
sons  to  these  bleak,  and  at  that  time  inhospitable,  shores,  without 
speaking  of  the  causes  which  induced,  nay,  compelled,  the  emi- 
gration. These  causes  are  clearly  connected  with  the  political 
and  religious  history  of  the  times  in  which  they  lived. 

The  "oft-repeated  tale"  will  be  told  again.  The  Morisons 
were  Scotch.  During  the  reign  of  King  James  I  of  England,  a 
large  portion  of  the  six  northern  counties  of  Ireland  fell  to  the 
king,  being  the  sequestered  estates  of  the  Irish  rebels.  To  hold 
in  check  the  wild  and  turbulent  spirits  of  his  Irish  subjects,  he 
induced  an  emigration  of  his  Scotch  countrymen  to  the  province 
of  Ulster  in  Ireland.  This  was  in  the  year  1612.  In  1613,  the 
first  Presbyterian  church  ever  established  in  Ireland,  was  founded 
at  Ballycorry,  county  of  Antrim.* 

The  emigrants  were  rigid  Presbyterians.  A  bitter  feud  existed 
between  the  Catholic  Irish,  whose  estates  had  been  confiscated, 
and  the  Scotch  Presbyterians  who  occupied  them. 

In  1641  there  was  a  massacre  of  the  Protestants,  and  over 
forty  thousand  of  them  perished.  A  change  soon  occurred  in  the 
government ;  royalty  fell ;  the  protectorate  was  established  ;  and 
a  man  was  placed  at  the  helm  of  state  who  was  both  able  and 
willing  to  protect  the  Protestants  from  their  bigoted  enemies. 
In  1649  the  strong  arm  of  Cromw^ell  bore  an  avenging  sword, 
punished  the  Catholics,  and  brought  peace  to  the  country. 

On  the  accession,  in  1660,  of  Charles  II  to  the  throne  of  Eng- 
land, he  appointed  his  brother  James  (afterward  James  II)  viceroy 
of  Scotland.  James  was  a  bigoted  Catholic,  and  the  Scotch 
Presbyterians  w^ere  the  legitimate  objects  of  his  hate.  The  fires 
of  persecution  were  rekindled ;  the  sword  was  again  unsheathed, 
and  bathed  in  the  blood  of  "thousands  of  slaughtered  saints." 

*  N.  E.  Gen'l  Register,  vol.  xii,  p.  23L 


68  INTRODUCTION    TO    THE   HISTORY 

In  consequence  of  this  persecution,  large  numbers  fled  to  Ireland, 
and  joined  their  Protestant  countrymen  there.  Among  these 
emigrants  were  many  of  the  immediate  ancestors  of  the  emigrants 
to  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1719.  There  is  little  reason  to  doubt 
that  the  first  Morison  settlers  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  were  sons 
of  those  emigrants ;  and  that  one  at  least,  John  Morison,  who  died 
in  1736,  Avas  Scottish  born. 

In  speaking  of  the  causes  of  the  emigration  and  settlement  of 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  the  Hon.  Charles  H.  Bell,  of  Exeter,  N.  H., 
in  his  address  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  the  town,  said :  "  The  main 
cause  which  impelled  our  ancestors  to  quit  their  home  in  the  Old 
World,  and  seek  an  abode  in  the  wilds  of  America,  is  to  be  found, 
without  doubt,  in  their  desire  for  religious  liberty."  Again  he 
says :  "  No  change  but  the  dread  summons  of  death  could  have 
so  completely  sundered  all  their  relations  to  those  whom,  outside 
their  own  circle,  they  held  nearest  and  dearest  on  earth,  as  their 
removal  to  this  country.  The  pang  of  sejiaration,  which  over- 
flowed the  eyes  of  those  of  the  gentler  sex  and  tender  years,  must 
have  weighed  heavily  on  the  hearts  of  the  grave  seniors  of  the 
company.  But  they  did  not  falter ;  and  so  they  bade  adieu  to 
the  scenes  and  friends  of  their  youth,  and  embarked  on  the  voyage 
which  shut  them  from  their  view  forever ;  and  thenceforward 
their  destinies  were  linked  with  those  of  another  hemisphere." 

The  truth  which  Mr.  Bell  uttered  in  relation  to  the  early 
settlers,  as  a  class,  is  applicable  to  the  family  whose  history 
I  give. 

Some  of  the  first  Morison  settlers  of  Londonderry,  N.  H., 
were  at  the  siege  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1688-89.  Other 
Morisons  in  Scotland  rallied  to  the  aid  of  their  brethren  at 
the  siege.*  The  following  Morisons  were  active  in  their  defence 
of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  or  suffered  for  their  adherence  to  the 
Pi-otestant  cause.  Dec.  7  (O.  S.),  1688,  among  the  thirteen  brave 
apprentice  boys  who  on  this  date  shut  the  gates  of  the  city,  "in 
the  face  of  the  king's  officers,  and  let  down  the  portcullis," 
determined  to  die  rather  than  surrender,  was  Robert  Morison. t 
James  Morison,  a  citizen  more  advanced  in  years,  addressed 
the  besiegers  from  the  top  of  the  wall,  and  advised  them  to 
be  gone.  Finally  he  cried,  "Bring  a  great  gun  this  way!" 
when  the  besiegers  retreated,  and  joined  their  comrades  on 
the  other  side  of  the  river.t  April  18,  1689,  Capt.  James 
Morison,  officer  of  the  guard,  without  orders  from  the  gov- 
ernor, opened  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  admitted  Ca})tain 
Murray  and  his  party,  Avho  aided  much  in  the  city's  defence.§ 
Of    those  in  the    city   and   county  of    Londonderry,  who  were 

*  This  was  the  case  with  the  ancestors  of  the  Morisons  of  Nottingham, 
N.  H.     See  history  of  this  branch. 

t  From  Aiuials  of  Derry,  Ir(^l;uicl,  by  Robert  Simpson. 
j  Mac-uilay's  History  of  England,  vol.  iii,  pp.  114,  115. 
§  Auuals  of  Derry,  Ireland,  by  Robert  Simpson. 


OF    THE    MORISONS    OF    LONDONDERRY,    N.    H.  69 

attainted  in  1689  by  King  James,  and  declared  traitors  for  their 
adherence  to  the  Protestant  religion,  was  Lieut.  Robert  Morison. 
This  appears  from  the  Rolls  office,  Dublin.* 

The  Morisons  who  were  young  at  the  time  of  the  siege  of 
Londonderry,  were  the  sturdy  men  who,  in  1719,  helped  to  found 
the  settlement  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  They  came  in  the  strength 
of  their  manhood,  pre])ared  the  rude  habitations,  felled  the  trees, 
broke  the  ground,  and  scattered  the  grain,  which  the  rich  and 
virgin  soil  Avould  bring  forth  into  abundant  harvests.  Then  the 
old  people  came  and  shared  with  them  the  joys  as  well  as  the 
perils  of  the  new  life  in  the  wilderness. 

Since  the  coming  of  our  ancestors,  one  hundred  and  sixty-one 
years  have  rolled  into  the  eternity  of  the  past,  and  till  now  their 
history  has  remained  unwritten.  Eacli  vanished  year  has  ren- 
dered the  task  more  difficult. 

Standing  on  the  middle  ground  of  the  present,  where  I  can 
dimly  discern  their  pathway,  reverently  I  have  stretched  forth  a 
hand  and  grasped  the  fading  memorial  of  their  past,  and  tender 
it  to  my  clansmen  of  the  present,  and  looking  futureward,  I 
present  it  with  kindliest  salutations  to  the  Morrisons  of  the 
future. 

THEIR  HISTORY. 

In  the  preparation  of  their  history,  I  have  not  relied  on  tradi- 
tions and  defective  memories,  but  have  used  them  as  clews  to 
evidence,  as  a  basis  from  Avhich  to  work  out  a  difficult  problem. 
The  facts  stated  here  will  go  counter  to  many  fond  traditions, 
and  I  myself  have  laid  aside  some  with  great  reluctance.  But 
what  are  stated  as  facts,  are  the  result  of  painstaking  and  diligent 
inquiry,  and  can  be  substantiated  by  the  strongest  evidence.  This 
evidence  is  found  in  family  records,  on  tomb-stones,  in  deeds, 
in  wills,  and  in  town,  county,  and  probate  records.  All  these 
have  been  consulted,  and  from  them  abstracted  the  history  given. 
This  history  will  correct  the  record  of  the  Morisons  in  Parker's 
History  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  The  notice  there  has  no  histori- 
cal value.  The  author  of  that  book  died  before  he  had  com- 
pleted his  work,  which  accounts  in  part  for  the  unsatisfactory 
condition  of  the  notice. 

Dr.  Albert  Smith,  also,  in  his  History  of  Peterborough,  N".  H.,  p. 
174,  erroneously  gave  Samuel  Morison  as  the  father  of  the  eight 
children  whose  names  he  giA^es,  and  seems  to  have  been  Avholly 
ignorant  of  the  fact  brought  out  in  this  history,  that  John  Mori- 
son was  their  father,  and  that  he  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  H., 
Feb.  16,  1736,  leaving  a  will  making  his  sons  James  and  John 
executors. 

The  time  is  coming  when  the  fact  of  being  a  descendant  of 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Londonderry  will  be  considered  an 


*  Annals  of  Derry,  Ireland,  by  Robert  Simpson. 


70  EXPLANATIONS    OF    THE    MAI'. 

honor  only  second  to  being  descended  from  one  of  tlie  Pilgrim 
fathers. 

And  let  every  Morrison  distinctly  remember  that  he  is  of  Scotch 
descent ;  that  "his  name  is  Scotch  ;  and  that  the  terms  Scotch- 
English  or  Scotch-Irish,  so  far  as  they  imply  a  different  than 
Scotch  origin,  are  a  perversion  of  trnth,  and  false  to  history. 

All  evidence  shows  that  the  Island  of  Lewis,*  settled  by 
Norsemen,  was  the  cradle  of  the  family ;  that  members  of 
it  crossed  to  the  mainland  of  Scotland,  passed  into  England, 
Ireland,  and  spread  from  there  over  the  earth. 

It  was  formerly  common  to  use  the  terms  Irish  as  applied  to 
language,  and  Irishman  as  applied  to  race ;  where  now,  and 
projierly,  we  say  Gaelic  language,  and  Gael,  a  Scotch  High- 
lander.f 

This  fact,  not  generally  known,  throAvs  light  u})on  the  former 
custom  in  some  quarters  of  alluding  to  the  early  settlers  of  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.,  as  "Irish."  The  Quaker  poet,  John  G.  Whittier, 
has  fallen  into  this  not  uncommon  error,  in  his  pretty  poem  of 
"  Abram  Morrison,"  found  in  the  chapter  prepared  by  Judge  Chas. 
R.  Morrison.  The  Hon.  Charles  H.  Bell,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  in  his 
address  on  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  settle- 
ment of  Londonderry,  truly  said  of  the  term  Scotch-Irish  :  "It  is 
not  inapj)r(^priate  as  descriptive  of  their  origin  and  prior  abode, 
though  it  has  given  rise  to  not  a  little  misapprehension.  It  has 
been  supposed  by  some  writers  that  the  name  denotes  a  mixed 
nationality  of  Scotch  and  Irish  descent ;  and  in  order  to  adapt 
the  facts  to  their  theory,  they  have  fancied  that  they  could  detect 
in  the  character  of  the  Londonderry  settlers  the  traits  derived 
from  each  ancestry.  But  history  fails  to  bear  out  the  ingenious 
hyi^otliesis  ;  for  it  is  certain  tliat  there  was  no  mixture  of  blood 
iii  the  little  band  who  cast  their  fortunes  here  ;  they  were  of  Scot- 
tish lineage,  pure  and  simple." 


MAP  OF  THE  ORIGINAL  TOWNSHIP  OF  LONDONDERRY,  N.  H. 

i:XPLANATIONS. 

Annexed  is  a  map  of  the  original  Township  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  The 
object  is  to  present  the  past  rather  than  the  present;  to  designate  the 
early  Morison  homesteads,  and  tliose  of  many  other  of  tlie  early  settlers ; 
and  also  many  points  of  historic  interest.  Most  of  the  modern  names 
are  those  found  on  the  map  of  Rockingham  County,  N.  H. 

The  persons  whose  names  are  numbered  were  the  first  Morison  settlers. 

The  names  and  localities  marked  Avith  a  cross  (t)  were  eai'ly  settlers, 
or  rather  not  modern  residents,  and  places  of  local  importance. 

*  See  Map  of  Scotland. 

t  See  John  Morisone's  "Description  of  Lewis,"in  Capt.  F.  W.  Thomas's 
"  Traditions  of  the  Morrisons,"  pp.  25,  26.  Also,  Capt.  Thomas's  allusion 
to  this  fact,  same  pages. 


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EXPLANATIONS    OF   THE   MAP.  71 

The  names  neither  numbered  nor  mai'kecl  with  a  (f)  cross,  are  compar- 
atively modern. 

"  Tsienueto"  Lake  (pronounced  s/to«ee?o)  is  the  Indian  name  for  Beaver 
Pond,  iu  Derry,  N.  H. 

"  Gaentake  "  Brook  is  the  Indian  name  for  Beaver  Brook. 

For  these  facts,  and  for  outlines  of  Tsienneto  Lak§,  made  from  surveys 
by  Robert  C.  Mack,  Esq.,  in  1867,  and  for  very  valuable  aid  iu  the  con- 
struction of  this  map,  I  am  indebted  to  R.  C.  Mack,  Esq.,  the  able  anti- 
quarian of  Londonderry,  N.  H. 

The  Ave  Morisons  designated  by  the  term  "  Charter"  are  the  Morisons 
among  the  one  hundred  and  nineteen  men  to  whom  the  charter  of  London- 
derry was  granted  in  1719.  John  Morisou  No.  1,  who  died  in  1736,  was 
father  of  all  succeeding  persons  to  No.  9,  and  grandfather  of  all  between 
No.  8  and  No.  13.  Charter  Robert  Morison  was  probably  a  relative.  Char- 
ter David  and  Charter  Samuel  Morison  were  brothers ;  the  relationship 
between  them  and  Charter  Robert,  and  the  first  on  the  list,  is  not  known. 

1.  John  Morison,  died  1736 ;  farm  now  owned  by  Chas.  Day,  Derry,  N.  H. 

2.  Charter  James  Morison  ;  farm  now  owned  by  Mr.  Noyes,  Derry,  N.  H. 

3.  Charter  John  Morison;  )   embraced  in  the  fnrm  of  Col.  G.  W.  Lane, 

4.  Martha  Morison  Steele;  J  Derry,  N.  H. 

5.  Dea.  Halbert  Morison;  known  on  the  map  of  Rockingham  County 

as  L.  Hayes'. 

6.  Samuel  Morison;  farm  now  owned  by  Charles  Day,  Derry,  N.  H. 

7.  Hannah    Morisou   Clendennin ;    farm    now    owned    by   E.    Shields, 

Derry,  N.  H. 

8.  Joseph  Morison ;  farm  now  owned  by  Charles  Nowell,  Derry,  N.  H. 

9.  Lieut.   Samuel  Morison,  sou  of  Charter  James  Morison ;  farm  now 

owned  by  Albert  A.  Morrison,  Windham,  N.  H. 

10.  Capt.  Thomas  Morison,  son  of  Charter   John   Morison ;    farm  now 

owned  by  Isaiah  Dinsmoor,  Windham,  N.  H. 

11.  Halbert  Morison,  Jr.,  son  of  Charter  James  Morison;    near  B.  F. 

Senter's  farm,  Windham,  N.  H. 

12.  Ezekiel  Morison,  son  of  Charter  John  Morison;  near  B.  F.  Senter's 

farm,  Windham,  N.  H. 

13.  Charter  Robert  Morison ;  near  the  place  laid  down  on  the  map  of 

Rockingham  County,  as  M.  Hamilton's. 

14.  Charter  David  Morison;  farm  now  owned  by  J.  McMurphy,  London- 

derry, N.  H. 

15.  Charter  Samuel  Morison ;  farm  now  owned  by  A.  McMurphy,  Lon- 

donderry, N.  H. 

16.  Samuel  Morison,  son  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison ;  embracing  part  of 

"Ministerial  Hill,"  Londondei-ry,  N.  H. 

17.  John  Morison,  son  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison;    County  map,  J. 

Morison. 

18.  John   Morison,  son  of  Dea.  Halbert  Morison ;    known  on  map  of 

Rockingham  County  as  S.  F.  Taylor's. 

19.  Robert  Morison,  grandson  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison ;  known  on 

map  of  Rockingham  County  as  R.  Dickey's. 

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EXPLANATIONS   OF    THE   MAP.  71 

The  names  neither  numbered  nor  marked  with  a  (f)  cross,  are  compar- 
atively modern. 

"  Tsienneto"  Lalve  (pronounced  s/io?tee«o)  is  the  Indian  name  for  Beaver 
Pond,  In  Derry,  N.  H. 

"  Gaentake  "  Brook  is  the  Indian  name  for  Beaver  Brook. 

For  these  facts,  and  for  outlines  of  Tsienneto  Lak§,  made  from  surveys 
by  Robert  C.  Mack,  Esq.,  in  18G7,  and  for  very  valuable  aid  in  the  con- 
struction of  this  map,  I  am  indebted  to  R.  C.  Mack,  Esq.,  the  able  anti- 
quarian of  Londonderry,  N.  H. 

The  five  Morisons  designated  by  the  term  "  Charter"  are  the  Morisons 
amon^  the  one  hundred  and  nineteen  men  to  whom  the  charter  of  London- 
derry was  granted  in  1719.  John  Morison  No.  1,  who  died  in  1736,  was 
father  of  all  succeeding  persons  to  No.  1),  and  grandfiither  of  all  between 
No.  8  and  No.  13.  Charter  Robert  Morison  was  pi-obablij  a,  relative.  Char- 
ter David  and  Charter  Samuel  Morison  were  brothers ;  the  relationship 
between  them  and  Charter  Robert,  and  the  first  on  the  list,  is  not  known. 

1.  John  Morison,  died  1736 ;  farm  now  owned  by  Chas.  Day,  Derry,  N.  H. 

2.  Charter  James  Morison;  farm  now  owned  by  Mr.  Noyes,  Derry,  N.  H. 

3.  Charter  John  Morison;  \  embraced  in  the  i'trm  of  Col.  G.  W.  Lane, 

4.  Martha  Morison  Steele;  j  Derry,  N.  H. 

5.  Dea.  Halbert  Morison;  known  on  the  map  of  Rockingham  County 

as  L.  Hayes'. 

6.  Samuel  Morison;  farm  now  owned  by  Charles  Day,  Derry,  N.  H. 

7.  Hannah    Morison   Clendennin ;    farm    now    owned    by  F.    Shields, 

Derry,  N.  H. 

8.  Joseph  Morison ;  farm  now  owned  by  Charles  Nowell,  Deri-y,  N.  H. 

9.  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison,  son  of  Charter  James  Morison ;  tarra  now 

owned  by  Albert  A.  Morrison,  Windham,  N.  H. 

10.  Capt.  Thomas  Morison,  son  of  Charter   John   Morison;    farm  now 

owned  by  Isaiah  Dinsmoor,  Windham,  N.  H. 

11.  Halbert  Morison,  Jr.,  son  of  Charter  James  Morison;    near  B.  F. 

Senter's  farm,  Windham,  N.  H. 

12.  Ezekiel  Morison,  son  of  Charter  John  Morison;  near  B.  F.  Senter's 

farm,  Windham,  N.  H. 

13.  Charter  Robert  Morison ;  near  the  place  laid  down  on  the  map  of 

Rockingham  County,  as  M.  Hamilton's. 

14.  Charter  David  Morison ;  farm  now  owned  by  J.  McMurphy,  London- 

derry, N.  H. 

15.  Charter  Samuel  Morison ;  farm  now  owned  by  A.  McMurphy,  Lon- 

donderry, N.  H. 

16.  Samuel  Morison,  sou  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison ;  embracing  part  of 

"Ministerial  Hill,"  Londonderry,  N.  H. 

17.  John  Morison,  son  of  Charier  Samuel  Morison;    County  map,  J. 

Morison. 

18.  John   Morison,  son  of  Dea.  Halbert  Morison;    known  on  map  of 

Rockingham  County  as  S.  F.  Taylor's. 

19.  Robert  Morison,  grandson  of  Charter  Samuel  Morison ;  known  on 

map  of  Rockingham  County  as  R.  Dickey's. 

6 


HISTORY 


John  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H., 


HIS    DESCENDANTS, 

Including  Nine  Generations,  and  from   1628  (?)  to   1880, 
Or  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty-Two  Years. 


FIRST   GENERATION   IN    AMERICA.  75 


CHAPTER    IV. 

History  of  John  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  his  De- 
scendants.—  First  Generation  in  America.  —  Deed  of  Land. — 
Last  Will  and  Testament. — List  of  the  Eight  Children. 


[In  giving  the  record  of  John  Morison's  descendants,  a  chapter  will  be 
devoted  to  the  history  and  genealogical  record  of  each  of  his  eight  chil- 
dren, traced  to  1880,  "in  the  male  and  female  lines.  In  the  running-titles, 
the  heading  of  the  left  page  indicates  the  family  described ;  the  small 
figures  attached  to  a  name  indicate  the  generation;  and  the  two  numbers 
enclosed  in  brackets  in  the  centre  of  the  pages  are  the  first  and  the  last 
numbers  denoting  individuals  found  on  the  two  pages.  For  general  ar- 
rangement, see  Introduction.] 

John  Moeison,  according  to  tradition,  was  born  in  Scotland, 
in  the  County  of  Aberdeen,  in  1628  (?) ;  emigrated  to  America 
from  1720-23 ;  and  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Feb.  16,  1736, 
at  the  reputed  age  of  108  years. 

FIRST  GENERATION  IN  AMERICA. 

1.  Jolm  Morison,  who  died  in  1736,  was  the  ancestor  of  many 
of  the  Morisons  of  the  old  historic  township  of  Londonderry,  N.  H. ; 
of  the  Morisons  of  Windham  and  Peterborough,  N.  H. ;  and  of 
Colchester  County,  Nova  Scotia.  He  was  probably  born  in  Scot- 
land, in  the  County  of  Aberdeen,  although  there  is  no  accurate 
data  by  Avhich  to  decide  this  question.  By  comj)aring  the  dates 
at  which  emigrations  from  Scotland  to  Ireland  took  place,  with 
the  great  age  that  tra<lition  has  assigned  to  him  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  1736,*  we  can  scarcely  doubt  that  he  was  born  in  Scotland, 
and  emigrated  to  Ireland  some  time  preceding  the  siege  of  Lon- 
donderry.f     He  certainly  lived  in  Ireland,  and  had  a  family  in 

*  Tradition  assigns  to  him  the  great  age  of  108  years.  From  Hon.  Thomas 
F.  Morrison,  Londonderry,  N.  S.  He  was  an  old  man  at  the  time  of  his 
last  marriage,  aud  there  is  at  least  forty-five  years  diflereuce  in  the  ages  of 
his  eldest  son  James,  born  as  early  as  1G75,  and  his  youngest  sou  Joseph, 
born  about  1720.  The  fact  of  his  death  being  recorded  in  the  London- 
derry Records  (vol.  ii,  p.  5)  is  strong  presumptive  evidence  that  there 
was  something  remarkable  in  connection  with  him. 

t  In  1727,  Nottingham,  N.  IL,  was  settled  by  some  families  of  Morisons 
from  Ireland.  They  were  born  in  Scotland,  emigrated  to  Ireland  at  the 
time  of  the  siege  of  Londonderry,  1G88,  in  order  to  aid  their  relatives  aud 
friends,  endured  the  sufi'erings  of  the  besieged,  and  in  1724  embarked  for 


76  JOHN   MORISONi. 

1688,  and  dwelt  in  or  near  the  city  of  Londonderry  during  the 
war  of  James  the  Second  for  the  throne  of  England.  He  and 
his  family  were  at  Londonderry  during  its  celebrated  siege  and 
defence.  June  30,  1689,  the  commander  of  the  besieging  forces, 
the  French  General  Conrad  de  Rosen,  for  the  purpose  of  inducing 
the  city  to  surrender,  issued  an  inhuman  order,  by  which  some 
four  thousand  Protestants  were  driven  beneath  the  walls  of  the 
city,  where  they  were  exposed  to  starvation  and  the  missiles  of 
both  armies.  It  proved  ineffectual,  and  on  July  4,  1689,  they 
were  permitted  to  return  to  their  wretched  and  pillaged  homes. 
John  Morison  and  family  were  among  the  number  who  were 
driven  beneath  the  walls,  and  subsequently  admitted  within  the 
city,  remaining  there  till  the  city  was  relieved.*  He  did  not 
come  to  America  in  the  first  emigration  of  1718,  but  continued 
to  live  in  Ireland  till  about  1720,  when  he  removed  to  America, 
with  a  young  family  by  his  last  wife,  Jane  Steele.  On  Dec.  25, 
1723,  his  sons  James,  ancestor  of  the  Windham  Morisons,  and 
John,  ancestor  of  the  Peterborough  Morisons,  who  had  preceded 
him  to  the  New  World,  deeded  him  the  following  tract  of 
land:— t 

"  One  second  division  situate,  lying  &  being  in  s*^  town  of  Lon- 
donderry, lying  to  y*  southeast  of  Gov.  Wentworth's  farm  y' 
Rob'  Kenedy  lives  upon,  butf^  &  bounded  as  folloAveth  beginning 
at  y®  Northwest  angle  at  a  stake,  thence  running  South  by  mark*^ 
trees  two  hundred  &  seventy  two  rods  to  a  stake,  thence  running 
East  &  be  Nor  forty  rods  to  a  stake,  thence  running  North  tAvo 
hundred  &  seventy  two  rods  by  mark"^  trees  to  a  stake,  thence 
running  West  &  be  south  to  ye  bounds  first  mentioned  —  as  also 
one  half  acre  of  meadow  situate  &  lying  in  y*"  meadow  y'  goes  by 
the  name  of  Leverets  meadow,  butt**  &  bound*^  as  followeth, 
beginning  at  a  stake  by  y*  uplands  and  so  running  across  ye 
meadow  by  stakes  to  ye  upland  &  bounding  on  Jn°  Archibald's 
meadoAv  thence  running  by  ye  upland  to  a  stake  w''''  bounds  W™ 
Gilmores  meadow,  thence  runnmg  by  stakes  across  ye  meadow 
bounding  on  W"'  Gilmores  meadow  to  ye  upland  to  ye  bounds 
first  mentioned."  t 

"To  all  People  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come  Greeting, 
know  ye  y'  we,  James  Morison  &  John  Morison  both  of  London- 
America.  They  were  relatives  of  the  Morisons  of  Londonderry,  N.  H., 
and  were  drawn  to  America  by  the  favorable  reports  of  their  relatives  in 
Londonderry.  The  Rev.  William  Morison,  d.  d.,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H., 
was  born  in  Scotland,  and  was  a  relative  of  the  Morisons  in  Nottingham, 
N.  H.  This  statement  is  made  on  the  authority  of  Hon.  Ilobert  Morrison, 
of  Northwood,  N.  H.,  formerly  mayor  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Similar 
traditions  have  been  handed  down  in  the  dift'erent  branches  of  the  family, 
and  similar  family  names  prevail  among  them,  which  is  one  of  the  strong- 
est evidences  of  consanguinity. 

*  E.  L.  Parker's  History  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  p.  289;  Dr.  Albert 
Smith's  History  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  p.  174;  and  from  other  sources. 

t  Rockingham  County,  N.  H.,  Records,  Book  xviii,  p.  42. 

X  Abstracts  of  Deeds,  Rockingham  County,  N.  H.,  Records. 


FIRST   GENERATION    IN   AMERICA.  77 

derry,  Wheelwrights*  w""  in  his  Maj'*  Pro-*  of  N  Hampsh*,  for  and 
in  consideration  of  love  and  good  will  &  affection  w'^''  we  have  &  do 
bear  toward'  our  Reverend  father  John  Morison  sen"'  Husbandman 
of  y*  s*^  Town  and  Pro**,  have  given  &  granted  &  by  these  presents 
do  freely  clearly  and  absolutely  give  &  grant  unto  ye  s'^  John 
Morison,  his  his  heirs  exe",  adm"  &  assigns. 

"  To  have  &  hold  all  ye  s**  lands  &  meadow  in  ye  above  s*^ 
premises  to  him  ye  s^  Jn"  Morison  w*'^out  any  manner  of  consid- 
eration during  his  life  time  and  if  ye  wife  of  ye  above  s**  Jn°  Mor- 
ison and  ye  children  of  ye  s'^  wife  viz  Jean  Morison  Alias  Steele 
&  her  children  Samuel,  Hannah,  Mary,  &  Joseph  Morison  survive 
&  outlive  ye  aboves*^  Jn°Morrison  that  they  shall  be  all  &  each,  of 
them  equal  sharers  &  quo-partners  in  ye  aboves*^  tract  of  land  & 
meadow  during  her  living  &  residing  with  s"*  children,  but  if 
the  s*^  Jean  do  leave  her  children  or  marry  another  man  y'  there 
&  at  y'  time  &  no  longer  she  shall  have  no  part  claim  title  nor 
interest  in  s"^  land  or  or  meadow  &  further  ye  above  s*"  Jn°  Mori- 
son shall  be  obliged  to  pay  ye  rates  of  s**  second  division  from 
time  to  time  and  at  all  times  henceforward  and  forever." 

Dated  Dec.  25,  1723. 

Recorded  July  2,  1731,  Book  18,  page  42. 

This  farm  is  situated  in  the  present  town  of  Derry,  in  that  por- 
tion of  the  town  known  as  the  "Dock."  It  is  now  owned  by  Mr. 
Charles  Day,  and  is  very  pleasantly  situated.  Here  upon  this 
land,  among  the  hills,  where  the  strong  soil  would  yield  him  and 
his  family  a  support,  he  lived  during  the  remainder  of  his  days ; 
and  here,  on  the  19th  of  January,  1736,  "being  very  sick  and 
weak  in  body,  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory,  .  .  .  knowing 
that  it  was  appointed  unto  all  men  once  to  die,"  did  the  old  man 
make  and  ordain  this,  his  last  will  and  testament,  which  is  ap- 
pended :  t 

"In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  The  nineteenth  day  of  Jan'y» 
One  thousand  seven  hx;ndren  &  thirty  five-six,  I,  John  Morison 
of  Londonderry  within  his  Majesty's  Province  of  New  Hamps. 
in  New  England  Husbandman,  being  very  sick  &  weak  in  body 
but  of  pei'fect  mind  and  memory,  thanks  be  given  to  God,  there- 
fore calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  body  and  knowing  that 
it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  die,  do  make  &  ordain  this 
my  last  will  &  Testament. 

"That  is  to  say  principally  &  first  of  all  I  give  &  Recommend 
my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it,  &  my  body  I  recom- 
mend to  the  earth  t<j  be  buried  in  decent  christian  burial  at  the 
discretion  of  ray  Exec"",  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  General 
Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  tlie  mighty  power 
of  God  &,  as  touching  such  Avorldly  Estate  Wherewith  it  hath 
}tleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  life  I  give  demise  &  dispose  of 
the  same  in  the  following  manner  and  form. 

*  Makers  of  spinninj^-wheels. 

t  Probate  Records  of  Rockingham  Couuty,  N.  H. 


78  JOHN   MORISONi.  —  FIRST   GENERATION   IN   AMERICA.  [1 

"Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  wife  Jean  IMorison 
alias  Steele,  after  all  debts  and  funeral  charges  are  paid,  all  and 
every  partic"  of  my  moveable  Estate  only  my  will  &  desire  is  that 
if  there  be  anything  of  these  moveables  remaining  at  her,  my 
wife's  death  that  tlien  she  shall  Equally  divide  what  remains 
amongst  my  four  children  she  had  by  me.  Viz;  Samuel,  Hannah, 
Mary  and  Joseph  Morison,  and  likewise  in  consideration  of  several 
good  causes  done  by  me  unto  him,  my  son  Samuel  Morison  my 
will  and  desire  is  that  he  shall  be  at  the  trouble  &  charge  to  keep 
a  horse  &  carry  his  mother  to  meeting  on  the  Lord's  day,  or  any 
where  else  where  she  may  have  necessary  occasion  to  go,  and  I 
likewise  constitute  make  and  ordain  my  two  sons  James  Morison 
&  John  Morison  to  be  my  sole  Exec"  of  this  my  last  will  &  Testa- 
ment &  do  hereby  utterly  disallow,  revoke  &  disannul  all  &  every 
other  Testaments,  wills,  Legacies,  &  bequests  &  Exec/  by  me  in 
any  wise  before  named  willed  &  bequeathed.  Ratifying  and  Con- 
firming this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  and  Testament. 

"  In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the 
day  &  year  above  written,  signed,  sealed,  published,  pronounced 
and  declared  by  me  the  said  John  Morison  as  his  last  will  &  Tes- 
tament in  the  presence  of  us  the  subscribers. 

his  his 

Matthew  X  Taylor.  John  x  Moeison. 

mark  mark 

JOHX    KiNKEAD. 

RoBEKT  Cochran. 

He  had  a  family  of  eight  children,  as  follows :  — * 

'I.     James  (101),  born  in  Ireland  about  1675  ;  died  about  March 

5,  1756,  in  Londonderry. 

3.  John  (679),  born  in  Ireland,  1678  ;  died  in  Peterborough, 
N.  IL,  June  14,  1776,  aged  98  years. 

4.  Ilalbert  (1946),  born  in  Ireland;  died  in  Londonderry,  June 

6,  1755,  in  his  70th  year. 

5.  Martha  (2"201),  born  in  Ireland ;  married  Thomas  Steele  '■> 
died  in  Londonderry,  Oct.  22,  1759. 

6.  Samuel  (2279),  born,  1710,  in  Ireland;  married  Janette 
Allison  ;  died  in  Londonderry,  June  21,  1802,  aged  92  years. 

7.  Hannah  (2442),  born  about  1716,  in  Ireland;  married  Wil- 
liam Clendennin  ;  died  in  Londonderry,  Jan.  7,  1802. 

8.  Mary  (2478),  born  in  Ireland  about  1718;  married  Andrew 
Jack,  of  Chester. 

9.  Joseph  (2533),  born  on  the  passage  to  America,!  about 
1720;  married  Mary  Holmes,  of  Londonderry;  died  in  London- 
derry, 1807. 

*  There  is  a  possibility  that  the  first  four  children  wci'e  boru  in  Scotland. 

t  This  is  on  the  authority  of  Dea.  David  Anderson,  of  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  wliicli  is  undoubtedly  correct,  as  a  tradition  in  auotlier  branch  of 
the  family  confirms  it. 


10]  SECOND    GENERATION    IN    AMERICA.  79 


CHAPTER   V. 

Second   Generatiox.— Charter  James   Morison,  of  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  and  His  Descendants,  including  Seven  Generations. 


SECOND  GENERATION.  — CHARTER  JAMES  MORISON. 

10.  James'^[23]  (Johni).  He  is  supposed  to  be  the  James  Mor- 
ison  whose  name  apj^ears  upon  the  Memorial  to  Governor  Shute, 
of  Massachusetts,  bearing  date  of  March  26,  1718,  previous  to 
the  settlement  of  Londonderry.  He  was  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  ancient  townshij),  and  one  of  those  to  whom  the  charter 
of  the  town  was  given ;  consequently  he  is  known  as  "  Charter 
James  Morison."  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  town- 
ship, although  his  name  does  not  appear  among  those  composing 
the  first  sixteen  men,  who  with  their  families  located  there.  The 
following  record  of  land  was  laid  out  to  him  and  became  his 
"home  lot":  — 

"NuTFiELD,  February  y^  &c  1719-20 

"  Laid  out  to  James  Moreson  a  Lott  of  Land  in  said  Town  con- 
taining sixty  acres  and  is  bounded  as  followeth,  begining  at  the 
north  east  corner  upon  west  runing  brook  the  first  bound  mark 
being  a  small  white  oake  tree  marked  standing  about  thirteen 
yards  from  said  brook,  from  thence  runing  a  due  south  line  by 
marked  trees  three  hundred  and  twenty  Rhods  and  joyning  all 
the  way  upon  John  mitchels  Lott  until  it  com  to  a  stake  at  the 
south  east  corner,  from  thence  runing  a  due  west  line  thirty 
Rliod  by  marked  trees  to  a  stake  at  the  south  west  corner,  from 
thence  runing  a  due  north  line  by  marked  trees  three  hundred 
and  twenty  Khod  and  joyning  all  the  way  upon  James  Alexan- 
ders Lott  until  it  come  to  a  small  maple  tree  marked  near  the 
aforesaid  brook,  from  thence  running  up  the  brook  as  the  brook 
runs  unto  the  bounds  first  mentioned,  to  gether  with  an  interest  in 
the  common  or  undivided  Lands  with  said  Town  ship  equall  to 
oather  Lotts  in  said  Town. 

James  Gregg         f 
Recorded  this  5th  of  November  1720  Sam^i-  Graves       |    Conimite  " 

pr  John  Goffe  Town  Clerk  *  James  mcKeen      j 

David  Cargill  "] 
RoBART  Wear  | 
John  Goffe         [ 

*  Londonderry  Town  Records. 


80  CHARTER   JAMES   MORISON'^.  [10 

So  his  home  evei*  after  was  near  the  "West  Running  Brook." 
This  land  is  situated  about  one  mile  southwest  of  Derry  East 
Meeting-house,  in  what  was  known  in  the  early  history  of  Lon- 
donderry as  the  "Double  Range."  It  is  east  of  the  turnpike, 
lying  between  the  turnpike  and  the  residence  of  Col.  George  W. 
Lane.  Part,  if  not  the  whole,  of  the  land  is  now  included  in  the 
farm  of  a  Mr.  Noyes.  From  time  to  time  other  lands  came  into 
his  possession. 

Quiet  and  unassuming  as  we  imagine  our  ancestor  to  have  been, 
still  he  did  not  wholly  escape  the  perplexities  of  life,  and  in 
company  with  others  entered  his  strong  protest  against  what  he 
considered  an  unjust  division  of  lands  among  the  settlers,  and 
asked  for  redress. 

There  were  distui'bing  elements  hi  the  society  of  the  eai-ly 
settlers.  Selfishness  was  prominent  then,  as  now,  in  the  breasts 
of  all.  Many  of  those  who  lived  in  the  "Double  Range"  were 
dissatisfied  with  the  division  and  distribution  of  the  land.  "One 
method,  'to  do  as  they  would  be  done  by,'  did  not  prevail  there." 
So  fourteen  freeholders  in  the  township  of  Londonderry  (now 
Derry)  signed  the  annexed  petition  :  — 

PETITION    FOB    REDRESS    OF    INJUSTICE. 

"  T(i  the  Honourable  John  Wentioorth,  Esq.,  Leutt  Governor  commander  in 
cldeff  of  Hampshr,  and  to  the  Generall  Assembly  of  both  houses. 

"The  humble  petition  of  the  subscribers  to  this  Honorable 
Assembly,  wee  complean  of  wrong  don  to  us  and  grivoos  injustice 
in  laying  outt  of  our  land  by  unjust  methods  viz.  that  a  part  of 
our  ])roprietors  have  taken  their  chois  of  all  our  comons  and  we 
are  nott  allowed  neither  lott  nor  chois  and  rendered  tinsheur  of 
having  our  horn  lotts  made  Equal  with  others,  one  method  Dos 
not  jirevall  hear  to  do  as  they  wold  be  done  by.  Wee  the  Com- 
plenentt  Desire  and  make  requeast  for  a  practicable  reull  that 
may  yealld  saiftty  to  every  party  and  thatt  a  magor  vote  may  not 
cutte  any  '  propriator  outt  of  his  right  by  design  or  conning 
which  shall  further  appear  by  a  paper  annexed  hereunto,  which 
will  make  it  appear  mor  fully  to  have  ben  practised  hear  on 
pro{)ertie  hurttofore  another  the  complanentt  seke  for  redress 
from  this  Honorable  house,  and  your  petitioners  shall  ever  pray. 
May  the  15">  1728. 

John  Baunet.  John  Morison. 

Samuel  Allison.  William  Umfra. 

William  Nickels.  John  Baur. 

John  Anderson.  Rour.  Wear. 

James  Morison.  Samuel  Bark. 

Archihald  Clendenin.  John  Barnet. 

John  Stuart.  Gauriall  Bakr.'"* 

"  This  petition  was  ]iresented  to  the  General  Assembly  on  the 
18th   day  of  May,   17'28.     The  23d  was  appointed  as  a  day  of 

*  Town  Papers  of  New  Hampshire,  vol.  ix,  pp.  492,  493. 


10]  SECOND   GENERATION    IN   AMERICA.  81 

hearing.  Both  parties  ap])earing  unitedly  declared  that  they  had 
settled  the  difference  among  themselves,  and  humbly  prayed  the 
Government  to  give  a  sanction  to  their  agreement. 

"In  Council,  May  23,  1728,  Voted,  that  the  Said  Agreement  be 
and  hereby  is  established  and  contirmed.  The  Agrement  was  as 
follows,  At  a  Proprietary  Meeting  at  Londonderry  the  15'^  day 
of  April  1728,  it  was  voted  that  the  fourteen  petitioners  'shall 
have  Five  Hundred  and  Ninetyfour  acres  of  land  within  the  said 
Town  of  Londonderry.'  The  petitioners  shall  have  one  half  the 
land  that  fronts  on  Cobbetts  Pond,  on  the  South  side  and  the 
East  end  of  the  said  pond,  so  beginning  at  the  middle  of  said 
Pond  and  running  out  a  square  line  from  the  Pond  Three  Hun- 
dred and  twenty  rods  if  Policy  Pond  will  allow,  thence  extend- 
ing East  not  to  run  past  ye  east  end  of  Policy  Pond  southerly, 
and  so  running  along  ye  habitable  land  breaking  no  form  of  land 
until  the  aforesaid  Petitioners'  compliment  of  five  hundred  and 
ninety  four  acres  is  made  up  exclusive  of  any  meadow,"  *  etc. 

Part,  if  not  all,  of  tliis  land  was  laid  out  in  October  of  1728. 
Like  the  rest  of  the  common  land  of  Londonderry,  it  was  formed 
into  a  "range,"  so  that  it  might  "be  laid  out  in  order."  This  was 
the  origin  of  that  section  of  farms,  which  for  nearly  one  hundred 
and  fifty  years  has  been  known  as  "Windham  Range."  t  The 
land  laid  out  to  James  Morison,  'N'ov.  18,  1728,  in  consequence  of 
this  protest  and  petition,  has  furnished  a  home  for  many  of  his 
descendants  down  to  the  present  day.  It  is  now  owned  by  his 
great-great-grandson,  Albert  A.  Morrison.  In  his  possession  also 
is  a  Bible  once  belonging  to  our  ancestor,  and  was  used  by  him 
in  his  daily  devotions.  It  is  strongly  bound,  and  was  closed 
originally  with  clasps,  though  they  are  now  broken.  It  was 
printed  in  1725.  It  bears  the  marks  of  use,  and  some  of  its  pages 
are  stained  by  the  sea-waves  when  crossing  the  Atlantic,  a  cen- 
tury and  a  half  ago  or  more. 

He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Londonderry  in  1725.  He 
married  Mary  Wallace,  in  Ireland,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons, 
Halbert  and  Samuel.  She  died  in  Ireland,  and  he  came  to 
America,  and  married  Janet  Steele,  and  had  five  children. 

Tliere  seems  to  have  been  a  general  closing  uj)  of  his  affairs  on 
March  5,  1756,  and  several  deeds  from  him  to  his  sons  bear  this 
date.  These  Avere  not  acknowledged  before  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  those  who  witnessed  them  were  obliged  to  ajipear  at  probate 
court  at  Portsmouth,  N.  IT.,  June  9,  1757,  to  testify  and  establish 
the   legality    of    the    writings.      The   records    say,     "And   it   is 

*  Provincial  Papers,  vol.  iv,  p.  300. 

t  At  one  time,  1739,  four  Morisons  were  freeholders,  and  lived  in 
Windham  Range:  1.  Ezekiel  Morison,  son  of  John,  bouirht  of  William 
Clendenin  the  land  laid  out  to  Archibald  Clendenin.  The  place  where  the 
house  stood  is  in  the  hollow  between  the  Seuter  and  Smith  farms.  2.  Hal- 
bert Morison,  Jr.,  son  of  .Tames,  bouirht  the  land  laid  out  to  William  Nickles; 
date  of  deed  Oct.  17,  1739.  3.  Capt.  Thomas  Morison,  son  of  John,  lived 
where  Isaiah  Dinsmoor  lives.  4.  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison,  son  of  James, 
lived  where  Albert  A.  Morrison  lives. 


82  CHARTER   JAMES    MORISON^.  [11 

re])orted  that  James  Morison  is  dead."  His  son  Samuel  took  out 
])apers  of  administration  on  his  estate,  June  9,  1757.  Here  the 
curtain  falls.  U])()ii  the  history  of  the  ancestor  of  this  branch  of 
the  Morison  family,  no  further  light  comes.  No  stone  bearing 
his  name  can  be  discovered  in  the  cemeteries  of  Windham,  Derry, 
or  Londonderry.  The  "  great  rea])er  "  gathered  the  ripened  shock 
of  corn  into  his  garner,  and  so  jjasses  from  our  view  and  knowl- 
edge the  ancestor  of  our  clan. 

Below  are  fac-similes  of  the  autographs  of  Charter  James 
Morison ;  and  also  of  his  father,  John  Morison,  who  died 
in  1736 :  — 

He  had  a  family  of  seven 

CHILDREN. 

11.  Halbert  [18],  b.  in  Ireland;  d.  iu  Amherst,  N.  H.,  about  1779. 

12.  Samuel  [19],  b.  iu  Ireland,  1704;  d.  in  Windham,  N.  H.,  Feb.  11,  1776. 

13.  Janet,  m.  Samuel  Steele,  of  Londonderry.     Half  of  James  Morisou's 

home  lot  was  deeded  to  Steele  Sept.  27,  1757.  He  died  Dec.  8, 
17(j1,  aged  32  years.  Left  two  children:  1st,  Thomas;  2d, 
Hannah  (?). 

14.  Katreen.     She  probably  m.  a  Mr.  Tufts.      She  was  in  Cambridge, 

Mass.,  in  1774. 

15.  John,  b.  in  Londouderr}^,  Aug.  IG,  1722;  m.  Elizabeth ;    lived  in 

Londonderry'.  At  one  time  he  owned  part  of  James  Morisou's 
home  lot.  He  was  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  iu  1776.  I  have  been 
unable  to  obtain  any  further  record  of  him  or  his  descendants. 

16.  Thomas,  b.  in  Londonderry,   May  15,  1724.     Owned  laud  bounding 

on  his  father's  home  lot.  Lived  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  was  there  as  late  as  1776.  No  record  of  him 
after  this  date,  though  niauy  records  have  been  consulted.  He 
m.  Mary .     She  d.  Feb.  20,  1760,  iu  her  thirty-second  year. 

17.  James,  b.  in  Londonderry,  Sept.  24,  1728.      Lived   in  Londonderry, 

and  also  at  Cambridge,  with  "  other  friends."  He  was  there  at 
the  commencemeut  of  the  lievolutiouary  war;  but  at  this  time, 
with  his  brothers  and  sisters,  he  passes  utterly  out  of  our  knowl- 
edge. I  have  been  unable  to  tiud  any  record  or  tradition  of 
them,  though  the  county  records  of  Massachusetts  and  part  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  town  records  of  part  of  Vermont,  have 
been  searched. 

THIRD  GENER.ITION. 

18.  Halbert'*  [11]  (James'-,  John^),  was  known  as  Halbert,  Jr. 
On  Oct.  17,  1739,  for  tlie  consideration  of  five  ])Ounds,  lie  received 
of  William  Nickles,  of  Londonderry,  a  deed  of  land  in  Windham 
Range.  *      Here   he  lived   for   ten   years.      In   those    days    the 


*  Rockingham  County  Records,  Book  xxxv,  p.  536. 


18]  THIRD    GEXERATIOX. — HALBERT   MORISON,    JR.  83 

Indians  occasioned  the  settlers  ninch  annoyance,  and  parties  Avere 
scouting  for  them  continually.  In  1746,  among  the  foi-ty-four 
names  on  the  muster-roll  of  that  somewhat  celebrated  Indian 
fighter,  Capt.  John  Goffe,  I  find  his  name.  He  was  out  from 
April  24,  1746,  to  May  19,  scouting  for  Indians,  He  then  re-en- 
listed for  eleven  days.*  This  exjdains  a  vote  passed  at  a  town- 
meeting  in  Windham,  May  14, 1748  :  "  Voted,  on  the  fifth  article, 
that  each  man  that  is  gone  to  the  woods  for  us,  this  year,  shall 
have  40  shillings  Old  Tenor  above  the  province  pay,"  f  In 
1747,  his  name  appears  on  the  Windham  records  as  highway 
surveyor.  Under  date  of  Feb.  20,  1750,  Halbert  Morison,  and 
his  wife  Mary,  deed  their  home  in  Windham  to  John  Christy,  for 
the  consideration  of  six  hundred  pounds,  old  tenor.  %  April  29, 
1752,  Halbert,  David,  and  Samuel  Morison  deeded  land  to  Joseph 
Blanchard  in  "  New  Plantation  or  Township  Monadnock  No.  5, 
within  Mason's  Patent."  §  This  Monadnock  No,  5  was  incorpo- 
rated as  Marlboro',  Dec.  13,  1776.  ||  He  next  appears  in  Peter- 
borough, N,  H,,  July  5,  1753.  He  bought  land  there,  which  he 
deeded  to  his  cousin  by  marriage,  William  Smith,  and  the  father 
of  the  learned  jurist,  Judge  Jeremiah  Smith. 1[  In  1757,  at  the 
vendue  of  his  father's  personal  property,  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison 
speaks,  in  one  of  his  papers,  of  "  bro.  Halbert "  as  being  present. 

In  1761,  he  was  in  Amherst,  N.  H,,  and  there  he  lived  tlie 
remainder  of  his  life.  May  8,  1765,  he  bought  one  lot  of  land  in 
Amherst  of  sixty  acres. 

On  the  twelfth  day  of  August,  1771,  he  deeded  away  a  certain 
"  Right  or  Tract  Throughout  the  Township  of  Monadnock  No.  5, 
being  a  whole  Right  or  Proprietor's  Share  of  land  in  said  Monad- 
nock of  which  I  am  the  original  Grantee."  **  The  exact  date  of 
his  death  is  unknown ;  but  it  was  previous  to  Jan.  27,  1779.  On 
that  date  one  Garfield  took  out  letters  of  administration  on  his 
estate,  but  it  was  not  fully  settled  in  1780,  when  license  was 
granted  to  sell  his  real  estate  and  pay  debts, tt  He  married  Mary 
(Nickles,  probablj^).  From  the  Londonderry  records  it  appears 
that  Halbert  and  Mary  had  one  child,  Martha,  born  June  13,  1750. 
This  is  all  that  is  known  of  him  or  his  descendants.  Xt 

*  New  England  Hist,  and  Gen.  Register,  vol.  xv. 

t  Windham,  N.  H.,  Records,  vol.  i, 

X  Rockingham  County  Records. 

§  Book  Ivii,  p.  331,  Rockingham  County  Records, 

II  Sanborn's  History  of  New  Hampshire. 

t  History  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  by  Dr.  Albert  Smith,  p.  2G9. 

**  Hillsborough  County  Records,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

tt  Probate  Records,  Hillsborough  County,  N.  H. 

%%  And  to  show  the  difficulties  which  environ  one  who  searches  after 
genealogical  facts,  where  there  are  no  correct  records  kept,  I  will  state 
that  the  only  clew  I  had  to  the  history  of  Halbert  Morison,  beyond  the  faint 
tradition  that  such  a  pei'sou  had  existed,  was  found  in  a  scrap  of  dateless 
paper,  a  copy  of  which  is  appended,  directed  to  his  brother  John  Mori.son. 
It  was  found  among  the  papers  of  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison  :  — 

'•Sur  this  is  to  Let  you  know  that  one  gefeel  of  merymack  is  administered 
on  Holbarts  Esteat  and  I  did  not  know  of  it  for  he  has  no  Rite  to  do 


84  CHARTER   JAMES^ ;     LIEUT.    SAMUELS.  [19 

19.  Lieut.  SamueP  [12]  (James",  John^).  He  was  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  Morisons  of  Windham.  He  came  to  Londonderry 
with  his  father  in  1719,  when  a  lad  of  fifteen  years,  and  shared 
with  others  the  hardships  of  the  new  settlement.  Feb.  12,  1739, 
his  father  deeded  him  the  farm  (then  in  Londonderry)  in  Wind- 
ham range.  This  deed  was  not  acknowledged  before  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  consequently  James  Morison  gave  another  deed  of  the 
same  land  March  5,  1756.  This  deed  was  proven  and  legalized 
before  the  court  at  Portsmouth,  June  9,  1757,  and  from 
1728,  when  this  farm  was  laid  out  to'  James  Morison,  till  the 
present  date,  it  has  been  in  the  Morison  name,  and  its  bounds 
remain  unchanged.  It  is  not  known  at  what  time  he  first  came 
upon  the  farm  in  Windham,  but  it  is  quite  evident  that  it  was 
not  many  years  after  its  "laying  out,"  and  not  far  from  1730, 
In  1742,  Windham  was  incorporated  as  a  separate  township, 
except  that  it  must  unite  with  Londonderry  to  send  a  representa-- 
tive  to  the  general  court  of  the  Province.  He  was  moderator  of 
the  first  town-meeting  ever  lield  in  Windham,  in  1742,  He  pre- 
sided in  thirty-one  town-meetings,  the  last  time  in  1775.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  first  board  of  selectmen  of  the  town,  and  acted 
in  this  capacity,  at  different  times,  for  seven  years.  He  was  clerk 
of  the  town  for  four  years.*  In  1752,  he  appeared  with  a  petition 
before  the  governor  and  council  of  the  Province  protesting 
against  the  boundary  line  of  Salem,  Avhich  took  off  a  slice  from 
Windham,  t  His  mission  was  ineffectual.  In  1758,  he  was  a 
lieutenant  in  a  New  Hampshire  regiment,  and  was  present  at 
the  capture  of  Louisburg  from  the  French,  July  26,  1758. 1:  Jn 
the  possession  of  a  descendant  is  a  diary  kept  by  him 
during  his  term  of  service.  A  tradition  exists  in  the  family, 
that  after  the  surrender  of  the  fortress  by  the  French,  as  the  offi- 
cers of  the  besieging  and  victorious  forces  were  gathered  around 
the  refreshment  tables,  the  chaplain  was  called  upon  to  ask  the 
divine  blessing.     He  was  in  the  habit  of  being  lengthy  on  such 

it  and  you  may  cary  j'our  documents  to  him  if  you  please  All  is  from 
your  frieud  and  servant,  James  Lyons." 

This  was  the  basis  from  which  his  history  was  constructed,  collecting 
information  as  I  could,  "here  a  little  and  there  a  little,"  till  it  was  com- 
plete. 

*  Windham  Records,  vol.  i. 

t  See  Map  of  Londonderry,  N.  11. 

t  CAPTAIN   MCNUTT'S   COMPANY. 

A  muster  I'oll  of  Lieutenant  Morisou's  party  of  men,  designed  for  Fort 
Cumberland  :  — 

Samuel  Morison,  Lieutenant.  Matthew  Taylor,  Sergeant. 

Samuel  Moor,  Sergeant.  Neal  McNeill,  " 

William  Fisher.      Robert  Kinkead.     John  Fisher.  James  Matthews. 

David  Taylor.  William  Kinkead.  Saml.  Arcliibald.  William  Kennedy. 
Jolin  Taylor.  John  Durham.        Matt'w  Archibald.  Hugh  Mclrish. 

Adam  Taylor.         James  Dunlap.        George  Cowan.       Joseph  Moor. 
John  McKeen.        James  McKnight.  Robt.  McKnight.    Angus  Gillis. 
John  McKeen,  Jr.  John  Morison,  Jr.  John  McKnight.     James  Mills. 
Samuel  Morison. 


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19]  THIRD    GENERATION. — LIEUT.    SAMUEL   MORISON.  85 

occasions,  but  he  excited  the  astonishment  and  admiration  of  all 
present  by  being  extremely  brief,  saying,  "O  Lord!  we  have  so 
much  to  thank  'I'hee  for,  and  as  time  is  short,  we'll  postpone  it 
till  eternity.  Amen."  Mr.  Morison  was  a  rigid  Presbyterian, 
like  all  his  race,  and  about  1760  became  one  of  the  elders  of  the 
church  in  Windham. 

In  the  town  records  he  is  alluded  to  as  "Samuel  Morison, 
Gentleman";  also  in  many  deeds.  He  was  prominent  in  all  the 
affairs  of  the  town,  and  much  engaged  in  business  of  a  juiblic  nature, 
as  appears  from  his  papers  and  from  many  records.  For  that  time 
he  was  well  educated,  having  received  a  fair  education  in  Ireland 
before  his  emigration  to  Londonderry.  In  the  possession  of  the 
writer  is  a  tile  of  papers  which  once  were  his  ("Essex  Gazette," 
Mass.,  for  years  1774-75),  of  much  interest  and  value.  The  old  anti- 
quated house,  at  the  meeting  of  three  roads,  in  which  he  lived 
(and  a  portion  of  which  he  built),  still  stands.  It  is  the  Morison 
Homestead,  of  Windham,  IST.  H.,  and  an  engraA'ing  of  it  is  given. 
The  end  of  the  house  nearest  the  barn,  he  built,  not  far  from  1730, 
and  occupied  it.*  In  it  have  been  many  scenes  of  "exuberant 
mirth  "  and  the  deepest  sadness.  Inside  its  walls  many  have  been 
ushered  into  life,  and  the  clock  has  ticked  many  lives  away. 
Generations  have  gone  with  "  all  they  loved,"  with  hopes  ful- 
tilled  or  unfulfilled,  and  are  almost  forgotten;  but  the  gambrel- 
roofed  house  stands;  and  now,  as  in  the  "long,  long  ago,"  the 
opening  glory  of  day  salutes  it.  With  an  anecdote  or  two  I 
will  bid  it  adieu. 

The  owner  of  the  place  at  one  time  had  a  sheep  not  noted  for 
its  genial  and  amiable  qualities.  In  truth,  its  "  bump  of  combat- 
iveness"  seemed  to  be  particularly  prominent,  so  much  so  that 
its  "  butting "  propensity  had  acquired  for  it  an  unenviable 
reputation.  Under  the  tutelage  of  "  the  boys,"  these  natural 
characteristics  were  not  repressed,  but  "became  chronic."  He 
was  no  respecter  of  persons,  places,  or  conditions.  He  had  no 
eye  for  the  "  eternal  fitness  of  things,"  in  the  common  and  ac- 
cepted meaning  of  the  term.  All  rules  of  good  taste  and  pro- 
priety were  violated  on  this  occasion.  It  so  hapj^ened  one 
unfortunate  morning,  while  the  family  were  in  the  midst  of 
their  morning  devotions,  that  the  following  incident  occurred. 

The  chapter  from  Holy  Writ  had  been  read;  the  venerable 
man  was  upon  his  bended  knees  in  jirayer.  His  elbow  rested 
upon  a  chair,  and  his  head  rested  on  his  hand,  tie  was  facing 
the  pantry  door,  and  on  a  diagonal  line  from  the  outside  door  of 
the  house,  which  was  open.  At  this  moment,  the  sheep  we  have 
described  was  passing  the  outside  door,  when  one  of  "the  boys" 
who  sat  near  shook  his  hat  at  him.  This  was  enough;  he 
accejDted  the  wager  of  battle. 

"Not  a  moment  stopped  or  staj'ed  he," 

*The  persons  in  the  engraving  are:  nearest  the  guidepost,  L.  A.  Mor- 
rison (No.  382);  in  the  doorway,  aunt  Naomi  Morrison  (No.  30);  Albert 
A.  Morrison  (No.  228) ;  and  at  the  carriage,  I'atsey  Maliouey. 


86  CHARTER   JAMES-^  ;    LIEUT.    SAMUEL3.  [19 

but  in  the  twinkliug  of  an  eye  through  the  door  he  came,  for 
the  hat,  but  it  was  withdrawn,  and  the  only  object  which  greeted 
his  startled  vision  was  the  head  of  the  house  on  his  knees  in  the 
manner  described.  Him  he  hit  in  such  a  manner,  and  with  so 
much  vigor,  that  man  and  chair  and  sheep  were  mingled  in  a 
confused  mass  upon  the  floor.  Tradition  does  not  tell  us  what 
was  said  by  the  elder  at  this  moment.  What  would  be  apt  to  be 
said  would  depend  largely  upon  the  temperament,  training,  and 
character  of  the  individual. 

With  one  more  anecdote  the  record  of  "  Samuel  Morison, 
Geutlemau,"  is  closed.  It  is  uncertain  whether  this  has  to  do 
with  him  or  his  father  James.  He  wished  to  keep  his  children 
free  from  all  "  Irish "  ways  or  expressions,  and  w^as  particularly 
guarded  in  his  manner  of  training  them.  At  one  time,  a  person 
present  at  his  home  exclaimed  to  one  of  the  children,  "  Gang 
and  get  the  spirtle  "  *  (pudding-stick),  when  the  offender  was 
speedily  rebuked  for  the  "  Irish  "  expression. 

He  married  Martha  Allison,  daughter  of  Samuel  Allison,t  of 
the  Double  Range,  Londonderry.  She  was  born  in  Londonderry, 
March  31,  1720,  and  was  the  first  female  child  of  European 
exti'action  boru  in  that  town.     She  died  Dec.  3,  1761. 

Lieut.  Samuel  Morison  died  Feb.  11,  1776,  aged  72  years.  In 
the  ancient  burial-place  at  the  head  of  Windham  Range,  over- 
looking the  clear,  l)right,  sparkling  waters  of  Cobbett's  Pond,  he 
and  his  wife  Martha  Allison  rest  side  by  side.  The  old  head- 
stones are  covered  with  moss,  and  time  with  its  effacing  finger 
has  nearly  obliterated  the  record  upon  them.  On  his  headstone 
is  this  inscrijDtion, — 

"  Though  I  am  biu'ied  in  the  dust, 
I  hope  to  rise  among  the  just." 

A  fac-simile  of  his  autograph  is  given  below :  — 


*  This  is  a  Scotch  expression,  and  is  another  illustration  of  the  habit 
of  using  the  term  "Irish"  for  that  which  is  purely  Scotch. 

t  Samuel  Allison  was  the  emigrant,  and  his  family  was  one  of  the  first 
sixteen  families.  He  had  four  children:  1.  Janet,  m.  Samuel  Morison, 
of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  (No.  2279).  2.  Martha,  m.  Samuel  Morison,  of 
Windham  (No.  19).  3.  Rebecca,  m.  Mr.  Gyvas.  4.  Samuel  Allison, 
Jr.,  a  gifted  man,  and  a  fluent  extempore  speaker,  lived  in  Londonderry. 
His  son  Samuel,  m.  Mary  Barr,  and  removed  to  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  and  had 
eleven  children ;  and  his  son  John  removed  to  Peterboro',  N.  H. ;  and  an- 
other son  James  lived  in  Dunbarton,  b.  May  2-t,  1784  ;  d.  in  Goffstown,  N.  H., 
Feb.  2,  1867.  He  m.  Mary  Holt,  of  Andover,  Mass.,  Aug.  11,  1810,  and 
had  thirteen  children.  He  m.,  2d,  Mary  Ireland,  March  8,  1837,  and  had 
two  children:  a  daughter,  Elizabeth-IL,  m.  Kev.  C.  W.  Wallace,  of 
Manchester,  N.  H. ;  a  sou,  George-A.,  lives  (1880)  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 


39]  FOURTH    GENERATION. — JOHN   MORISON.  87 

They  liacl  a  family  of  five 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

20.  John  (25),  b.  May  18,  1743;  d.  Oct.  24,  1824. 

21.  Catharine  (33),  b.  Sept.  20,  1745;  d.  May  5,  1815. 

22.  Samuel  (40),  b.  Sept.  28,  1748;  d.  Jan.  2,  1816. 

23.  Robert  (52),  b.  Feb.  C>,  1758;  d.  April,  1808. 

24.  Martha  (65).  b.  Nov.  17,  1761  ;  d.  Aug.  23,  1836. 

FOURTH   GENERATION. 

25.  John''  [20]  (Lieut.  Samuel^,  James'-,  John^).  He  succeeded 
his  father  on  the  farm,  Avhere  he  spent  his  life.  He  was  for  a  w^hile 
in  the  army  during  the  Revolution ;  was  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  at 
the  commencement  of  the  struggle,  and  at  White  Plains  and  Fish- 
kill,  N.  Y.  Was  town  clerk  for  thirteen  years.  The  records  were 
kept  vei-y  neatly,  and  show  him  to  have  been  a  person  of  intelli- 
gence and  ability.  He  was  selectman  for  three  years.  June  26, 
1781,  he  married  Jennet  Dinsmoor,  daughter  of  William  Dins- 
moor,  and  sister  of  the  elder  Gov.  Samuel  Dinsmoor.  She  w\as 
born  March  8,  1756;  died  March  13,  1807,  aged  51  years.  He 
died  Oct.  24,  1824,  aged  81  years. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

26.  Samuel  (71),  b.  Nov.  15,  1784;  d.  Feb.  1,  1831. 

27.  William,  b.  Oct.  8,  1786;  d.  Jan.  23,  1812. 

28.  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  8,  1788;  d.  Marcli  1,  1825. 

29.  Allison,  b.  Jan.  31,  1792;  d.  May  7,  1830. 

30.  Naomi,    b.   Oct.    12,   1794;  res.   (1880)  in  Windham,  N.  H.     "Aunt 

Naomi."  Hers  has  been  a  quiet  life,  full  of  good  deeds.  Her 
love  for  her  l^indred  has  been  strong,  and  whatever  of  good  her 
hands  have  found  to  do,  she  has  done.  So,  in  the  "  sunset  of 
life,"  she  still  tinds  her  home  beneath  the  I'oof  of  the  Morrison 
Homestead,  wliicli  sheltered  her  infi^ncJ^ 

31.  Tennent,  b.  June  24,  1797;  d.  April  27,  1833. 

32.  Eliza  (78),  b.  Nov.  24,  1799;  res.  (1880)  in  VVindliam,  N.  H. 

33.  Catharine^  (Thom)  [21]  (Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^  James-, 
John^).  She  married  Benjamin  Thom,  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  and 
lived  in  the  "  Range,"  near  the  place  now  occupied  by  Mr.  J.  W. 
Dinsmoor.  He  served  as  selectman  five  years;  was  born  in  1747  ; 
died  June  2,  1811,  aged  64  years.  She  died  May  5,  1815,  aged 
70  years. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

34.  Samuel  (83),  b.  Aug.  29,  1775;  d.  Nov.  22,  1865. 

35.  William-Wear  (86),  b.  Dec.  29,  1777;  d.  Dec.  16,  1870. 

36.  Isaac  (94),  b.  Jan.  31,  1780;  d.  Jan.  29,  1832. 

37.  Benjamin,  b.  June  4,  1782;  m.  and  lived  in  Charlestown,  Mass.     He 

lost  his  wife  and  two  children  at  nearly  the  same  time.  This 
trouble  preyed  upon  his  mind,  and  he  became  discouraged,  re- 
linquished his  business,  and  lived  for  a  time  with  his  brother 
Isaac  in  Boston.  Finally  he  started  for  the  West,  and  was  never 
heard  from  afterwards. 

38.  Elizabeth  (103),  b.  Feb.  20,  1785;  d.  Feb.  1838. 

39.  Martha,  b.  Sept.  24,  1787;  m.  Robert-Boyd  Dinsmoor,  of  Windham, 

where  she  lived  after  marriage.     They  d.  while  young. 

7 


88  CHARTER   JAMES^  ;     LIEUT.    SAMUEL-^.  [40 

40.  Samuel*  ['22']  (Lieut.  SaniucP,  James'-,  John^).  He  lived 
upon  and  owned  the  farm  which  his  father  bought  of  Rev.  James 
McGregore,  May  26,  1749,  to  whom  it  was  laid  out  Oct.  24,  1728. 
Samuel  Morison  received  a  deed  of  this  farm  from  his  father,  Feb. 
5,  1776.  Aug.  29,  1777,  he  was  with  the  company  from  London- 
derry, under  General  Stark,  which  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Bennington. 

According  to  Horace  Greeley,  the  speech  of  General  Stark  to 
his  men,  just  previous  to  the  engagement,  was  substantially  as 
follows  :  "  Boys  !  you  see  those  Hessians.  King  George  paid 
£4.  75.  6d.  apiece  for  'em.  I  reckon  you  are  worth  more.  If  not, 
Molly  Stark  sleeps  a  widow  to-night."  Morison  came  out  of  the 
battle  unliarmed.  In  the  midst  of  the  engagement,  he  stepped 
behind  a  small  tree  to  load  his  gun,  when  a  ball  struck  the  tree  in 
the  centre.  His  part  of  the  spoils  of  wai-  was  a  razor-case,  picked 
up  upon  the  battle-field,  and  which  had  belonged  to  the  departed 
enemy.  It  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  writer.  He  possessed 
a  vigorous,  practical  mind,  and  was  well  educated,  considering  his 
meagre  opportunities.  There  are  books  in  existence,  in  his  hand- 
writing, filled  with  his  mathematical  investigations,  which  would 
do  credit  to  a  college  graduate.  He  made  considerable  progress 
in  geometry  and  other  branches.  There  was  no  poetry  in  his 
nature.  He  was  for  many  years  an  elder  in  the  church.  In  the 
town  he  served  as  moderator,  clerk,  and  as  selectman  for  seven 
years,  and  representative.  For  his  first  wife  he  married  Sarah 
Park,  May  20,  1779,  daughter  of  Robert  Park,  of  Windham. 
She  was  laorn  Sept.  4,  1757,  and  died  Dec.  27,  1789.  They  had 
six  children.  He  then  married  Margaret  ( Dinsmoor )  Armoi*, 
widow  of   John  Armor,*  and  daughter  of  William  Dinsmoor. t 


*  They  had  one  child,  Elizabeth  Armor,  who  m.  James  Hazeltine,  of 
Windham,  and  removed  to  or  near  Tupper's  Plains,  Ohio.  Had  ten  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  d.  in  infancy ;  the  rest  became  men  and  women.  1st, 
FAlzx,  b.  March  24,  1808;  d.  1848;  single.  2d,  Jane,  b.  Jnne  8,  1800;  m. 
1829,  Jeremiah-F.  Brown;  six  children,  all  living.  3d,  James,  b.  Aug. 
7,  1812;  d.  — ;  two  children.  4th,  Levi,  b.  Oct.  1,  1815;  d.  1850;  single. 
5th,  Maria,  b.  May  7,  1819;  living.  Gth,  Sarah-H.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1821  ;"m. 
Joseph  Guthrie;  two  sons.  7th,  Phiueas,  b.  May  22,  1823;  ten  children. 
Mr.  Hazeltine  d.  18G9,  in  his  OOtli  year.  She  d.  aged  75  years.  Many  of 
their  descendants  live  at  Tupper's  Plains,  Ohio. 

t  She  was  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Cochran)  Dinsmoor. 
Her  father,  William  Dinsmooi",  was  b.  in  what  is  now  Windham,  May, 
1731,  and  was  the  son  of  Robert,  and  grandson  of  "Daddy,"  or  John, 
Dinsmoor,  the  emigrant  and  first  settler.  Her  mother  was  the  daughter 
of  John  Cochran,  the  emigrant,  and  Janet  McKeen  (daughter  of  Justice 
James  and  Janet  (Cochran)  McKeon,  of  Londonderry;,  who  were  the  pro- 
genitors of  all  the  Cochrans  of  Windham,  N.  H.  They  lived  where  Wil- 
liam D.  Cochran  now  lives.  The  children  of  William  Dinsmoor  were: 
1st,  Jennet,  m.  John  Morison  (see  No.  25).  2d,  Kobert,  known  as  the 
"Kustic  Bard,"  lived  in  Windham.  3d,  Margaret,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  who  m.  Samuel  Morison  (see  No.  40).  4th,  John,  m.  Isabel  Hemp- 
hill, and  lived  at  J.  W.  Dinsmoor's  place  in  Windham.  5th,  Samuel,  m. 
Mary  lleid,  daughter  of  General  Reid,  of  Derry,  N.  H. ;  became  governor 
of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  and  res.  in  Kceue,  N.  H.     His  sou  Samuel 


65] 


FOURTH   GENERATION. ROBERT   MORISON.  89 


They  were  married  Aug.  31,  1792,  and  had  five  children.  She 
was  born  Oct.  14,  1759;  died  Sejjt.  18,  1837,  aged  78  years.  He 
died  January,  1816,  aged  67  years. 

CHILDREN,    BOKN   IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

41.  Martha,  b.  Feb.  U,  1780;  m.  Jesse  Auderson,  of  Windham.     The  last 

years  of  their  lives  they  lived  in  the  village.  Hers  was  an  active 
and  useful  life.  She  d.  in  a  good  old  age,  Jan.  23,  1859,  in  her 
79th  year.     Her  husband  survived  her  about  one  year. 

42.  Jane,  b.  Oct.  22,  1781;  m.  Joseph  Thorn,  of  Salem,  N.  H.,  where  she 

d.  Aug.  24,  1810. 

43.  Samuel,  b.  March  21,  1783;  d.  April  27,  1827. 

44.  Robert  (117),  b.  May  22,  1785;  d.  Nov.  3,  1860. 

45.  James  (122;,  b.  Nov.  17,  1786;  d.  Aug.  1,  1871. 

46.  Stephen  (133).  b.  July  26,  1788;  lives  (1880)  at  Chicago,  HI. 

47.  Margaret  (140),  b.  Aug.  11,  1793;  d.  April  14,  1864. 

48.  Jeremiah  (148),  b.  April  20,  1795;  d.  Nov.  24,  1862. 

49.  John  (153),  b.  June  19,  1796;  d.  Sept.  12,  1865. 

50.  Christopher  (160),  b.  Feb.  10,  1798;  d.  Jan.  17,  1859. 
61.  Sarah  (161),  b.  Oct.  7,  1800;  d.  June  7,  1833. 

52.  Robert^  [23]  (Lieut.  Samuel'^  James-,  John^).  He  lived 
in  Windham,  N.  H.,  on  the  place  now  occupied  by  his  grandson, 
Abel  Dow.  It  originally  belonged  to  James  Morison ;  was 
deeded  to  his  son  Thomas,  and  by  him  to  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison, 
Oct.  14,  1757,  by  whom  it  was  deeded  to  Robert  Morison,  "Feh. 
5,  1776.  This  land  was  known  in  early  history  as  Lot  No.  8,  4th 
Division. 

He  married  Agnes  Betton,  Feb.  6, 1783.  They  had  five  children. 
She  was  born  June  20,  1760  ;  died  July  1,  1792.  He  married,  2d, 
Eunice  Dow,  Ap^'ii  19,  1794;  she  was  born  Oct.  20,  1770.  They 
had  seven  children.  He  died  April,  1808.  Mrs.  Morison  died 
Feb.  7,  1854. 

CHILDRKN,    BORN  IN  WINDHAAI,    N.    H. 

53.  Elizabeth  ("Betsey")  (163),  b.  Dec.  12,  1783;  d.  Sept.  28,  1865. 

54.  Martha,  b.  April  24,  1785;  d.  Oct.  3,  1802. 

55.  Silas,  b.  March  4,  1787;  d.  April  7,  1814. 

56.  Samuel,  b.  July  1,  1789;  d.,  aged  10  months. 

57.  Robert,  b.  June  5,  1791;  d.,  aged  4  months. 

58.  Asa  (172),  b.  Feb.  10,  1795;  d.  June  3,  1871. 

59.  Nancy  (176),  b.  Aug.  17,  1796:  d.  Jan.  29,  1860. 

60.  Ira  (185),  b.  July  18,  1798;  d.  March  10,  1870. 

61.  Mary  (190),  b.  March  25,  1800;  res.  1880,  at  Melrose,  Mass. 

62.  Benjamin,  b.  July  22,  1802;  d.  March  31,  1815. 

63.  Leonard  (196),  b.  May  5,  1804,  d.  April  26,  1875. 

64.  Alva  (199),  b.  May  13,  1806;  d.  May  28,  1879. 

65.  Martha^  (Williams)  [24]  (Lieut.  Samuel  Morison-^  James^ 
John^).     She  married  Rev.  Gilbert-Tennent  Williams  (son  of  Rev. 

was  also  governor  of  N.  H.  6th,  Mary,  m.  Joseph  Park;  lived  in  Wind- 
ham, N.  H.,  where  John  A.  Park  lives.  7th,  William,  m.  Elizabeth  Barnet, 
and  lived  at  the  Olin  Parker  place  in  Windham,  N.  II.  Their  son,  Hon. 
James  Dinsmoor,  is  a  lawyer  of  extensive  practice  in  Sterling,  111.  8th, 
Isaac,  m.  Hannah  Little;  lived  on  Hanscom  place  in  Windlinni,  N.  H. ; 
removed  to  Chester,  N.  II.,  and  suljsequentiy  to  Ohio,  where  he  d.  9th, 
Elizabeth  (see  No.  83),  m.  Samuel  Thom,  and  d.  in  Denmark,  Iowa. 


90        CHARTER  JAMES-;    LIEUT.  SAMUELS;    CATHARINE  THOM^.      [6Q 

Simon  Williams,  who  for  many  years  was  pastor  of  the  church 
in  Windham).  He  was  located  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  subsequently 
in  West  Newbury,  and  died  in  Framingham,  Mass.  She  died  in 
Newburyport,  Mass.,  Aug.  23,  1836. 

CHILDREN. 

66.  Simon-Tenneut,  b.  May  20,  1790;  lives  in  Boston. 

67.  Martlia,  b.  July  2d,   1792;    d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  July  28,   1875;  m. 

Alfred-W.  Pike.  He  was  b.  in  1791 ;  d.  in  Boston  in  18G0.  He 
was  a  fine  scholar,  possessed  a  versatile  mind,  and  was  a  teacher 
of  note  in  the  last  generation.  They  had  four  children  :  1st, 
Martha-L.,  res.  in  Brunswick,  Me.  2d,  Alfred-W. ;  a  physician; 
practised  his  profession  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  for  several 
years ;  d.  Dec.  1859,  aged  40  years ;  left  one  child,  who,  with 
his  widow,  lives  in  Hanover,  N.  H.  3d,  Samuel-J. ;  was  a  bril- 
liant man  ;  principal  of  the  Oliver  high  school  in  Lawrence,  and 
composed  some  short  poems  of  merit.  His  life  was  short,  and 
he  died  in  Boston  in  1861.     4th,  Joseph-G.-W.,  deceased. 

68.  Samuel-Morrison,  b.  Nov.  24,  1797;  lives  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

69.  John-Adams,  b.  Oct.  17,  1799;  d.  Aug.  9,  1865,  in  Boston,  Mass. 

70.  Constant-Floyd,  b.  Nov.  12,  1801 ;  d.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  1832. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

71.  SamueP  ["26]  (John'*,  Lieut.  Samuer^,  James-,  John^),  was 
absent  from  his  home  in  Windham  nearly  ten  years,  and  on  the 
death  of  his  brother,  succeeded  him  on  the  original  honiestead  of 
the  Morrisons  in  AVindham,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  was  selectman  for  two  years  ;  married  Betsey  Dinsmoor, 
daughter  of  James  Dinsmoor.  She  was  born  Aug.  12,  1796  ; 
died  July  7,  1845.  Mr.  Morrison  died  Feb.  1,  1881,  aged  46 
years  and  3  months. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

72.  Catharine,  b.  Dec.  21,  1818;    m.  Sept.  27,  1847,  Charles-L.  Hazeltine, 

of  Windham.  She  d.  July  4,  1848,  leaving  two  children,  both 
of  whom  d.  young. 

73.  James-Dinsmoor  (207),  b.  Nov.  22,  1820;  d.  Sept.  7,  1877. 

74.  William-Allison  (210),  b.  Sept.  3,  1822. 

75.  Hannah- Aurelia  (222),  b.  Jan.  1,  1825. 

76.  Albert- Augustine  (228),  b.  Sept.  14,  1827. 

77.  Martha,  b.^Feb.  1830:  d.  July  11,  1830. 

78.  Eliza^  (Dinsmoor)  [32]  (John  Morison'',  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James'-,  John^).  She  was  Jborn  in  Windham,  Nov.  24,  1799.  In 
early  life  she  was  a  successful  teacher.  She  married  Oct.  4,  1827, 
Theodore,  son  of  James  and  Ruth  (Betton)  Dinsmoor,  of  Wind- 
ham, and  they  lived  upon  the  farm  which  for  five  generations  has 
been  the  home  of  the  Dinsmoors.  Deacon  Dinsmoor  was  public- 
spirited,  and  much  respected  by  his  townsmen.  Every  enterprise 
for  the  good  of  the  church,  religious  society,  town,  or  neighbor- 
hood, found  in  him  a  generous  supporter.  He  served  as  selectman 
in  1841 ;  repi-esented  his  town  in  tlie  legislature  in  1842-43-48-54. 
He  was  made  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  in  1843,  and 
died  Aug.  26,  1870.  Mrs.  Dinsmoor  lives  (1880)  with  her  son  in 
AVindham,  and  retains  in  a  marked  degree  her  mental  vigor. 


94]  FIFTH    GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL    THOM.  91 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN  WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

79.  Samuel-Morrison  (229),  b.  May  31,  1831;  res.  at  Youkers,  N.  Y. 

80.  Edwiii-Orville,  b.  Sept.   23,   1834.     He  succeeded  his  father  on  the 

homestead ;  musician  and  farmer ;  has  been  organist  of  the 
cliurch  for  twenty-live  years. 

81.  Martha-Amanda,  b.  Oct.  16,  1839;  lived  several  years  in  New  York. 

She  m.  July  5,  1877,  Horace  Anderson,  and  they  res.  in  Wind- 
ham, N.  H.  He  has  been  treasurer  of  the  town,  and  was 
representative  in  1878. 

82.  Aurelia-Janette,  b.  May  10,  184-1 ;  lives  in  Windham. 

83.  Samuel  Thoni=  [34]  (Catharine-*  (Thoni),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison^,  James'-^,  John^).  After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Thom  lived 
in  Salem,  Mass.,  seven  years,  and  also  for  a  time  in  the  vicinity  of 
Portland,  Me.  In  1816  he  removed  to  the  then  "far  west,"  Ohio, 
where  he  lived  with  his  family  till  1840.  The  attractions  of  a 
home  farther  west  allured  them,  and  in  their  advanced  years  they 
again  moved,  this  time  to  Denmark,  la.,  where  they  resided  the 
remainder  of  their  lives.  Mr.  Thom  was  a  ship-builder  by  trade, 
and  also  a  successful  farmer.  He  owned  farms  at  different 
times  in  ^ve  States,  and  travelled  through  thirteen  States.  He 
was  full  of  life  and  energy,  possessed  good  judgment,  and  was  a 
man  of  probity  and  worth.  He  married  in  18U1  Elizabeth  Dins- 
moor,  daughter  of  William  Dinsmoor,  and  sister  of  the  elder 
Governor  Dinsmoor.  She  was  born  in  Windham,  December,  1778. 
She  was  strong  and  vigorous,  and  in  her  old  age  her  natural  force 
was  not  abated.  She  died  Jan.  17,  1868,  aged  90  years.  He  died 
Nov.  22,  1865. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   SALEM,    MASS. 

84.  Eliza  (231),  b.  June  2,  1802;  d.  Oct.  22,  1842. 

85.  Catharine,  d.  young. 

86.  William- Ware  Thoni^  [35]  (Catharine-'  (Thom),  Lieut. 
Samuel  Morison^,  James-,  John^).  Mr.  Thom  resided  in  Mount 
Desert  Island,  Me. ;  was  shii)-builder  and  farmer ;  ca])tain  in  the 
militia  in  the  war  of  1812 ;  had  a  hglit  with  the  British  troops  at 
a  place  called  Norwood's  Cove,  and  drove  them  off.  He  served 
five  terms  in  the  legislature  of  Maine  as  representative,  and  Avas 
prominent  in  his  town.  Sept.  10,  1807,  he  married  Eliza  Somes, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Hannah  Somes,  of  Mount  Desert. 
She  was  born  Jan.  31,  1779 ;  died  May  27,  1862.  Mr.  Thom  died 
Dec.  16,  1870. 

CHILDREN. 

87.  Catharine-Morrison,  b.  July  3,  1809 ;  d.  Aug.  8,  1833. 

88.  Ann-Somes,  b.  May  9,  1811;  d.  April  7,  1812. 

89.  Ann-Somes,  2d  (230),  b.  July  3,  1813. 

90.  Julia-Maria,   b.   Feb.   28,   181G;    m.   Thomas  Mayo,   Oct.  4,  1839;  d 

Dec.  22,  18.55. 

91.  Benjamin  (247),  b.  April  9,  1819;  res.  Mt.  Desert,  Me. 

92.  William-Ware,  b.  Dec.  9,  1824 ;  d.  Dec.  19,  1824. 

93.  Charlotte-S.-Loug  (257),  b.  Aug.  1,  1826. 

94.  Isaac  Thom^  [^6]  (Catharine^  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison**,  James'-,  John^).    When  young,  he  went  to  Charlestown, 


92  CHARTER   JAMES2;    LIEUT.    SAMUEL3;    SAMUEL*.  [95 

Mass.,  and  was  employed  in  the  United  States  navy  yard.  Ke- 
moved  to  Watertown,  and  was  connected  with  Messrs.  Berais  and 
Fuller  in  a  cotton  factory  during  the  war  of  1812.  After  its  close 
he  removed  to  South  Boston,  and  was  engaged  in  the  glass  busi- 
ness;  was  connected  with  the  city  government  as  councilman. 
April  16,  1809,  he  married  Sophia  Senter,  of  Windham;  she  was 
born  Feb.  29,  1789;  died  March  8,  1849.  He  died  in  South 
Boston,  Jan.  29,  18:52. 

CHILDREN. 

95.  Eliza,  b.  March  3,  1810;  m.  Dec.  6,  1831,  Franklin-F.  Blood,  who  was 

b.  June  28,  1808.  Mrs.  Blood  d.  July  16,  1839.  They  had  one 
(laughter,  Clariuda,  b.  Sept.  29,  1832;  m.  D.  E.  Fifleld,  of  Jaue- 
ville  City,  Wis. 

96.  George-Senter  (262),  b.  Dec.  24,  1811;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

97.  Mary-Pinkerton  (266),  b.  Sept.  28,  1813;  d.  June  28,  1859. 

98.  Catharine-Morrison,  b.  Aug.  30,  1820;  m.  Lucius  Greenslit,  b.  April 

6,  1834;    live  in  Hampton,   Conn.;  have  one  son,  Edward,  b. 
April  13,  1843. 
99.     Winslow-Lewis,  b.  June,  1823;  d.  Dec.  21,  1824. 

100.  Isaac,  b.  Aug.  6,  1825;  d.  Aug.  4,  1830. 

101.  Sophia,  b.  Sept.  20,  1827;  d.  Oct.  7,  1828. 

102.  Artemas-S.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1830;  d.  Jan.  5,  1832. 

103.  Elizabeth'^  (Hughes)  [38]  (Catharine^  (Thom),  Lieut. 
Samuel  Morisou'*,  James'-,  John^).  She  married  John  Hughes, 
of  Windham,  N.  H.,  in  1807.  His  father  lived  in  Windham,  but 
was  a  native  of  Scotland.  They  were  farmers,  and  lived  in  that 
section  of  the  town  now  known  as  the  "Junction."  Mrs.  Hughes 
died  February,  1838.  Mr.  Hughes  was  born  August,  1781  ;  mar- 
ried, 2d,  Rebecca  Bradbury,  February,  1840.  He  died  March, 
1851. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN  WINDHAM,    N.  H. 

104.  Olivia-Grey  (270),  b.  June  20,  1808;  d.  July  4,  1852. 

105.  Williani-Cauipbell  (274),  b.  Jan.  12,  1810;  d.  Sept.  23,  1875. 

106.  Martha-Ann  (275),  b.  Jan.  20,  1812. 

107. /Benianiiu-IIarvey  (279),  b.  Aug.  10,  1814. 

108.  t  John-Milton,  b.  Aug.  10,  1814;  d.  1831. 

109.  Hannali-Patterson  (284),  b.  Aug.  11,  1816. 

110.  r  Jacob-Nesniith,  b.  April  20,  1818;  d.  1837. 

111.  \  Catharine,  b.  April  20,  1818;  d.  in  inftmcy. 

112.  Elizabeth-Thorn  (290),  b.  Nov.  8,  1821. 

113.  Sarah-Adelaide  (295),  b.  March  3,  1824. 

114.  Samuel-Orlando  (305),  b.  Oct.  23,  1826. 

115.  Isaac-Winslow  (308),  b.  Doc.  5,  1829. 

116.  James-Barnet,  1).  Nov.  27,  1832;  lives  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

117.  Robert^  [44]  (Samuel*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^  John^). 
He  spent  several  years  in  the  vicinity  of  Portland,  Me.,  and 
Charlestown,  Mass.  Returned  to  Windham,  purchased  a  farm 
near  the  centre  of  the  town,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  nuirried  Nancy  ]\[c('leary,  of  Windham.  She  was  born 
April  21,  1792;  died  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  187G.  He  died 
Nov.  3,  18G0,  in  Windham,  N.  H. 


133]  FIFTH    GENERATION.  —  JAMES   MORRISON.  93 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

lis.  Kobert-Park  (314),  b.  Dec.  27,  1828;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

119.  Samuel  (317),  b.  April  22,  1830;  clergyman. 

120.  Rufus-Amlerson  (318),  b.  March  10,  1834;  re.s.  Washington,  T>.  C. 

121.  John  (319),  b.   Oct.  22,  1837;  m.  Belviclere  Dodge;  res.  Wa.shing- 

ton,  D.  C. 

122.  James^  [45]  (Samuel"',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^). 
After  leaving  his  father's  house,  he  lived  for  a  time  in  Salem  and 
Danvers,  Mass.  In  1807  he  removed  to  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  and 
bought  a  farm.  Was  successful  in  his  calling,  and  was  prominent 
in  town  affairs.  Held  the  office  of  selectman  for  several  years  in 
succession ;  was  also  an  elder  in  the  church.  Late  in  life  he  sold 
his  farm,  and  moved  into  the  village,  where  he  spent  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  Married,  1st,  Miriam  Bean,  daughter  of  Nathan 
Bean,  of  Candia,  N.  H.  She  had  ten  children.  She  died  Sept.  6, 
1845.  He  married,  2d,  in  1850,  Mrs.  Betsey  Brown,  of  Orford, 
]Sr.  H.     Deacon  Morrison  died  Aug.  1,  1871. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   PLYMOUTH,    N.    II. 

123.  Hannah  (322),  b.  March  2G,  1810. 

124.  Sarah  (327),  b.  Nov.  4,  1812. 

125.  Miriam-Jane,  b.  Nov.  29,  1814;  lives  in  Plymouth. 

126.  James-Otis,  b.  July  18,  1818;  d.  Oct.  23,  1824. 

127.  Martha-Anderson  (331),  b.  Dec.  1819. 

128.  John-Jay,  b.  March  2,  1822;  d.  Nov.  6,  1840. 

129.  Maria.M.  (33G),  b.  Feb.  23,  1825. 

130.  Cyrena,  b.  May  14,  1827;  d.  Nov.  3,  1840. 

131.  f  James  (338),  b.  April  14,  1830. 

132.  t  Eliza-Ann,  b:  April  14,  1830;  lives  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

133.  Stephen^  [46]  (Samuel'',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^)  ; 
left  home  when  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  lived  in  Salem  and 
Danvers,  Mass.,  for  seven  years.  Removed  to  Concord,  Vt., 
where  he  lived  a  year  and  a  half ;  then  moved  to  Barre,  Yt.,  and 
bought  a  farm.  Was  successful  as  a  farmer,  and  lived  on  his 
farm  forty-three  years.  In  1866  he  went  to  Chicago,  where  he 
has  resided  most  of  the  time  since,  living  yvith  his  daughter.  He 
is  a  hale,  hearty,  venerable  old  man,  and  to  use  his  own  words, 
"  has  never  knoAvn  what  it  was  to  have  pain  or  sickness."  He  is 
in  his  ninetj'-second  year.  I  will  here  relate  an  interesting  and 
rather  remarkable  incident  in  his  life,  and  one  that  happens  to 
but  few  extremely  old  people.  Mr.  Morrison  visited  his  early 
home  but  a  few  times  after  his  departure  in  his  youth.  In  the 
winter  of  1877,  Dea.  Jonathan  Cochran,  of  Melrose,  Mass.,  a 
companion  of  his  boyish  days,  and  a  relative,  visited  Chicago, 
and  called  to  see  his  old  friend,  wdiom  he  had  not  seen  since  Mr. 
Morrison's  first  departure  from  Windham  in  1807.  Now  they 
met  twelve  hundred  miles  away  from  tlieir  early  home ;  seventy 
years  had  passed  away ;  two  and  a  half  generations  of  men  had 
come  into  this  busy  world,  liad  performed  their  ])arts,  and  were 
slumbering  in  the  peaceful  bosom  of  mother  earth.  Wlieu  they 
separated,  the  "man  of  destiny"  was  in  the  midst  of  his  dazzling 
career,  and  the  world  was  being  torn  as  by  a  tornado. 


94  CHARTER   .lAMES-^;    LIEUT.    SAMUEL-?;    SAMUEL^.  [134 

They  separated  as  young  men,  with  life  before  them;  they 
met  as  old  men,  with  life's  labors  nearly  accomplished,  and  life 
behind  them.  AH  can  imagine  the  associations  and  memories 
which  must  have  come  thronging  in  upon  their  souls,  as  their 
hands  clasjicd  each  other.  Those  aged  men  had  passed  through 
the  storms  of  life  successfully ;  each  was  waiting  the  coming  of 
the  silent  messenger  which  should  bear  him  forth  into  fairer 
fields,  into  brighter  sunlight. 

In  181'2,  March  31,  Mr.  Morrison  married  Euridice  Earle, 
daughter  of  Oliver  Earle.  She  was  born  in  1806;  died  Oct.  27, 
1867. 

CHILDREN. 

134.  Stepheu-Ausjustus  (349),  b.  May  18,  1815;  res.  Saugatuck,  Mich. 

135.  Samuel  (355),  b.  Sept.  28,  1818;  res.  Topeka,  Kan. 

136.  Cyrus,  b.  June  29,  1820;  d.  April  4,  1821. 

137.  Miles  (360),  b.  April  18,  1822;  res.  Barre,  Vt. 

138.  (Martha  (364),  b.  March  2,  1824;  d.  Sept.  22,  1847. 

139.  \Myra  (365),  b.  March  2,  1824;  res.  in  Chicago,  111. 

140.  Margaret*^  (Park)  [47]  (Samuel  Morison'*,  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James"',  John^).  She  was  a  woman  of  superior  endoAvments  ;  re- 
fined in  manners,  possessing  a  strong,  keen  intellect;  with  excellent 
literary  taste,  high  religious  princi})les,  and  fine  conversational 
powers,  she  Avon  the  esteem  and  regard  of  all  her  acquaintances. 
She  possessed,  in  a  marked  degree,  a  love  of  the  beautiful.  Lovely 
floAvers,  beautiful  landscapes,  Avorks  of  art,  and  elegant  language, 
Avere  a  delight  to  her.  Although  an  iuA-alid  many  of  the  last 
years  of  her  life,  she  AA'as  fond  of  society.  She  married,  Noa\  10, 
1823,  xVndrcAA'-Wear  Park,  a  second  cousin,  Avho  Avas  born  June 
11, 1786,  on  the  place  laid  out  to  John  Morison  in  1728.  His  first 
years  after  leaving  home  Avere  s]»ent  in  Boston,  being  concerned 
in  the  "Boston  Kei)ertory,"  of  Avhicli  his  brother,  Dr.  John  Park, 
Avas  editor.  Subsequently  he  Avent  on  East  India  A^oyages.  Three 
shipAA'recks,  of  Avhich  one,  in  the  Straits  of  Sunda,  Avas  total,  dis- 
couraged hhn,  and  he  left  the  seas  and  settled  in  Belfast,  Me., 
Avhere  he  resided  until  his  death,  Sept.  4,  1867.  Mrs.  Park  died 
April  14,  1864. 

CHILDREN,    150KN    IN   BELFAST,    ME. 

141.  Agnes,  b.  Dec.  22,  1824;  d.  Dec.  29,  1824. 

142.  Agnes  2d,  b.  Jan.  8,  1826;  d.  Nov.  23,  1832. 

143.  Margaret-Mary  (370),  1).  Jan.  11,  1828;  lives  in  Windham,  N.  H. 

144.  Robert-John,  b.  March  26,  1830;  d.  Nov.  26,  1832. 

145.  Martha-Jane,  b.  May  17,  1832;  lives  in  Windham,  N.  H. 

146.  Louisa,  b.  Sept.  24,  1834;  lives  in  Windham,  N.  H. 

147.  Horace  (375),  b.  Feb.  20,  1837;  res.  Belfast,  Me. 

148.  Jercmiali'^  [4.S]  (Samuel'',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James"',  John^). 
Jeremiah  JMorrison  Avas  born  in  Windham,  April  20,  1795.  He 
succeeded  his  father  on  the  homestead.  He  Avas  a  ])erson  of  good 
judgment.  In  his  ])ersonal  bearing,  he  Avas  courteous  and  genial, 
though  modest  and  unobtrusive.  Ilis  convictions  Avere  always 
positive,  and  he  Avas  firm  in  their  maintenance,  Avhen  a  right  prin- 
ciple Avas  involved.     Subjects  on  Avhich  he  Avas  called   upon  to 


148] 


FIFTH    GENERATION. JEREMIAH    MORRISON.  95 


decide,  he  weighed  with  nice  discrimination  in  the  sensitively- 
poised  balances  of  his  mind.  He  seldom  erred  in  jndgment,  or 
in  his  analysis  of  the  character  and  motives  of  men.  His  was 
not  an  impiilsive  nature ;  he  was  calm  and  collected,  and  arrived 
at  his  conclusions  slowly,  and  with  deliberation.  Combining 
these  qualities  with  a  strict  conscientiousness,  it  seldom  became 
necessary  for  him  to  change  his  opinions,  as  they  were  seldom 
Avrong.  His  opinions  being  once  formed,  he  clung  to  them  with 
great  tenacity.  His  was  a  nature  that  'would  cling  to  a  good 
cause  even  unto  death. 

He  was  among  the  earliest  to  espouse  the  antislavery  cause, 
and  at  a  time  when  it  was  not  popular.  For  its  success  he 
prayed  and  worked  and  voted  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He  lived 
to  behold  the  glimmering  rays  of  the  morning  of  that  glorious 
day  which  iishered  in  freedom  for  an  enslaved  race.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  "  His  religion 
Avas  not  of  the  demonstrative  order.  It  pervaded  his  life,  regu- 
lated his  whole  conduct  in  the  least  as  well  as  the  greatest  matters, 
and  was  intertwined  with  his  whole  being.  The  keen  sorrows 
of  his  life,  and  they  were  many,  he  bore  without  a  murmur ;  its 
losses  without  a  complaint."  He  was  an  earnest  worker  in  the 
Sunday  school,  —  of  which  he  was  superintendent  for  many 
years,  —  in  the  religious  society,  and  in  the  church. 

In  the  town,  at  different  times,  he  occix]iied  all  the  j)rominent 
positions ;  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  in 
1850,  and  represented  the  town  in  the  legislatures  of  1825-26, 
1841,  and  1852.  He  held  a  commission  as  justice  of  the  peace 
for  many  years.  Jan.  27,  1886,  he  married,  at  Bradford,  Mass., 
Eleanor-Reed,  daughter  of  Joab*  and  Elizabethf  (Reed)  Kimball, 
of  Peacham,  Yt.  He  died  of  heart  disease,  in  Windham,  Nov. 
24,  1862. 

*  Joab  Kimball  was  the  sou  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (HarrimauJ)  Kim- 
ball, of  Haverhill,  and  graudson  of  Beujamiu  and  Priscilla  (Hazen§)  Kimball, 
of  Bradford,  Mass. 

fJohn  Read,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  I'emoved  from  England  in  IGSO,  and 
settled  in  Rehoboth,  Mass.  ;  farmer.  His  son  Johni  lived  in  Rehoboth,  and 
his  son  Samuel-  lived  in  Mendon,  and  his  son  Samuel-^  lived  in  Uxbridge, 
Mass.  His  son  Daniel-*,  of  Uxbridge,  m.  Sarah  Taft  of  that  town.  Their 
sou  Thomas  m.  Martha  Park,j|  au  intellectual  and  refined  lady.  They  were 
the  parents  of  Elizabeth  Reed,  who  m.  Joab  Kimball. 

I  Sarah  Harriman  was  the  daughter  of  Abner  Harriman,  of  Plaistow, 
N.  H.  Leonard  Harriman,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  came  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  and  settled  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  in  1G40.  Among  his  descendants 
is  Gov.  Walter  Harriman.  of  Concord,  N.  H. 

§  Edward  Hazen,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  settled  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  as 
early  as  1(;48.  By  his  seconcl  wife  he  had  eleven  children.  His  son  Rich- 
ard "m.  Hannah  (Andrews)  Peabody,  of  Boxford,  Mass.,  daughter  of  Robert 
Andrews,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  late  Gov.  John  A.  Andrew.  Rich- 
ard'.s  daughter,  p'riscilla,  b.  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Nov.  25,  KiOS,  m.  Benj. 
Kimball,  as  stated. 

II  The  progenitor  of  this  branch  of  the  Park  family  was  Edward  Parki, 
a  merchant  in  London,  Eng.     His  sou  Henry-,  also  a  merchant  there;  his 


96  CIIAKTEi:    .TAMKSi;     LIEUT.    SAMUEL3;    SAMUEL^.  [149 

Below  will  be  seen  a  good  imitation  of  Lis  handwriting,  as 
shown  in  his  autograph  :  — 

Mrs.  Morrison  was  born  Jan.  8,  1808.  Her  daughter,  Mrs.  M.- 
Lizzie Park,  of  Belfast,  Me.,  writes  as  follows  :  "  It  is  difficult  to 
convey  in  words  a  faithful  portraiture  of  her  life  and  character,  so 
quiet,  so  gentle,  so  full  of  faith  and  good  works.  Fond  of  study 
in  her  youth,  she  acquired  a  good  education  at  the  academies  at 
Montpelier,  Vt.,  and  Bradford,  Mass.,  and  was  a  successful  teacher 
for  several  years.  She  was  untiring  in  her  devotion  as  daughter, 
wife,  and  mother;  unmindful  of  self  in  her  ministrations  to 
others ;  generous  and  charitable  in  an  eminent  degree,  in  thought 
and  word,  in  her  estimate  of  others,  and  retiring  and  unassuming 
in  her  own  disposition.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  she  became  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  (Orthodox)  church,  and  honored 
her  profession  by  a  life  made  beautiful  by  Christian  graces.  She 
died  of  consumption,  at  Windham,  Aug.  5,  1866,  aged  58  years." 

CniLDREX,    BORN  IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

149.  Christopher-Merrill  (379),  b.  Dec.  2,  183G ;  d.  Dec.  22,  1857;  aged 

21  yrs.  20  days. 

150.  Margaret-Elizabeth  (380),  b.  Dec.  25,  1838;  m.  Horace  Park ;  res. 

Belfjist,  Me. 

151.  Edward-Paysoii  (381),  b.  Jan.  28,   1840;  d.  at  Peachara,  Vt.,  Aug. 

5,  1858;  aged  18  yrs.  6  mos.  7  days. 
Infant  son,  b.  Aug.  21,  1841;  d.  Sept.  19,  1841. 

152.  Leonard-Allison  (382),  b.  Feb.  21,  1843;  res.  Windham,  N.  H. 

loo.  Johu'^  [40]  (SamueP,  Lieut.  Samuel-',  James-,  Johu^). 
Left  home  when  young;  lived  in  Charlestown  and  Salem,  and 
then  settled  in  Danvers,  where  he  lived  till  1846.  Then  he  re- 
moved to  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  for  many  years  was  in  the  emjiloy 
of  the  Bay  State  and  Washington  Mills.  He  married  Mary-Ann 
Nutting,  of  Danvers,  May  24,  1826.  He  died  in  Lawrence,  Mass., 
Sept.  12,  1865.  Mrs.  Morrison  and  his  family  still  live  in  Law- 
i-ence,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

154.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  July  18,  1827;  lives  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

155.  Dennison-Wallis  (383),  b.  March  8,  1830;  res.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
15G.     Sarah-Marcia  (384),  b.  March  2(J,  1834;  res.  in  Lawrence,  Mass. 

157.  Anna-Wallis,  b.  March  8,  1837  ;  teacher  in  the  public  schools,  Law- 

rence, Mass. 

158.  Susan-CoflYan,    b.    Nov.    14,    1839;    teacher  in  the  public  schools, 

Lawrence,  Mass. 

159.  John-IIenry,  b.  June  0,  1844:  d.  July  14,  1845. 

son  Richard^,  a  resident  of  Mendon,  Mass.,  whose  son  Thomas'*  also  lived 
there;  Ms  son  Edward^^  lived  in  that  town;  and  his  son  Nathan^  lived  in 
Uxbridge,  and  his  daughter  Martha  m.  Thomas  Reed,  of  UxbriOge,  Mass., 
as  stated. 


163]  FIFTH    GENEEATION.  —  CHRISTOPHER   MORRISON.  97 

160.  Christopher^  [50]  (SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^, 
John^).  Lived  several  years  in  Plymouth,  N.  H.  He  then  went 
into  trade  at  Salem,  N.  H.,  and  prospered  till  the  financial 
crash  of  1837,  when  his  property  was  swept  away.  He  was  pos- 
sessed of  good  abilities  and  was  a  natural  orator.  When  roused, 
his  words  were  keen  as  a  rajner's  point.  Nature  intended  him 
for  a  lawyer.  His  vigor  of  intellect,  quickness  in  retort,  readi- 
ness to  see  the  weak  point  of  an  opponent,  combined  with  his 
natural  ability  as  a  speaker,  would,  with  proper  training,  have 
enabled  him  to  cope  successfully  in  courts  of  justice.  He  arrived 
at  conclusions  rapidly,  and  was  not  always  a  safe  counsellor.  He 
represented  the  town  of  Salem  in  the  legislature.  Then  removed 
to  Windham,  and  was  often  connected  with  town  affairs.  Was 
moderator  six  years,  treasurer  two  years,  selectman  four  years, 
and  was  justice  of  the  peace  many  years.  His  health  was  not 
firm,  owing  to  a  severe  fever  when  young,  by  which  his  consti- 
tution was  shattered.  He  lived  on  the  old  homestead  in  Wind- 
ham with  his  brother,  where  he  died  of  pneumonia,  Jan.  17,  1859. 
He  was  a  good  citizen  and  an  uprio-ht  man. 

161.  Sarah^  (Ward)  [51]  (Samuel  Morison^  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James'-,  John\).  She  married  Dr.  Milton  Ward,  who  was  born 
in  Plymouth,  N".  H.,  Sept.  8,  1808;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege at  the  age  of  seventeen ;  practised  medicine  six  years,  part  of 
which  was  spent  in  Windham;  then  entered  the  Congregational, 
and  afterwards  the  Episcojial,  ministry;  preached  in  various  places 
in  New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts,  and  was  rector  of  St. 
Stephen's  church  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he  died  March  2, 1874. 
He  was  a  man  of  ability  as  a  poetical  and  also  as  a  prose  writer, 
and  was  once  offered  a  professorship  at  Dartmouth  College. 

Mrs.  Ward  was  particularly  distinguished  for  her  2:»ersonal 
beauty,  sweetness  of  disposition,  and  her  intellectual  qualities. 
During  her  short  married  life,  she  was  of  great  assistance 
to  her  husband  in  his  literary  work.  Her  love  of  all  things 
that  delight  the  eye  or  gratify  the  mind,  was  largely  develo])ed, 
and  she  enjoyed  tlie  rippling  music  of  ]:)oetry  as  well  as  the  deli- 
cate touclies  of  the  ])ainter's  pencil,  and  there  are  many  efforts 
of  hers  in  both  still  in  existence,  creditable  to  her  refined  taste. 
She  died  June  7,  1833,  leaving  one  daughter:  — 

162.  Sarah-Jane-Morrison,  b.  May  12,  1833;  graduated  at  Normal  School, 
Salem,  Mass. ;  taught  hi  public  schools  iu  Lawreuce  several 
years,  and  uow  lives  there. 

163.  Elizabeth^  (Dow)  [53]  (Robert  Morison\  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James-',  John^).  She  married  Abel  Dow,  ]\[ay  5,  1811.  He  was 
a  nail  manufacturer.  His  health  failing,  he  removed  to  Ilookset, 
N.  H.  Returned  to  Windham,  bought  the  home  of  his  wife's 
father  in  1815,  and  became  a  farmer.  He  died  in  1824,  leaving 
his  wife  with  eight  children.  She  was  a  strong-minded,  energetic 
woman,  and  managed  her  family  successfully.  She  was  familiarly 
known  by  her  acquaintances  as  "Aunt  Betty."  She  lived  to  a 
serene  old  age,  and  died  Sept.  28,  1865,  aged  82  years. 


98  CHARTER   JAMES^;    LIEUT.    SAMUEL3;    ROBERT^.  [164 

CHILDKEN,    BOKN    IN    WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

164.  Alvah  (389),  b.  Feb.  13,  1812;  d.  Nov.  7,  1877. 

165.  Ilobcrt-Morrisoii  (395),  b.  Sept.  3,  1813;  res.  Omaha,  Neb. 

166.  Nancy-Hetton  (406),  b.  March  30,  1815;  d.  April  18,  1875. 

167.  Luciilda  (412),  b.  Oct.  22,  181G;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

168.  Betsey  (414),  b.  Jime  26,  1818;  d.  Dec.  27,  1854. 

169.  Phileiia  (416),  b.  Sept.  8,  1820;  res.  Morris,  111. 

170.  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  27,  1822;  d.   Sept.  1842. 

171.  Abel  (419),  b.  Dec.  12,  1824;  res.  Windham,  N.  H. 

172.  Asa''  [58]  (Robert^  Lieut.  SaraueP,  James-,  Jolin^).  He 
married  Lydia  Allen,  of  Salem,  N.  H.,  Feb.  18,  1820,  who  was 
born  in  1800.  Lived  in  Hopkinton,  and  engaged  largely  in  busi- 
ness of  shoe-manufacturer.  He  made '  considerable  property,  but 
lost  heavily  by  a  financial  crash,  and  only  saved  his  farm  from  the 
ruins.  Removed  to  Pokagon,  Mich.  He  never  sought  and  never 
would  accept  any  public  jjosition.  While  in  the  West  he  was  a 
member  of  a  Democratic  county  convention,  A  Mr.  Jones  had 
received  the  nomination  for  some  county  j^osition,  when  he  arose 
and  thanked  the  convention  for  the  honor  conferred  upon  him. 
Mr.  Morrison  was  then  nominated  for  State  senator,  when  he 
arose  and  said,  "Mr.  Jones  has  thanked  you  for  the  honor;  but  I 
do  not.  I  want  the  convention  to  nominate  some  man  for  senator 
who  has  either  brains  or  gab.  As  for  me,  I  will  not  have  it  any- 
how." He  was  a  generous,  large-hearted  man,  and  respected  by 
his  acquaintances.  His  wife  died  Jan.  28,  1828.  He  married, 
2d,  Nancy  Scully,  in  1838,  and  died  June  3,  1871. 

CHILDREN. 

173.  Martha-Ann  (425),  b.  Aug.  12,  1821;  res.  Pokagou,  Mich. 

174.  Nancy  (427),  b.  Aug.  22,  1823;  d.  May  5,  1848. 

175.  Lydia-A.  (429),  b.  Jan.  21,  1828;  res.  Peoria,  Ore. 

176.  Nancy"  (Merrill)  [59]  (Robert  Morison^  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James-,  John').  Nancy  Morrison  was  born  Aug.  17,  1796,  at  the 
family  homestead  in  Windham;  Avas  married  Feb.  14,  1817,  to 
Abi-aliani-Uow  Merrill,  son  of  Maj.  Joshua  Merrill,  of  Salem,  and 
immediately  removed  to  a  farm  in  Salem,  near  the  homestead 
where  Mr.  Merrill  was  born.  Mrs.  Merrill  was  a  woman  of  great 
personal  attractions,  combined  with  a  superior  intellect  and  firm- 
ness of  Christian  character.  To  her  influence  may  be  traced  the 
ministerial  career  of  her  husband,  who  entered  the  Methodist 
Episcoj)al  church  as  an  itinerant  ])reacher  some  four  years  after 
tlieir  marriage.  For  forty  years  she  bore  the  burdens  of  a  Meth- 
odist minister's  wife  with  great  humility.  She  Avas  the  light  and 
joj'  of  her  household,  her  husband's  happiness  ;  and  her  children 
and  her  children's  children  "  rise  up  and  call  her  blessed."  She 
was  an  earnest  student  of  the  Bible,  and  so  familiar  with  its  con- 
tents that  a  quotation  from  it  brought  instantly  to  her  mind  the 
chapter  and  verse.  In  conversation  she  was  clear  and  logical, 
and  at  times  maintained  her  convictions  with  great  power  and 
brilliancy.  She  was  a  woman  calculated  to  adorn  the  highest 
positions  in  life. 


ln.-i:»pu  .    Forbfi   Co.,    B.'.ito 


Nancy   Merrill. 


Albcrtype  :    Forbes   Co.,    Bostor 


Rev.  Abraham  Dow  Merrill. 


185]       FIFTH  GENERATION. — NANCY  (MORRISON)  MERRILL.  99' 

The  youth  of  Rev.  A.  D.  Merrill  was  spent  upon  the  farm. 
He  possessed  good  musical  abilities,  and  taught  vocal  music  in 
his  early  manhood.  His  fine  voice  and  extensive  culture  proved 
a  potent  power  in  his  sacred  calling.  He  was  the  author  of  the 
music  to  which  the  beautiful  words  are  attached, — 

"  Joyfulljs  joyfull.y,  ouward  I  move, 
Bound  for  the  laud  of  bright  spirits  above," 

which  has  been  sung  by  thousands,  bringing  to  their  souls  the 
sweetness  of  peace,  sung  by  many  Avho  have  "passed  on"  and  be- 
come "bright  spirits  above,"  and  by  many  of  that  great  advancing 
army  whose  feet  have  not  yet  reached  the  cold  waters  of  the 
dark  river.  Mr.  Merrill,  through  the  influence  of  his  wife,  and 
under  the  power  of  a  revival,  was  converted,  and  in  less  than  a 
year  he  began  to  preach  with  great  acce^Jtability.  In  1822  he 
was  stationed  in  Landaff,  N.  H.  His  services  were  soon  sought 
by  influential  churches,  and  from  1829  till  his  death  he  found  a 
held  of  eminent  usefuhiess  in  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  and 
Vermont.  As  a  preacher,  he  was  direct,  simple,  and  plain  in 
method,  powerful  in  expression,  combined  with  an  earnestness, 
and  pathos  which  were  powerful  in  influence  on  the  hearts  of  his 
hearers.  Many  in  New  England  have  recognized  him  as  their 
spiritual  father.  In  all  the  relations  of  husband,  parent,  friend,, 
citizen,  and  pastor  he  acquitted  himself  well.  He  died  in  Boston, 
leaving  a  widow  by  a  second  marriage.  He  was  born  March  7, 
1796  ;"died  April  29,  1878.  Nancy  Morrison,  his  wife,  died  Jan. 
29,  1860.  In  the  beautiful  cemetery  in  Cambridge  they  rest  side 
by  side. 

CHILDREN. 

177.  Martha  (433),  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  1817;  d.  May  13,  1850. 

178.  Jolm-M.  (■137),  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  1819. 

179.  Jacob-S.  (447),  b.  Oct.  17,  1821. 

180.  Diautha-T.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1824;  d.  in  Barre,  Vt.,  March  2,  1827. 

181.  William-B.  (452),  b.  in  Barre,  Vt.,  Aug.  15,  1826. 

182.  Joshua  (455).  b.  in  Duxbury,  Mass.,  1828. 

183.  Abraham-H.  (4G2),  b.  iu  Lvnn,  Mass.,  March  8,  1831. 

184.  Rufus-S.  (465),  b.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  July  5,  1833. 

185.  Ira^  [60]  (Robert*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^  John^).  Set- 
tled in  Hopkinton,  N.  H. ;  soon  after  was  swept  along  with  the 
tide  of  emigration  east,  and  settled  in  Ripley,  Me.,  where  he  lived 
till  1845,  when  he  moved  to  Braintree,  Mass.  Subsequently 
bought  a  farm  in  Salem,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided  till  a  year  or  two< 
before  his  death.  Said  one  in  writing  of  him,  "  His  life  was  his 
best  memorial.  It  was  marked  by  uprightness,  strong  love  for 
his  family  and  friends,  warm  hospitality  for  those  who  visited  his 
home,  deep  interest  in  the  cause  of  religion,  an  humble  ho])e  in 
our  divine  Lord,  and  a  death  Avhose  sorfows  never  cliecked  his 
faith,  and  whose  happy  submission  left  to  all  who  loved  liim  the 
confidence  that  when  he  was  absent  from  the  body,  he  was  i)resent 
with  the  Lord."     He  died  in  Braintree,  Mass.,'March  10,  1870. 


100  CHARTER   JAMES^;    LIEUT.    SAMUEL3;    ROBERT^.  [186 

His  wife  was  Sophia  Colby,  of  Hopkiuton,  N.  H.,  born  March  3, 
1801,  who  now  lives  in  Braintree. 

CHII.DUEX. 

186.  Catharine-Colby  (472),  b.  Hopkintou,  N.  H.,  Jan  10,  1825. 

187.  Benjamin-L.vman  f475),  b.  Ripley,  Me.,  March  28,  1828. 

188.  Nancie-Totld  (478),  b.  Ripley,  Me.,  Dec.  2G,  1836. 

189.  Ira  (47U),  b.  Ripley,  Me.,  April  22,  1842. 

190.  Mary^  (Cochran)  [61]  (Robert  Morison^  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James-,  Joliii^).  She  married  Jonathan  Cochran,  who  is  a  native 
of  Windham,  and  great-grandson  of  Justice  McKeen,  so  favora- 
bly known  in  the  early  history  of  Londonderry.  He  lived  on  part 
of  the  old  family  homestead  in  Windham ;  took  a  prominent  part 
in  town  affairs,  and  was  selectman  and  moderator  several  times. 
In  1883,  was  made  an  elder  in  the  church.  In  1842  he  sold  his 
farm  and  removed  to  Braintree,  Mass.,  where  he  lived  till  1846, 
when  he  moved  to  North  Maiden  (now  Melrose),  where  he 
resides  with  the  pressure  of  eighty-nine  years  upon  him.  Mrs.  C. 
is  eighty  yeai's  of  age,  and  retains  the  native  A'igor  of  her  intel- 
lect. In  the  serenity  of  a  beautiful  old  age,  they  walk  the  pathway 
of  life  together.  Four  years  ago  Mr.  C.  relinquished  a  position 
in  the  Charlestown  navy  yard,  which  he  had  held  for  many  years. 

CUILDREN,    BORN   IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

191.  Silas-Morris  (482),  b.  June  24,  1819;  d.  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

192.  Linus,  b.  Jan.  8,  1821;  d.  Ang.  25,  1843. 

193.  Nelson  (485),  b.  Feb.  3,  1824;  res.  in  Melrose,  Mass. 

194.  Lsaac-Augustus,  b.  Nov.  21,  1826;  d.  Mav  24,  1841. 

195.  Emily-Jane  (489),  b.  Aug.  29,  1832;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

196.  Leonard^  [63]  (Robert^  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^,  John^). 
He  was  born  in  Windham,  N.  H.,  May  5,  1804;  married  April  8, 
1827,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Arthur  Bennett,  of  South  Middle- 
borough,  Mass.  He  died  in  Byfield,  Mass.,  A]n-il  26,  1875,  aged  72 
years.  Mrs.  Morrison  resides  in  Braintree,  Mass.  The  following 
account  of  his  life,  and  tribute  to  his  memory,  is  from  the  pen  of 
the  late  Rev.  Lorenzo  D.  Barrows,  d.  d.,  of  Plymouth,  N.  H.:  — 

"  Mr.  Morrison,  when  about  thirty  years  of  age,  at  Braintree, 
Mass.,  became  a  Christian,  and  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church ;  and  to  the  close  of  his  useful  life,  nobly  maintained 
that  character.  He  resided  and  did  a  large  business  in  Salem, 
N.  H.,  some  ten  or  eleven  years,  when  he  removed  to  the  city  of 
Lawrence,  Mass.  From  here,  after  several  years,  he  removed  to 
Byfield,  Mass.,  and  again  entered  into  the  business  of  manufac- 
turing, in  which  he  had  already  acquired  a  handsome  property. 
In  all  of  these  places  where  he  resided  he  was  regarded  as  a  man 
of  marked  character,  and  his  memory  is  'like  ointment  poured 
forth.' 

"His  business  talents  Avere  first-class,  and  his  habits  prompt, 
energetic,  and  honest.  Great  modesty  and  courtesy  marked  his 
bearing  towards  all,  with  much  tenderness  and  sympathy  for  his 
intimate  friends.     His  hand  was  stretched  out  in  aid  of  every 


>^^'^^^/3''>^^/      y/C^-^'^-^^ii  r" ^Z  , 


199]  FIFTH   GENERATION.  —  ALVA   MOHRTSO^T.  101 

good  cause  and  worthy  sufferer,  for  which  thousands  now  bless 
his  memory.  In  notliing,  however,  was  he  so  noticeable  as  in  liis 
deep  and  abiding  love  of  the  church  of  Christ,  and  his  uniform 
devotion  to  all  its  interests.  His  symj^athies,  prayers,  and  money 
were  ever  like  a  gushing  fountain.  In  Salem,  the  church  will 
long  remember  his  labors  and  numerous  benefactions.  No  one 
<:lid  so  much  as  he  in  laying  the  early  foundations  of  Methodism 
in  the  young  and  vigorous  city  of  Lawrence.  In  the  early  effort 
to  build  the  Haverhill  Street  Church,  the  work  must  have  been 
postponed  but  for  his  timely  and  liberal  help.  Then,  when  this 
church  had  become  self-supporting,  rather  than  settle  down  in  quiet 
enjoyment  of  self-ease  and  irreligious  idleness,  he  struck  out 
again  in  a  still  larger  and  longer  continued  assistance  of  the  Gar- 
den Street  church,  where,  in  the  same  city,  he  worshipped,  labored, 
and  sacrificed  for  several  years.  Later  in  life,  removing  to  Byfield, 
he  answered  again  to  urgent  calls  of  the  church  for  love,  prayers, 
and  money,  where,  though  dead,  he  yet  speaketh,  and  the  people 
deeply  feel  the  loss  his  death  occasioned. 

"He  died,  as  he  lived,  in  holy  quiet  and  peace,  leaving  the  com- 
panion of  his  youth,  who  was  every  way  worthy  of  him,  with  two 
dear  grandchildren,  whose  earthly  loss  they  feel  is  irre2:)arable. 
But  why  should  God's  dear  ones  be  always  kept  here,  away  from 
their  reward,  even  at  the  request  of  dear  earthly  friends  ?  Thanks 
to  God,  who  raises  up  for  his  church,  just  as  she  needs  them,  such 
timely  and  magnanimous  friends  and  supporters !  Yet  few  of 
these  can  be  numbered  with  a  Leonard  Morrison." 

CHILDREN. 

197.  Maria-Elizabeth  (492),  b.  iu  Johnston,  E.  I.,  Nov.  16,  1828. 

198.  Leonard-Ahny  (496),  b.  in  Braiutree,  Mass.,  Oct.  29,  1835. 

199.  Alva'  [64]  (Robert^  Lieut.  SamueF,  James-,  John^). 
Hon.  Alva  Morrison  was  born  at  Windham,  N.  H.,  May  13,  1806. 
His  father  died  when  he  was  nearly  two  years  old.  From  that 
time  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  his  life  was  spent  quietly 
at  home  with  his  mother.  He  received  what  education  the  dis- 
trict school  was  able  to  give,  and  worked  at  farming.  From  his 
earliest  years  he  exhibited  that  spirit  of  industry  which  led  to  his 
success  in  after  life.  In  the  spring  of  1826,  desiring  to  acquire  a 
knowledge  of  some  business  other  than  farming,  he  left  his  boy- 
hood's home  and  went  to  Stoughton,  Mass.,  where  his  brother 
Leonard  was  at  work  in  a  woolen  factory.  He  commenced  work 
at  the  same  place,  but  the  proprietor  soon  becoming  insolvent,  he 
went  to  Canton  and  obtained  a  situation  in  a  woolen  factory  of 
that  town.  Here  he  remained  only  until  the  factory  at  Stoughton 
started  again,  under  the  control  of  a  new  owner,  when  he  returned 
to  his  former  situation.  It  was  while  in  Stoughton  that  he  mar- 
ried, July  11,  1830,  Myra  Southworth,  only  daughter  of  Col. 
Consider  Southworth  of  that  town.  She  was  born  Nov.  3, 
1810.  He  remained  in  the  same  factory  until  the  s])ring  of  1831, 
when  he  removed  to  Braintree,  which  was  ever  after  his  home. 


102  ,c,     ,  CHAPTER  J AMES-2;    LIEUT.    SAMUELS;    ROBERT-i.  [200 

Having  acqilil-ed  ft  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  he  m 
company  with  his  brother  Leonard  commenced  the  manufacture 
of  woolen  goods.  They  soon  attained  a  high  reputation,  as  the 
goods  manufactured  by  them  were  the  best  in  the  market.  They 
remained  in  company  five  years,  when  they  dissolved  partnership. 
He  continued  the  business  at  Braintree,  and  Leonard  started  anew 
at  Salem,  N.  H.  By  close  attention  to  business  and  strict  integ- 
rity, he  accumulated  wealth.  He  remained  in  business  until  1871, 
when  he  retired,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  sons,  who  still  main- 
tain the  high  reputation  which  he  established  in  1831.  He  was 
several  times  chosen  to  the  Massachusetts  legislature  as  senator 
and  representative,  and  was  the  recipient  of  other  important 
trusts  from  his  fellow-townsmen,  who  relied  implicitly  upon  his 
high  integrity  and  intelligence.  He  was  a  large-hearted,  whole- 
souled  man.  In  his  private  as  well  as  jiublic  life,  he  was  highly 
esteemed  for  great  energy  of  character  and  strength  of  purpose. 
The  wealth  which  he  accumulated  he  made  generous  use  of,  in 
public  and  private  benevolence.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  the 
honor  and  success  of  his  country  ;  and  viewed  with  distrust  many 
of  the  popular  movements  of  the  present  time.  He  was  a  man 
of  much  reading ;  he  loved  and  appreciated  the  best  works  of 
English  literature.  In  the  intervals  of  business,  he  was  given  to 
study  books  of  science  and  theology,  and  upon  these  subjects 
formed  independent  and  progressive,  though  thoroughly  reverent 
opinions.  Religion  was  with  him  a  practical  thing  for  every-day 
use,  and  his  sense  of  duty  towards  his  fellow-man  and  God  was 
the  highest. 

He  was  very  domestic  in  his  tastes,  and  found  his  greatest 
enjoyment  in  his  home.  In  return  for  his  great  love  of  his  family, 
he  found  them  ever  ready  to  bestow  on  him  the  warmest  affection 
and  sympathy,  and  he  received  from  them  that  considerate  care 
and  kindness  which  seemed  to  him  so  beautiful,  during  the  last 
few  weeks  of  his  life.     He  died  May  28,  1879. 

CHILDREN. 

200.  M.-Lurette  (500),  b.  Dec.  4,  1833. 

20L  Alva-S.  (503),  b.  Nov.  9,  1835. 

202.  Marv-C,  b.  March  10,  1838;  d.  Dec.  29,  1839. 

203.  E. -Adelaide  (510),  b.  Dec.  29,  1839. 
204r.  Robert-Elmer  (514),  b.  May  12,  1843. 

205.  Augustus-M.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1846;  d.  Nos^.  14,  1875. 

206.  Ibrahim  (517),  b.  Oct.  21,  1848. 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 

207.  James-Dinsmoor°  [73]  (SamueP,  John^  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James-,  John^) ;  lived  in  Boston,  Mass. ;  was  a  carpenter  and 
builder.  Dec.  27,  1848,  married  Elizabeth-M.  Stevens,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  Stevens,  of  Boston,  Died  Sept.  7,  1877.  Mrs.  Mor- 
rison and  daughter  live  in  Boston. 

CHILDREN. 

208.  James-Thornton,  b.  Jan.  10,  1850;  d.  Aug.  14,  18G4. 

209.  Minnehaha-Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  4,  1856. 


228]  SIXTH    GENERATIOxNT.  —  WILLIAM-A.   MORRISON.  103 

210.  Williani-Allison"  [74]  (SamueP,  Jolm",  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James-,  Jolm^) ;  was  a  cabinet-maker ;  lived  in  Methuen,  Mass. 
During  the  gold  excitement  in  California  in  1849,  his  attention 
was  drawn  that  way,  and  he  was  swept  in  with  the  Hood  of  emi- 
gration. He  sailed  from  Boston  for  California,  via  Cape  Horn, 
in  the  ship  "Euphasia,"  Captain  Buntin,  Nov.  12,  1849,  and 
landed  in  San  Francisco  May  26,  1850.  He  went  direct  to  the 
mines  at  Don  Pedro's  Bar,  on  Tuolumne  River,  and  tried  to  turn 
the  course  of  the  river.  The  river  became  swollen  by  a  freshet, 
and  their  works  were  washed  away,  and  the  money  invested  was 
lost.  He  then  moved  to  other  "diggins."  He  made  money,  and 
lost  money.  To  use  his  language:  "In  1851  I  found  myself  on 
Poverty  Hill  with  established  head-quarters  for  ten  years.  In 
1859,  went  to  Frazer  River  for  three  months,  and  was  unsuccessful. 
In  1861,  left  the  inines  and  located  on  a  farm."  On  this  farm,  at 
Knight's  Ferry,  he  now  lives,  and  is  meeting  with  a  good  degree 
of  success.  He  has  had  a  varied  experience,  like  the  most  of  old 
Californians,  and  has  met  with  many  successes  and  reverses. 
June  10,  1854,  he  married  S.  Gamier.  They  had  nine  children. 
She  died  Feb.  8,  1870.  On  Jan.  14,  187l',  he  married  Fanny 
Jeffers  :  two  children. 

CHILDREN. 

211.  Charles-A.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1855. 

212.  Au2:usta,  b.  March  11,  1857. 

213.  Witliam-H.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1859. 

214.  Frank-P.,  b.  March  24,  1861;  d.  April  15,  1865. 

215.  James-A.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1862. 

216.  George-F.,b.  Dec.  11,  1864. 

217.  Edwin  L.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1866. 
218. /Fred-G.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1868. 

219.  \  Died  young. 

220.  Thomas- J.,  b.  April  8,  1872. 

221.  Anna-Belle,  b.  Dec.  11,  1874. 


222.  Hannah^  (Greeley)  [75]  (Samuel  Morrison^  John*,  Lieut. 
SamueP,  James'^,  John^).  She  mai-ried  Oct.  3, 1850,  a  descendant 
of  John  Morison  (1st  Gen.),  Joseph-Thornton  Greeley.  (See 
No.  2521.)  She  was  a  school-teacher.  Mr.  Greeley  was  born  in 
Nashua,  Nov.  19,  1823,  and  is  a  son  of  the  late  Col.  Joseph 
Greeley ;  was  a  farmer ;  still  retains  his  farm,  but  lives  in  the 
city  of  Nashua. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   NASHUA,    N.  H. 

223.  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  21,  1852;  d.  Nov.  6,  1864. 

224.  Frank-Morrison,  b.  Nov.  11,  1857;  d.  Nov.  6,  1864. 

225.  Frederick-Thornton,  b.  Dec.  12,  1859 ;  d.  April  5,  1870. 

226.  Ellen-Dana,  b.  July  20,  1862. 

227.  Catharine-Morrison,  b.  July  7,  1864. 

228.  Albert-Augustine^  [76]  (SamueP,  John'*,  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James'^,  John^).  He  occupies  the  farm  in  Windham,  N.  H.,  laid 
out  to  James  Morison  (2d  Gen.),  1728,  and  known  as  the  "Morri- 
son Homestead."     Its  bounds  are  unchanged.      lie  represented 


104      CHARTKR  JAMES^;    LIEUT.  SAMUEL-^;    CATHARINE  THOiNP.   [229 

his  town  in  tlio  legislatnre  in  1871-72  ;  married  Clarissa  Dins- 
moor,  daughter  of  Roliert-P,  Dinsmoor,  of  Windham,  June  7, 
1877.  She  was  born  Jan. '25,  1849;  died  Aiig.  13,  1878.  One 
son,  born  Aug.  11,  1878,  died  young. 

229.  Samuel-Morrison  Dinsmoor*'  [79]  (Eliza'^  (Dinsmoor), 
John  Morison'',  Lieut.  Samuel^  James-,  John^) ;  carpenter ;  has 
lived  in  Maiden  and  Boston,  Mass.  Removed  to  New  York  City, 
and  was  in  business  several  years ;  married  Adella-Honeywood 
Banta,  of  Xew  York  City,  Sej^t.  7,  1864.  He  now  lives  at  Yon- 
kers,  "On  the  Pludson,"  N.  Y.     Has  one 

CHILD. 

230.     Theodora-Belle,  b.  April  II,  1872. 

231.  Eliza"  (Stevenson)  [84]  (Samuel  Thom^  Catharine* 
(Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^,  James'-,  John^).  She  married 
Jan.  15,  1820,  Dr.  Joseph-P.  Stevenson,  of  Meigs  County,  O.  He 
was  born  May  19,  1792;  died  May  21,  1858.  He  did  business  in 
Coalville,  O.,  in  company  with  George-S.  Thom,  of  Boston,  Mass. 
Removed  to  Denmark,  la.,  about  1840,  where  he  lived  the 
remainder  of  his  life.     She  died  Oct,  22,  1842. 

CHILDKKN. 

232.  Sarauel-T.  (518),  b.  Oct.  II,  1821;  res.  Denmark,  la. 

233.  George-E.  (524),  b.  Dec.  8,  1822;  res.  Denmark,  la. 

234.  John-Dinsmoor  (527),  b.  July  11,  1825;  res.  Denmark,  la. 

235.  Joseph-E.  (540),  b.  Feb.  11,  1828;  res.  Fort  Madison,  la. 

236.  Ann-Somes*'  (Wasgatt)  [89]  (William-Ware  Thom^  Cath- 
arine* (Thom),  Lieut.  Saraiiel  Morison'^,  James'-,  John^).  She 
married  Elisha  Wasgatt,  Mount  Desert,  Me.,  Jan.  12,  1834. 

CHILDREN. 

237.  Harriet-Mel  Vina  (544),  b.  Oct.  8,  1834. 

238.  "William- Ware,  b.  Dec.  7,  1836 ;  supposed  to  be  lost  at  sea. 

239.  Moses  (547),  b.  Feb.  25,  1839. 

240.  Roxiuda-C.  (552),  b.  Sept.  18,  1841. 

241.  Thomas-Maj^o,  b.  March  7,  1844;  enlisted  in  Co.  H,  4th  Regt.  Maine 

Vols.,  Sept.  G,  1861;    discharged  July  22,  1862;  d.  from  effects 
of  army  life.  May  19,  1863. 

242.  Charles-Edward  (553),  b.  Oct.  11,  1846. 

243.  Ann-Eliza,  b.  Feb.  28,  1849 ;  d.  March  29,  1849. 

244.  Charlotte-Julia  (555),  b.  April  1,  1850. 

245.  Cecil-Ernest,  b.  April  16,  1853;  teacher. 

246.  Emma-M.,  b.  July  8,  1857;  teacher. 

247.  Bcnjamin-Tliom"  [91]  (William-Ware  Thom^  Catharine* 
(Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'',  James-,  John^).  He  married 
Enieline  Smith,  of  Mount  Desert,  April  23,  1850.  She  was  born 
Jan.  21,  1833.  He  is  a  farmer,  and  lives  in  Mount  Desert;  has 
also  been  engaged  in  a  stone  quarry  and  in  a  shipyard  ;  was 
selectman  two  years. 


270]  SIXTH    GENERATION. — GEORGE-S.    THOM.  105 

CHILDREN. 

248.  Emeliue-A.  (oGO),  b.  April  13,  1851. 

249.  Lois- Adelaide  (oG4),  b.  Oct.  30,  1852. 

250.  Reuben-Ware,  1).  Sept.  24,  1854;  stone-cutter;  lives  in  Mt.  Desert. 

251.  Willard-Mayo,  b.  March  28,  1857;  stone-cutter;  lives  in  Mt.  Desert. 

252.  Benjamin-Anson,  b.  May  4,  1859;  teacher. 

253.  Julia-Matilda,  b.  Sept.  3,  18G1. 

254.  Edith-Josephine,  b.  May  13,  1865. 

255.  Sewell- Watson,  b.  Dec.  14,  1868. 

256.  Quiucy-Irviug,  b.  Feb.  13,  1876. 

257.  ^  Charlotte-S.-Long8  (Somes)  [93]  (William-Ware  Thom^, 
Catharine^  (Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^,  James'-,  John^). 
May,  1871,  she  married  Daniel-G,  Somes.  He  was  born  Sept.  15, 
1825 ;  carpenter  and  builder,  and  resides  in  Compton,  Los  Ange- 
les County,  Cal. 

CHILDREN. 

258.  William-Thomas,  b.  July  13,   1852;  lawyer;  res.  Compton,  Cal. 

259.  Eliza-Ella,  b.  Aug.  18,  1854;  d.  March  20,  1861. 

260.  Julia-Maria,   b.    April  27,    1856;  m.   Feb.   22,    1877,  Mr.  George-W. 

McMuUer;  one  child. 

261.  Abraham-Lincoln,  b.  Aug.  29,  1860;  d.  Aug.  21,  1872. 

262.  George-Senter  Thom«  [96]  (Isaac  Thom^  Catharine* 
(Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison*^,  James-,  John^).  Plis  early  life 
M^as  spent  in  Boston,  Mass.  In  1840  he  went  to  Ohio,  and  was 
in  business  in  Coalville  two  years  ;  sold  out,  returned  to  Boston, 
and  went  into  the  grocery  business,  and  from  that  to  the  ma- 
chinery business.  Was  elected  captain  of  one  of  the  fire  compa- 
nies, and  in  a  short  time  Avas  chosen  engineer  of  the  Boston  fire 
department.  In  1855,  was  appointed  to  have  charge  of  all  the 
electric  machines  in  the  fire-alarm  department,  a  position  he  still 
holds.  Has  also  been  engaged  in  farming.  Is  now  interested  in 
the  culture  of  oranges  on  Lake  George,  Fla.,  where  he  has  an 
orchard  of  five  hundred  trees  in  flourishing  condition.  He  mar- 
ried Mary-B.  Blaney,  Nov.  25,  1841. 

CHILDREN. 

263.  Mary-Erances  (565),  b.  Oct.  10,  1842;  res.  Dighton,  Mass. 

264.  Caroline-Eliza,  b.  July  5,  1845;  d.  Jan.  31,  1859. 

265.  George-H.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1843. 

266.  Mary*^  (Aiken)  [97]  (Isaac  Thom^  Catharine*  (Thom), 
Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^,  James'-,  John-');  married  Dec.  3,  1834, 
William  Aiken,  born  at  Deering,  N.  H,,  Jan.  4,  1805,  and  died  at 
Worcester,  Mass.,  April  18,  1868.  She  died  at  Newton,  Mass., 
June  28,  1859. 

CHILDREN. 

267.  Jane-S.,  b.  Dec.  4,  1835. 

268.  Mary-F.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1839. 

269.  William-H.,  b.  May  16,  1849;  graduated  at  Harvard  College;   res. 

Somerville,  Mass. 

270.  01ivia-Grey«  (Jones)  [104]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catha- 
rine*   (Thom),   Lieut.    Samuel  Morisoir^,    James-,    John^).      She 


106     CHARTER  JAMES2;  LIEUT.  SAMUEL3;  SAMUEL*;  ROBERTS.    [271 

inarried  David  Jones,  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  and  died  July  4,  1852, 
aged  44  years.     He  died  July  31,  1839,  aged  32  years. 

CHILDREN. 

27L     Marj'-Elizabeth  (570);  res.  Newburyport,  Mass. 

272.  Charles-iMilton  (574)  ;  res.  Dover,  N.  H. 

273.  Frauces-Anu;  d.  Sept.  15,  1857,  aged  18  years. 

274.  William-C.  Hughes«  [105]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catha- 
rine^ (Thoni),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^,  James"-^,  John^).  Resided 
in  Windham,  N.  H. ;  was  station  agent  for  some  years  on  the 
Manchester  &  Lawrence  Railroad.  He  married  Lettice-Merri- 
weather  Smith,  of  Dunnsville,  Va.  He  died  Sept.  23,  1875,  aged 
05  years.     His  widow  lives  in  Windham. 

275.  Martha-Ann«  (Pillsbury)  [100]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Cath- 
arine"* (Thoni),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^,  James-,  John^) ;  married 
Nathaniel  Pillsbury,  of  Newburyport,  Mass.  He  is  dead.  She 
married,  2d,  a  Mr.  Pike,  of  Salisbury,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

276.  Emily-Wood  (575),  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

277.  Harvey-Hiighes  (579)  ;  res.  Danvers,  Mass. 

278.  Mary-Evelyn  (580)  ;  res.  Hampton,  N.  H. 

279.  Benjamin-Harvey  Hughes'^  [107]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes), 
Catharine''  (Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison*^,  James'-,  John^).  Is 
a  farmer,  and  resides  at  the  Junction  in  Windham ;  served  as 
selectman  in  1800-01.  He  married  Betsey-Jane  Cochran,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Cochran,  of  Windham,  Nov.  29,  1838.  She  was 
born  April  27,  1817. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    WINDHAM,    N.    11. 

280.  Ella-Frauccs  (583),  b.  Jan.  27,  1845;  m.  John  B.  Pike. 

281.  Kate-Elizabeth  (589),  b.  July  23,  1847;  ni.  Granville  Plummer. 

282.  Charles-Harvey,  b.  Jan.  30,  1853;  d.  March  14,  18<)4. 

283.  Florence-Ardelle,  b.  Feb.  20,  1857;  d.  Oct.  1,  1871. 

284.  Hannah-Patterson*'  (Jones)  [109]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes), 
Catharine"*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'^,  James-,  John^) ; 
married  April  20,  1848,  William-S.  Jones,  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.; 
farmer;  born  Dec.  5,  1813. 

CHILDREN. 

285.  Herbert-Mortimer,  b.  Feb.  13,  1849. 

28G.  Nellie-Gertrude,  b.  Aug.  3,  1851. 

287.  Clara-Adelaide,  b.  March  10,  1853. 

288.  Martha-Eldora,  b.  March  12,  1855. 

289.  Lizzie-Frances,  b.  March  11,  1859. 

290.  Elizabeth-Thom«  (Ilartwell)  [112]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes), 
Catharine"*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^,  James'',  John^). 
Married  April  27,  1852,  Samuel  Hartwell,  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.; 
born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  in  1820.  He  enlisted  in  Company  F, 
Twenty-fiftli  Regt.  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  in  September, 
18G1,  and  served  four  years. 


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CHILDREN. 

291.  Hattie-Auu;  d.  Sept.  1877,  aged  24  years. 

292.  Arthur-Clarence,  d.  1857. 

293.  Kate-Alice. 

294.  Charlotte-Elizabeth. 

295.  Sarah-Adelaide"  (Cochran)  [113]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes), 
Catharine*  (Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'^,  James'-,  John^). 
She  married  James  Cochran,  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  and  son  of 
Capt.  Isaac  Cochran.     He  is  a  farmer;  was  town  clerk  five  years. 

CHILDRKN,    BORN  IN  WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

296.  James- Arthur  (590),  b.  June  27,  1847;  res.  East  Boston,  Mass. 

297.  Mary-Alice  (593),  b.  Nov.  11,  1848;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

298.  John-B.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1850. 

299.  William-Barnet,  b.  Sept.  5,  1852 ;  lives  in  East  Boston,  Mass. 

300.  Sarah-Adelaide,  b.  March  IG,  1854. 

301.  Clara-A.,  b.  July  26,  1856;  d.  Oct.  3,  1859. 

302.  Emma-M.,  b.  March  8,  1858. 

303.  Ellen-R.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1860. 

304.  Charles-H.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1865. 

305.  Samuel-Orlando  Hughes"  [114]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes), 
Catharine'*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'^,  James"-,  John^). 
Resides  in  California.     He  married  Eunice  Heckles,  of  California. 

CHILDREN. 

306.     Henry.  307.     Mattie. 

308.  Isaac -Winslow  Hughes"  [115]  (Elizabeth^  (Hughes), 
Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^,  James-,  John^).  Is 
a  carpenter,  and  res.  in  Merrimackport,  Mass. ;  married,  Sept.  7, 
1858,  Mary  Merrill,  daughter  of  Enoch  Merrill,  of  Xewbm-yport, 
Mass.,  who  was  born  April  6,  18*28.  He  aided  in  the  overthrow 
of  the  Rebellion  by  serving  in  the  Forty-eighth  Regt.  Massachu- 
setts Volunteers. 

CHILDREN. 

309.  John-William,  b.  Oct.  25,  1860. 

310.  Hattie-Little,  b.  July  28,  1862. 

311.  Martha-Ann,  b.  Aua;.  22,  1864. 

312.  Charles-Harvey,  b.^Dec.  14,  1866. 

313.  Henry-Merrill,  b.  Feb.  16,  1869. 

314.  Robert-Park"  [118]  (Robert^  Samuel*,  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James'^,  Jolin^).  He  succeeded  his  father  on  the  farm  near  Wind- 
ham Centre,  where  he  lived  till  1873  ;  served  as  selectman  in 
1857;  as  town  clerk  in  1866-67.  Sold  his  farm  in  1873;  removed 
to  Lawrence,  Mass. ;  went  into  flour  and  grain  business.  He  mar- 
ried Harriet-Ann-White  Kelley,  daughter  of  John  Kelley,  of 
Windham,  N.  H.,  Nov.  24,  1859.     She  was  born  May  21,  1835. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

315.  Hattie-Frances,  b.  July  2,  1862. 

316.  Sherman-Howard,  b.  Dec.  4,  1864;  d.  Aug.  24,  1876. 


108       CHARTER  JAMES2;    LIEUT.  SAMUEL3;    SAMUEL^;    JAMES5.    [317 

317.  SanuieP  [119]  (Robert^  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^ 
John^).  Rev.  Samuel  Morrison  prepared  for  college  at  Atkinson 
Academy,  N.  II.,  and  was  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  1859; 
entered  JBangor  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  graduated  in  1864; 
was  principal  of  McCoUom  Institute,  Merrimack,  N.  H.,  two  and 
a  half  years.  Preached  at  Belfast,  Me. ;  was  installed  as  pastor 
over  St.  Lawrence  Street  Congregational  Church,  in  Portland, 
Me.,  in  1865,  and  remained  till  1868,  when  failing  health  comi)elled 
him  to  relinquish  his  charge.  Visited  Cuba,  and  since  his  return 
has  spent  most  of  his  time  in  the  West.  Has  taught  and  preached 
at  Prescott,  Wis.,  and  at  Sheboygan  Falls,  Mich.  Left  in  1871, 
and  lived  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Is  now  (1880)  preaching  near 
New  Haven,  Ct. 

318.  Rufus-A.^  [1-*^]  (Robert^  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^, 
John^) ;  was  ]u-epared  for  college  at  Atkinson  Academy,  N.  H., 
and  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  1859 ;  entered  Princeton 
Theological  Seminar}^,  and  graduated  in  1862.  Failing  health 
compelled  him  to  give  up  his  chosen  life-work.  Was  teacher  in 
an  academy  at  Mount  Joy,  Lancaster  Co.,  Penn.,  for  several  years. 
Spent  a  few  months  in  1867,  as  agent  of  the  Capital  City  Oil 
Company,  in  the  oil  regions  of  Pennsylvania.  Then  received  an 
appointment  in  paymaster-general's  office,  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
where  he  remained  till  1869.  In  1870  he  received  an  appointment 
by  General  Walker  to  a  position  in  the  census  bureau,  Avhere  he 
remained  till  completion  of  census  in  1873.  Then  went  into  the 
real  estate  and  insurance  business.  Has  now  (1880)  a  clerkship 
in  the  patent  office ;  res.  Washington,  D.  C. 

319.  John"  [121]  (Robert^  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^ 
John^).  Prejtared  for  college,  and  then  gave  his  attention  to 
music  for  some  years.  He  entered  the  army  as  sergeant  of 
Company  G,  Twenty-second  Regt.  New  Jersey  Volunteers,  and 
served  eleven  months,  when  the  regiment  w^as  mustered  out.  Be- 
longed to  Wardsworth's  division,  Reynolds'  corps.  Was  in  the 
second  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  was  present  with  his  regi- 
ment, but  not  actually  engaged,  in  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville. 
From  July,  1863,  to  July,  1865,  he  was  paymaster's  clerk.  Was 
captured  by  Mosby's  guerillas  Oct.  14,  1864,  while  en  route  to 
Shenandoah  Valley  to  pay  the  Sixth  New  York  Heavy  Artillery. 
The  train  was  throAvn  from  the  track,  a  volley  fired  into  it,  and 
the  ]»assengers  robbed,  and  all  connected  Avith  the  army  held  as 
prisoners.  Wearing  no  badge  to  show  his  connection  with  the 
army,  with  some  adroitness  he  mingled  with  the  emigrants  with 
which  the  train  was  loaded,  and  in  the  darkness  made  his  escape. 
He  struck  out  on  foot  for  Washington,  travelled  all  night,  and 
reached  the  city  at  last,  a  poorer  but  comjjaratively  a  hap]iy  man. 
In  1865  he  received  an  appointment  in  the  second  auditor's  office, 
treasury  dej)artment,  Washington,  D.  C,  a  position  he  still  holds. 
He  married  at  Mount  Joy,  Lancaster  County,  Penn.,  Belvidere 
Dodge.     Has  two 

CniLUKEN. 

320.  Ilelen-Dodire,  b.  in  Mt.  Joy.  Lancaster  Co.,  Peuu.,  Dec.  14,  1873. 

321.  Berllia,  b.  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  5,  1877. 


33^]  SIXTH   GENERATION.  —  JAMES   MORRISON.  109 

322.  Hannah"  (Ellis)  [123]  (James  Morrison^  Samuel'',  Lieut. 
SamueP,  James-,  Jolin^).  She  married  Chester-F.  Ellis,  of  Plym- 
outh, N.  H.     They  live  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

323.  Sarah-L.  (595),  b.  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Feb.  5,  1832. 

324.  Otis-Christopher  (59G),  b.  March  2G,  1836. 

325.  Albert-Orlauclo  (601),  b.  Oct.  8,  1838. 

326.  Johu-Morrison  (602),  b.  May  21,  1842. 

327.  Sarah*^  (George,  1st  h.)  (Hill,  2d  h.)  [124]  (James  Morri- 
son^, Samuel*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).     She  married 


George,  Nov.  2G,  1835 ;  lived  in  Plymouth,  N.  H.  He  died  Jan. 
1,  1849.  She  married,  2d,  Feb.  12,  1854,  Lewis-L.  Hill,  of  Hold- 
erness  ;  reside  in  Plymouth. 

CHILDREN. 

328.  Amaiida-Jaue,  b.  Oct.  28,  1836;  d.  July  1,  1837. 

329.  Henry-Stautoii  (605),  b.  Feb.  4,  1838. 

330.  Amauda-Noyes  (607),  b.  April  23,  1843. 

331.  Martha-Anderson*'  (Hobart)  [127]  (James  Morrison^, 
SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP^,  James-,  John^).  She  married  Feb.  18, 
1842,  Charles-L.  Hobart.  He  was  a  successful  farmer,  and  lived 
in  Plymouth,  N.  H.  He  died  July  4,  1862.  His  widow  still 
resides  in  Plymoutli. 

CHILDREN. 

332.  Abbie-Adams  (600),  b.  Nov.  20,  1843. 

333.  Emma-Jane  (610),  b.  Nov.  4,  1845. 

334.  Willie-C.  (612),  b.  July  2,  1853. 

335.  Julia-Eliza,  b.  Dec.  9,  1855. 

336.  Maria"  (Dearborn)  [129]  (James  Morrison^  SamueP, 
Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  Married  Nov.  28,  1853,  Damon- 
G.  Dearborn  ;  lived  in  Plymouth  ;  he  died  Jan.  2,  1857  ;  one 

CHILD. 

337.     Auuie-M..  b.  Oct.  14,  1854;  lives  iu  Plymouth. 

338.  .Tames"  [131]  (.James^  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-, 
John^).  He  lived  on  the  farm  in  Plymouth  till  1857,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Ottumwa,  Walpole  Co.,  Iowa.  Sept.  12,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  the  Thirty-sixth  Regt.  Iowa  Infantry,  and  served  in  Gen- 
eral Steele's  command  till  the  close  of  the  war.  Was  present  at 
the  hotly  contested  battle  at  Helena,  Ark.,  July  4,  1863  ;  Avas 
detailed  for  hospital  service  at  Mound  City,  111.,  and  then  received 
thirty  days'  furlough.  Soon  after  rejoined  his  regiment  at  Little 
Rock,  which  had  l)een  taken  by  the  Union  forces.  There  he  spent 
the  winter  of  1864.  Three  hundred  men,  of  whom  he  Avas  one, 
were  ordered  to  take  a  supi>ly  train  of  three  hundred  wagons  to 
Camden,  where  the  main  army  was  camping.  This  place  was 
readied  without  adventure.  On  their  return,  with  one  thousand 
men  and  tAvo  jneces  of  artillery,  at  Marsh's  Mills,  they  Avere  sur- 
rounded by  the  enemy,  and  after   a  sharp  contest,  surrendered. 


110    CHARTER  JAJIKS-^;  LIEUT.  SAMUELS;  SAMUEL^;  STEPHENS.   [339 

Every  article  of  value,  even  pictures  of  friends,  were  taken  from 
them  by  the  chivalrous  sons  of  the  South.  Their  prison  life 
was  the  same  as  that  of  most  of  our  brave  Union  soldiers.  They 
Avere  first  marched  six  hundred  miles  to  Shrevejiort,  La.,  then  to 
Tyler,  Tex.,  Avhere  two  thousand  Union  soldiers  w^ere  corralled 
in  a  stockade  of  ten  acres.  Here  they  protected  themselves  as 
best  they  could  from  the  burning  rays  of  the  sun,  the  drenching 
rains  of  summer,  and  the  frosts  of  winter,  by  tunnelling,  and 
building  log  huts.  After  ten  months  of  captivity,  he  was  ex- 
changed. He  doffed  the  rags  of  the  defunct  confederacy,  and 
clothed  himself  in  the  blue  of  the  Union  army.  He  was  dis- 
cliarged  June  12,  1865.  In  1873  he  removed  to  Sioux  Falls, 
Dakota  Territory,  Avhere  he  now  lives.  Has  never  participated 
in  politics,  or  held  any  public  position,  but  has  always  voted  the 
straight  Republican  ticket.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Methodist  church.  He  married  Sept.  29,  1852,  Amanda  Shaw,  of 
Salisbury,  N.  H.     She  was  born  May  28,  1833. 

CHILDREN. 

339.  Edward-Abrara,  b.  iu  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  June  13,  1858. 

340.  Clara-Augusta,  b.  iu  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  May  9,  185G. 
3-11.     Johu-Amos,  b.  in  Dahlouega,  la.,  Aug.  18,  1858. 
342./  George-Augustus,  b.  in  Dahlonega,  la.,  Feb.  8,  18G0. 

343.  t  Mary-Alice'^  b.  iu  Dahlonega,  Ia.\  Feb.  8,  1860. 

344.  Everett-Austin,  b.  iu  Ottumwa,  la.,  Oct.  5,  1863. 

345.  James-Wallace,  b.  in  Ottumwa,  la.,  Jan.  17,  1865. 
34G.     Estella- Amanda,  b.  in  Ottumwa,  la.,  July  22,  1866. 

347.  Siduey-EUsworth,  b.  in  Albia,  la.,  Feb.  22,  1868. 

348.  Joseph-Grant,  b.  in  Oskaloosa,  la.,  March  27,  1871. 

349.  Stephen-Augustus*^  [13-1]  (Stephen^  SamueH,  Lieut.  Sam- 
ueP,  James'-^,  John').  Is  a  tanner ;  woi'ked  in  early  life  in  Dan  vers, 
Mass.,  and  Montpelier,  Vt.  Went  West  in  1837,  and  in  1838 
established  himself  at  the  place  now  called  Saugatuck,  Mich.,  in 
the  tanning  business,  in  which  he  has  continued  ever  since.  Has 
met  with  abundant  success  ;  has  engaged  in  real-estate  business 
considerably.  Was  appointed  j^ostmaster  by  President  Van 
Buren,  and  held  the  position  till  the  administration  of  President 
Grant,  with  the  exception  of  two  years ;  has  held  the  office  of 
supervisor  in  his  town  more  than  twenty  years ;  was  county 
treasurer  two  years.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat ;  in  Avar 
times,  a  stanch  war  Democrat.  Being  among  the  first  settlers, 
lie  is  witlely  and  favorably  known.  Married  May  7,  1842,  M.-E. 
Parkman. 

CHILDREN. 

350.  Julia-E.  (614),  b.  July  2,  1845. 

351.  Jossie-S.  (G17),  b.  Oct.  23,  1S51. 

352.  Martha,  b.  Oct.  28,  1848 ;  d.  J;in.  15,  1849. 

353.  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  3,  1849 ;  d.  1849. 

354.  Ilattie,  b.  Sept.  5,  1856 ;  d.  Dec.  10,  1856. 

355.  Samuel"  [135]  (Stephen^  Samuel-*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^ 
John').     Worked  on  his  father's  farm  in  Barre,  Vt.,  till  eighteen 


370]  SIXTH  GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL   MORRISON.  Ill 

years  of  age ;  removed  to  Saugatuck,  Mich.,  and  was  in  the  tan- 
ning business  five  years  with  his  brother.  April  28,  1845,  he 
married  Lucia  Harrington,  in  Barre,  Vt, ;  born  Nov.  15,  1822; 
died  at  Waukegan,  111.,  Nov.  15,  1854.  He  lived  in  Waukegan 
ten  years,  and  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  tannery,  and 
boot  and  shoe  business.  Removed  to  Chicago  in  1856  ;  was  in 
lumber  and  coal  trade.  He  married,  2d,  Mrs.  i)elia-W.  White, 
daughter  of  Oliver  Trowbridge,  of  Cliicago.  He  amassed  con- 
siderable proi)erty,  and  removed  to  Mendota,  111.,  where  he  lived 
till  1870.  Then  "he  removed  to  Topeka,  Kan.,  and  was  engaged 
four  years  in  the  cattle  trade,  and  wholesale  and  retail  grocery 
business.  He  has  retired  from  business  and  lives  on  his  farm, 
situated  five  miles  east  of  Topeka,  on  the  Kaw  River  Bottom. 
His  wife  died  Dec.  6,  1876. 

CHILDREN. 

356.  Lawson-H.,   b.   June  2G,   1847;  is  a  bookkeeper  with  tlie  Chicago 

Dock  Company,  and  res.  in  Chicago;  m.  Aug.  31,  1871,  Zaldee 
Cowan,  of  Topeka,  Kan.  ;  she  was  b.  in  Pennsylvania  in  1853. 
Children:  1st,  Harry-L.,  b.  May  11,  1873;  d.  Oct.  23,  1876.  2d, 
Ida,  b.  Nov.  19,  1874.     3d,  Charles-Elmer,  b.  Aug.  13,  1877. 

357.  Martha-E.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1850. 

358.  Lu-Lu,  b.  Nov.  1857;  d.  Jan.  1,  1862. 

359.  Anua-L.,  b.  Jan.  10,  i862. 

360.  Miles«  [137]  (Stephen^  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James"', 
John^).  Is  a  successful  farmei",  and  lives  on  the  old  homestead, 
Barre,  Vt.  He  married,  1st,  Sabrina-E.  Gale,  Jan.  25,  1847  ;  she 
died  Sept.  19,  1862 ;  had  two  children.  Married,  2d,  Emma-M. 
Taft,  Feb.  25,  1864. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    BARRE,    VT. 

361.  M.-Eugene,  b.  Nov.  22,  1847.     Went  West  in  October,  1866;  lived 

in  Kansas  one  year;  res.  in  Chicago,  111.,  and  is  connected  with 
the  general  ticket  office  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific 
Kailroad;  m.  in  Chatlield,  Minn.,  Oct.  18,  1877,  Minerva,  dau. 
of  Rev.  Nelson  and  Jane-P.  (Wallis)  Allen.  One  child :  Alice- 
Maud,  b.  March  21,  1880. 

362.  John-Gale,  b.  Nov.  7,  1854 ;  lives  in  Barre,  Vt. 

363.  Maud-Myra,  b.  Aug.  28,  1871. 

864.  Martha^  (Little)  [138]  (Stephen  Morrison^  Samuel^ 
Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  She  married  Isaiah-C.  Little, 
Jan.  7,  1847;  died  Sept.  22,  1847. 

365.  Myra«  (Walker)  [139]  (Stephen  Morrison^  SamueP,  Lieut. 
SamueP,  James-,  John^).  Jan.  7,  1847,  she  married  L.-B.  Walker. 
They  live  in  Chicago,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

366.  Stephen-L.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1851. 

367.  Ida-M.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1855;  m.  June  5,  1877,  Frederick  Dennis,  inventor 

of  tlie  "  Tubuhir  Lantern,"  and  are  living  in  Chicago,  111. 

368.  Willis- P.,  b.  April  12,  1862. 

369.  George-L.,  b.  April  7,  1865. 

370.  Margaret-Mary*^  (Dinsmoor)  [143]  (Margaret^^  (Park), 
Samuel  Morison*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^  John^J.     She  married 


112   CHARTER  J AMES-2;  LIEUT.  SAMUEL3;  SAMUEL^;  JEREMIAHS.  [371 

Sept.  9,  1852,  Isaiah  Dinsmoor,  of  Windham,  sou  of  William 
Dinsmoor,  and  who  was  born  Sept.  19,  1824.  He  is  a  successful 
farmer,  living  in  tlie  "Range,"  on  the  farm  laid  out  to  Charter 
John  ]\[orison  (who  was  one  of  the  sixteen  first  settlers  of  Lon- 
donderry) in  1728,  and  the  farm  on  which  his  son,  Capt.  Thomas 
JMorison,  lived,  and  which  he  sold  to  Smiley  in  1743,  several  years 
previous  to  his  emigrating  to  Peterborough,  N.  H.  Mrs.  Dins- 
moor was  born  in  Belfast,  Me.,  Jan.  11,  1828;  spent  three  years 
at  Framingham  (Mass.)  Academy ;  commenced  teaching  school 
at  the  age  of  seventeen,  and  taught  for  seven  years. 

CHILDREN,   BORN   IN  WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

371.  Arthur-Wallace  (G19),  b.  Jan.  25,  1854;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

372.  William-Wear,  b.  Sept.  14,  1859;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

373.  Charles-Heurv,  b.  March  24,  1862. 

374.  Horace-Park,  b.  May  3,  1863. 

375.  Horace  Park*'  [147]  (Margaret^  (Park),  Samuel  Morison*, 
Lieut.  SamueP,  James'^,  John^) ;  farmer,  and  resides  on  the 
homestead  in  Belfast,  Me.  Has  been  connected  with  the  city 
government  as  councilman.  He  married  his  cousin,  Margaret- 
Elizabeth  Morrison  (150),  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  Jan.  29,  1868. 
She  was  a  teacher ;  attended  the  ladies'  seminary  at  Brad- 
ford, Mass.,  for  nearly  three  years.  A  few  months  before  she 
was  to  graduate,  and  to  which  event  she  had  looked  forward 
Avith  pleasure  as  the  crown  of  her  years  of  study,  she  was  called 
home  by  the  illness  of  her  brother.  The  plans  of  life  were  given 
up,  and  for  several  years  she  ministered  to  those  who  were  dear 
to  her.  She  saw  two  brothers  pass  away  in  youth.  During  the 
long  illness  of  her  parents,  she  cared  for  them  with  the  deepest 
solicitude.  She  was  married  soon  after  their  decease,  and  left  her 
childhood's  home. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   BELFAST,    ME. 

377.  Mabel-Agues,  b.  July  18,  1875. 

378.  Edward-Horace,  b.  Aug.  9,  1877. 

379.  Christopher-Merrill"  [149]  (Jeremiah^  Samuel*,  Lieut. 
Samuer*,  James'-,  John^).  The  following  sketches  of  him  and  his 
brother  Edward-Payson  are  from  the  pen  of  their  sister,  Mrs.  M.- 
Lizzie Park,  Belfast,  Me.:  — 

"From  a  child  he  was  of  a  thoughtful  mind,  mature  in  judg- 
ment, and  conscientious  in  character ;  and  as  years  passed  over 
him,  these  traits  were  still  more  strongly  defined.  His  i)urpose 
and  desire  were  to  obtain  a  liberal  education,  and  for  this  object 
he  entered  the  academy  at  Atkinson,  N.  H.,  preparatory  to  a  col- 
lege course.  While  there,  his  attention  was  strongly  called  to 
religious  things,  and  the  result  was,  that  he  entered  Avith  his 
whole  heart  and  soul  upon  a  new  life,  which  brought  with  it 
strength  to  bear  and  suffer  during  a  long  and  painful  illness,  and 
fitted  him  for  the  rest  which  remaineth  for  the  people  of  God. 
For  nearly  two  years  before  his  death,  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Windham,  N.  H.     He  had  nearly  finished 


382]  SIXTH    GENERATION. EDWARD-P.   MORRISON.  113 

his  preparatory  course,  when  consumption  laid  its  wasting  hand 
upon  him.  While  giving  up  the  studies  in  which  he  delighted, 
and  all  the  plans  of  his  earthly  future,  which  were  dear  to  him, 
he  cheerfully  obeyed  the  summons,  'Come  up  higher,'  and  entered 
into  rest  Dec.  22,  1857,  aged  21  yrs.  20  days." 

380.  Margaret-Elizabeth  (Park).     [See  No.  375.] 

381.  Edward-Payson*^  [151]  (Jeremiah^  Samuel-*,  Lieut.  Sam- 
ueP,  James-,  Jolm^).  "Very  early  in  his  childhood,  he  showed 
that  he  was  possessed  of  a  very  active  mind,  quick  to  acquire  and 
strong  to  retain,  which  developed  into  a  decided  and  eager  taste 
for  literary  pursuits.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  academy  at  Atkinson,  N.  H.,  where  he  finished  his 
preparatory  course,  intending  at  once  to  enter  college.  While 
teaching  in  the  winter  of  1857-58,  the  first  symptoms  of  con- 
sumption were  manifested,  and  from  them  he  never  recovered. 
Like  his  brother,  he  early  became  a  member  of  Christ's  church, 
and  strengthened  and  upheld  by  a  like  precious  faith,  he  gave  up 
the  bright  hopes  of  his  youth  and  the  brilliant  promise  of  his 
future,  and  cheerfully  laid  down  his  life  while  it  was  'yet  morn- 
ing.' He  died  Aug.  5,  1858,  at  Peacham,  Vt.,  where  he  had  gone 
in  the  hope  of  regaining  his  health,  at  the  age  of  18  yrs.  6 
mos.  7  days." 

"Death  cannot  come 
To  liim  untimely,  who  is  fit  to  die ; 
The  less  of  this  cold  world,  the  more  of  heaven ; 
The  briefer  life,  the  earlier  immortality." 

382.  Leonard- Allison"  [152]  (Jeremiah^,  SamueP,  Lieut.  Sam- 
ueP,  James'^,  John^).  Leonard-A.  Morrison  w^as  born  in  Wind- 
ham, N,  H.,  Feb.  21,  1843,  and  unmarried.  He  writes:  "Nothing 
eventful  or  striking  has  occurred  in  my  life.  Most  of  my  early 
ambitions  have  been  laid  aside.  By  the  death  of  my  brothers, 
and  the  precarious  state  of  my  parents'  health,  the  burdens  of 
life  fell  upon  me  at  an  early  age.  My  advantages  for  education 
were  rather  limited, — only  such  as  the  common  sciiool  afforded,  and 
a  few  months'  attendance  at  the  Union  School,  Gowanda,  Catta- 
raugus Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1860,  and  at  the  New  Hampshire  Conference 
Seminary  at  Sanbornton  Bridge  (now  Tilton),  in  1861.  This 
education  has  been  supplemented  by  intercourse  with  the  world, 
and  by  reading.  In  my  youth  I  was  prohibited  by  my  parents 
from  reading  works  that  now  find  a  place  in  most  of  our  public 
libraries,  and  the  influence  of  which  is  only  evil.  I  was  always 
fond  of  reading,  and  for  several  years  took  books  from  the  circu- 
lating library  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  in  them  found  companion- 
ship, solace,  and  delight.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  me  to  read  the 
best  writers  in  poetry,  history,  or  romance,  and  thus  hold 
communion  with  those  rare  individuals  of  the  world  A\ho  have 
stamped  their  own  personality  u])on  their  works ;  whose  words 
bear  the  hupress  of  their  souls,  and  bring  to  our  minds  the  deep 
feelings  and  thoughts  that  guslied  from  the  dei)tlis  of  tlieir  lioarts. 
It  is  thus  that  we  enter  into  their  lives,  and  see  and  feel  and  know 
what  they  have  seen  and  felt  and  known. 


114       CHARTER  JAMES^;   LIEUT.  SAMUELS;    SAMUEL^;    JOHNS.     [383 

"  I  have  filled  no  public  position  of  importance;  Avas  selectman 
in  1871-72,  antl  by  virtue  of  this  otiice  I  became  a  trustee,  and 
aided  in  the  establishment  at  that  time  of  the  Nesmith  (Free) 
Public  Library  of  nearly  two  thousand  volumes.  This  work  was 
congenial  with  my  tastes,  and  I  entered  into  it  with  enthusiasm. 
I  served  as  moderator  in  1874,  '75,  '76,  '77,  '78,  '79,  and  '80,  and 
have  been  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years,  and  enumerator 
of  the  census  in  1880.  For  more  than  fifteen  years  I  have  been 
an  occasional  contributor  to  the  newspapers. 

"  In  politics  I  am  a  Republican,  and  member  of  the  Kepublican 
State  Central  Committee.  Till  the  death  of  Charles  Sumner,  I 
Avas  one  of  his  most  ardent  admirers,  and  Avith  one  exception  his 
steadfast  folloAver.  I  belicA'cd  him  to  be  as  pure  and  elevated  a 
statesman  as  America  had  produced,  —  a  safe  leader,  as  his  'white 
plume'  ever  waA^ed  in  the  fore-front  of  the  great  struggle  for 
human  rights. 

"Am  a  farmer,  and  till  the  paternal  acres.  I  OAvn  the  farm  laid 
out  in  1728  to  the  Rev.  James  McGregor,  first  minister  in  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.  It  was  owned  by  my  great-grandfather,  Lieut. 
Samuel  Morison.  It  Avas  occupied  and  owned  by  my  grandfather 
and  my  father. 

"Here  is  Avhere  they  lived,  and  not  far  from  this  is  where  they 
rest  in  their  long  and  'dreamless  slumber.'  In  the  old  burying- 
ground  at  the  head  of  Windham  Range,  a  bleak  and  'Avind-loved 
spot'  in  winter,  but  in  summer  'Avhere  green  grasses  tremble  in 
the  breezes  and  the  Avarm  sunshine  calls  forth  the  flowers,'  rest 
members  of  five  generations  of  my  race. 

"Life  has  not  brought  me  all  that  I  hoped  for,  and  much  that  I 
desired  has  eluded  my  grasp.  The  duties  Avhich  have  fallen  upon 
me  I  have  endeavored  to  perform  faithfully  and  conscientiously. 

"The  aboA^e  sketch  comprises  the  main  events  of  my  prosy, 
uneventful  life.  I  am  the  author  of  this  'History  of  the  Mor- 
ison, or  Morrison,  Family.'  "     Residence,  Windham,  N.  H. 

383.  Dennison-WaUis'^  [155]  (John^  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James-,  John^).  When  young,  Avas  in  the  ofiice  of  the  Bay  State 
Mills  (now  Washington),  at  LaAvrence,  Mass.  In  1854  Avent  to 
Cincinnati,  O.,  and  Avas  employed  in  the  Cincinnati  Gazette  office 
and  in  Groesbeck  &  Co.'s  bank  till  1863.  He  then  removed  to 
NeAv  York  City,  and  became  connected  Avitli  the  "Warren  Chem- 
ical Manufacturing  Co.,"  of  which  (1880)  he  is  treasurer.  'Nov. 
4,  1857,  he  married  Mary-Jane  Whitney,  of  Ashland,  Mass.  She 
Avas  born  June  13,  1832,  and  is  daughter  of  Luke  Whitney,  who 
belonged  to  the  somcAvhat  noted  family  of  inventors  of  that  name. 
Mr.  Morrison  resides  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

384.  Sarah-  Marcia"  (Blanchard)  [156]  (John  Morrison^  Sam- 
uel*, Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  Was  graduated  at  Normal 
School,  Salem,  Mass.,  and  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Law- 
rence, Mass.  May  21,  1857,  she  married  Dr.  AndrcAV-D.  Blanch- 
ard, of  Lawrence.     IFe  was  born   in  Medford,  Mass.,  March  4, 


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1823;  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  184'2;  studied  medicine  in 
Boston  and  Philadelphia,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  Medical 
School  in  1845  ;  practised  as  a  physician  at  Martha's  Vineyard, 
1846.  In  1847  removed  to  Lawrence,  where  he  has  since  resided, 
with  the  exception  of  one  year  (1862),  when  he  was  connected 
Avith  the  army  as  acting  assistant  surgeon. 

CHILDREN. 

385.  Lucy-Stanwood,  b.  March  4,  1858  ;  artist. 

386.  Andrew-Denman,  h.  Juue  17,  18(50;  clerk  in  Essex  Savings  Bank, 

Lawrence,  Mass. 

387.  Mary-Anna,  b.  Aua.  21,  18fi4. 

388.  Anua-Rea,  b.  July  29,  1869. 

389.  Alva  Dow*'  [164]  (Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert  Morison-", 
Lieut.  Samuel'^,  James'-,  John^).  Lived  in  Marseilles,  111.;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Rurnney,  of  Biddeford,  Me.,  Nov.  30,  1836.  She  was- 
born  Feb.  15,  1820!     He  died  Xov.  7,  1877. 

CHILDREX. 

390.  Vennelia-C.  (621),  b.  May  19,  1838;  d.  July  28,  1878. 

391.  Gilraan-Cornins;  (625),  b.  Jan.  4,  1840;  res.  Salem,  N.  H. 

392.  Sarah-E.  (630)7  b.  Feb.  18,  1844. 

393.  Charles-A.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1846;  d.  April  30,  1856. 

394.  Emma-F.,  b.  July  6,  1855;  d.  July  19,  1855. 

395.  Robert-Morrison  Dow«  [165]  (Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert 
Morison*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  Lives  in  Bellevue, 
Sarpy  Co.,  Neb.,  on  the  line  of  the  Pacific  Railroad ;  farmer,  and 
hotel-keeper,  Omaha,  Neb.  He  married,  Oct.  3,  1841,  Ann-W. 
Burnet,  of  Salem,  N.  H.  She  was  born  Aug.  9,  1813 ;  died  June 
10,  1850,  He  married,  2d,  Emily-R.  Lane,  May  4,  1855  ;  she  was 
born  March  2,  1827. 

CHILDREX. 

396.  Olive-H.,  b.  in  Marseilles,  111.,  July  12,  1842. 

397.  Robert-H.,  b.  in  Marseilles,  111.,  May  19,  1844;  d.  April  1,  1865. 

398.  Willard-W.,  b.  July  20,  1846. 

399.  Inftint  son,  d.  July  10,  1850. 

400.  Lizzie-J.,  b.  Aug.'si,  1856. 

401.  Jessie-F.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1858;  d.  Oct.  80,  1865. 

402.  Cora-L.,  b.  Auj?.  13,  1860. 

403.  Nellie-C,  b.  July  18,  1862. 

404.  Infant  dau.,  d.  Dec.  13,  1863. 

405.  Jessie-L.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1865. 

406.  Nancy-Betton«  (Massey)  [166]  (Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert 
Morison'',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  She  married,  Dec.  31, 
1835,  Jonathan  Massey,  of  Salem,  N.  H.  He  was  born  in  Salem 
Jan.  10,  1809.  He  was  a  shoe-manufacturer  in  Salem  three  years  ; 
removed  to  Marseilles,  111.,  and  engaged  in  farming ;  subsequently 
settled  in  Morris,  111.,  and  was  a  trader.  He  died  June  16,  1866; 
she  died  April  18,  1875. 


116         CHARTER  JAMES^;    LIEUT.  SAMUELS;    ROBERT^;    ASA^.       [407 

CHILDREN. 

407.  Stillmaii-E.  (G34),  b.  Oct.  28,  1836. 

408.  Adeline-P.  (035),  b.  June  12,  1841. 

409.  Myra-S.  (G3S),  b.  June  1,  1845. 

410.  Horace-S.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1851. 

411.  Lizzie-H.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1852. 

412.  Lncinda-D.«  (Corning)  [167]  (Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert 
Morison'*,  Lieut.  SaniueP,  James-',  John^).     She  married  Dec.  27, 

1838,  Gilman  Corning,  born  in  Salem,  N.  H. ;  shoe-manufacturer 
in  Salem  and  Windham,  iST.  H. ;  removed  to  Haverhill,  Mass.,  his 
present  home.  Has  represented  Haverhill  in  the  Massachusetts 
legislature.     One 

CHILD. 

413.     Albiau-James  (640),  b.  Nov.  7,  1841. 

414.  Betsey^  (Abbott)  [168]  (Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert  Mori- 
son'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  She  married  Ebenezer-T. 
Abbott  (2d  wife),  of  Windham,  Aug.  29,  1849.  He  was  born  in 
1805,  and  was  son  of  Rev.  Jacob  Abbott,  of  Windham.  They 
lived  in  the  "Range."  He  died  March  2,  1853  ;  she  died  Dec. 
27,  1854.     One 

CHILD. 

415.     Jacob,  b.  June  17,  1850;  d.  Sept.  20,  1857. 

416.  Philena"  (Jordan)  [169]  (Elizabeth'^  (Dow),  Robert  Mor- 
ison*,   Lieut.   SamueP,   James'-,  John^).     Was  married  Dec.   26, 

1839,  to  Samuel-Carter  Jordan.  He  was  born  in  Kennebunk,  Me., 
Jan.  26,  1818;  they  lived  in  Biddeford,  Me.,  in  Danvers  and 
Lowell,  Mass. ;  then  removed  to  Morris,  111.,  Avhere  they  now  live. 

CHILDREN. 

417.  Elizabeth-Hannah,  b.  May  15,  1841;  d.  Jan.  11,  1844. 

418.  Alvah-Eeynolds  (644),  b.  Dec.  13,  1842. 

419.  Abel  Dow''  [171]  (Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert  MorisonS 
Lieut.  Samuel'^  James^,  John^).  He  married  Sept.  28,  1849, 
Rhoda-Ann  Plummer,  of  Salem,  N.  H. ;  she  was  born  in  1833. 
Mr.  Dow  succeeded  his  father  on  the  farm  once  owned  by  his 
grandfather,  Robert  Morison,  and  part  of  which  was  laid  out  to 
Charter  James  Morison,  of  the  2d  Gen,,  1728,  who  was  succeeded  in 
possession  by  his  son  Thomas  and  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison,  and 
his  son  Roberf*.  Mr.  Dow  is  a  prosperous  farmer ;  is  also  engaged 
in  the  wood  and  lumber  business.  He  represented  his  town  in 
the  legislature  in  1877,  and  was  again  elected  for  1879-80. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

420.  Martha-Morrison,  b.  Dec.  17,   1850;  d.  Aug.  27,  1852. 

421.  George-Plunimer,  b.  Nov.  23,  1852;  lives  in  Windham. 

422.  Charles- Allison,    b.    Dec.    24,    1854;    m.   Dec.    24,    1878,    Ada-Dow 

Colby,  dau.  of  William-G.  Colby,  of  Salem,  N.  H. ;  she  was  b. 
Oct.  7,  LS60;  thev  live  in  Salem,  N.  H.  Oue  cliild :  Charles- 
Abel,  I).  March  15,  1880. 

423.  Willard-Elbridge,  b.  Oct.  6,  1856. 

424.  Marion-Louise,  b.  Aug.  13,  1876. 


433]     SIXTH  GENERATION. — NANCY  (MORRISON)  SULLIVAN.      117 

425.  Martha-A.*'  (Silver)  [173]  (Asa  Morrison^  Robert^  Lieut. 
Samuel'^,  James-,  John^).  Married  Nov.  7,  1838,  B.-F.  Silver,  a 
native  of  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  where  he  was  born  Nov.  8,  1808; 
removed  to  the  West  in  183"2;  farmer;  they  live  in  Pokagon, 
Mich.     One 


426.  Helen-Adelaide,  b.  Sept.  3,  1845,  at  Cassopolis,  Mich. ;  she  in.  A. -J. 
Sammous,  b.  Dec.  26,  1835,  at  Springfield,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. ; 
they  res.  in  rokagon,  Mich.     She  d.  May  27,  1874. 

427.  Nancy*'  (Sullivan)  [174]  (Asa  Morrison^  Robert*, 
Lieut.  Samuel'^  James",  John^).  She  married,  in  1842,  James 
Sullivan.  He  was  born  in  Exeter,  N.  H.,  Dec.  6,  1811,  and  was 
grandson  of  General  Sullivan  of  the  Revolution.  He  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  College  in  1829,  and  went  West  in  1837  ;  settled  in 
Cassopolis,  Cass  Co.,  Mich.  Afterwards  removed  to  Dowagiac, 
in  same  county,  where  he  died  Aug.  19,  1878.  Was  a  lawyer  of 
eminence,  and  filled  important  positions  of  trust.  Mrs.  Sullivan 
died  May  5,  1848.     One 

CHILD. 

428.     Clara,  b.  April,  1843;  d.  Sept.  22,  1862. 

429.  Lydia.A.«  (Rudd)  [175]  (Asa  Mor^ison^  Robert^  Lieut. 
SamueP,  James-,  John^).  She  lived  in  Windham  when  young; 
went  to  her  friends  in  Michigan  in  1844.  She  married  Henry- 
Lindsey  Rudd,  Nov.  13,  1847.  In  1852  they  crossed  the  plains 
in  an  emigrant  wagon,  and  during  a  journey  of  three  thousand 
miles  they  did  not  see  a  dwelling-house.  Their  experience  was 
interesting  and  peculiar.     They  now  live  in  Peoria,  Ore. 

CHILDREN. 

430.  Elleu-Nargette,  b.  June  17,  1855;  d.  Oct.  21,  1857. 

431.  Lura-Allen,  b.  May  9,  1860. 

432.  •  Harry-Z.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1862. 

433.  Martha-Mehitable«  (Allen)  [177]  (Nancy^  (Merrill), 
Robert  Morison^  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-^,  John^).  She  was 
possessed  of  a  rare,  sympathetic  nature,  which  made  her  a 
favoi'ite  with  all  about  her.  She  was  the  confidant  and  comforter 
of  the  sick,  the  troubled,  and  the  afflicted.  Endowed  with  fine 
musical  abilities  and  a  pleasant  voice,  she  took  great  pleasure  in 
singing  to  the  insane  at  the  McLean  Asylum  in  Somerville, 
Mass.;  over  them  she  possessed  a  remarkable  influence.  She 
was  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  and  to  her  parents  and  brothers 
she  was  a  pride  and  joy.  A  graduate  of  Wilbraham  Academy, 
she  retained  through  life  the  strong  friendships  formed  there, 
and  her  memory  is  yet  green  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  knew 
her.  In  1839  she  married  Samuel-Richardson  Allen,  of  Salem, 
N.  IL,  and  died  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  May  13,  1850.  He  died  in 
Somerville,  Jan.  22,  1852. 


118     CHARTER  JAMES'^;    LIEUT.  SAMUEL^:    ROBERT^;    NANCYS.    [434 

CHILDREN. 

434.  Susan-Amelia,  b.  1840;  d.  Feb.  8,  18G0. 

435.  Benjainin-Frankliii,  b.  1842;  cl.  March  8,  1860. 

436.  Edward-Everett  (645),  b.  Aug.  5,  1845;  m.  Faunie  Robbins. 

437.  John-Milton  Merrill*^  [1"8]  (Nancy^  (Merrill),  Robert 
Morison'',  Lieut.  Saniuer\  James'-,  John^).  He  married  Mrs. 
Mary-Bassett-Partridge  Hills,  of  Holliston,  Mass.  She  was  born 
Dec.  15,  1819.  Mr.  Merrill  is  a  retired  clergyman  of  the  M.  E. 
Church  and  of  the  N.  E.  Conference.  Was  fifteen  years  in  the 
ministry,  when  his  health  failed  and  he  entered  business  life.  Is 
now  assistant  superintendent  of  the  works,  in  South  Boston,  of 
the  Downer  Kerosene  Oil  Co.  For  some  time  he  had  charge  of 
the  extensive  works  of  the  company  in  Corry,  Pa.  Home,  Dor- 
chester District,  Boston,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

438.  Martha-R.,  b.  April  20,  1843. 

439.  Mary-S.  (646),  b.  Dec.  25.  1844. 

440.  Abraham  D.,  1st,  b.  July  15,  1847;  d.  Aug.  12,  1847. 

441.  Abraham-D.,  2d,  d.  iu  infancy. 

442.  John-J.  (649),  b.  Nov.  30,  1848;  d.  April  25,  1876. 

443.  Rufus-B.,  b.  March  12,  1852. 

444.  Alva-Morrison,  b.  May  15,  1854. 

445.  Nathauiel-C,  b.  June  17,  1855. 

446.  Wihelraina-Arabella,  b.  Jan.  23,  1861. 

447.  Jacob-S.  MerrilP  [179]  (Nancy^  (Merrill),  Robert  Mor- 
ison'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  He  married  Harriet-D. 
Barnes,  of  Boston,  Sept.  1,  1842;  she  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
Nov.  15,  1873.  She  was  born  in  Newton,  Mass.,  Sept.  23,  1814. 
Thirty  years  ago,  Mr.  Merrill  was  one  of  the  largest  manufac- 
turers of  paper-hangings  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston,  and  one  of 
the  first  to  introduce  "  machine  papers."  The  last  few  years  he 
has  been  a  dealer  in  paper-hangings,  etc.,  at  No.  17  Hanover 
Street,  Boston,  Mass.     Home,  Arlington  Heights,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

448.  George-A.-B.,  b.  Boston,  Jan.  6,  1844. 

449.  Harriet-E.,  b.  Cambridge,  Dec.  31,  1847. 

450.  Martha-E.,  b.    Cambridge,  Feb.  23,  1849. 

451.  Caroline-F.,  b.  April  20,  1851 ;  d.  Jan.  29,  1860. 

452.  William-B.  MerrilP  [181]  (Nancy^  (Merrill),  Robert  Mor- 
ison^,  Lieut.  SamueF,  James'-,  John^).  He  married  Mary-B.  Dyer, 
of  Boston,  June  9, 1853.  She  was  born  Oct.  8, 1830,  and  is  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Governor  Bradford,  of  colonial  times.  Both  of 
her  parents  descended  from  the  original  Plymouth  Colony.  He 
is  director  and  partner  in  the  well-known  Downer  Kerosene  Oil 
Company,  of  Boston.  This  extensive  concern  owes  much  of  its 
reputation  to  his  tact  and  business  entei'prise  as  general  manager. 
A  large  foreign  trade  has  been  established,  and  its  local  trade  has 
been  conducted  on  the  strictest  principles  of  honest  dealing.  He 
has  served  the  public  interests  of  Boston  in  the  common  council, 


465]  SIXTH    GENERATION. — JOSHUA   MERRILL.  119 

school  committee,  and  legislature.      Business  office,  104  Water 
Street ;  home,  147  West  Concord  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

453.  Adelaide-Snow  (651),  b.  June  22,  1854^. 

454.  Lizzie-Holmes,  b.  Nov.  12,  1858. 

455.  Joshua  MerrilP  [182]  (Nancy^  (Merrill),  Robert  Morison*, 
Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  He  married  Amelia-S.  Grigg,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  June  13,  1849.  She  was  born  in  Boston  Dec.  25, 
1830.  He  is  connected  w^itli  the  Downer  Kerosene  Oil  Company. 
Its  earlier  prosperity  was  largel}^  due  to  his  inventive  genius.  All 
the  practical  details  of  manufactiiring  refined  oils  were  intrusted 
to  his  skill  and  judgment  by  Mr.  Samuel  Downer,  the  original 
proprietor  of  the  South  Boston  oil-works.  All  new  appliances  of 
excellence,  mechanical  and  chemical,  were  adopted  by  him,  and 
pressed  into  the  service.  He  has  erected  extensive  works  in  this 
country  and  Europe,  and  stands  confessedly  the  master  of  his  art. 
His  personal  triumphs  are  inseparably  connected  with  the  world- 
wide reputation  of  the  company's  products,  and  tell  of  the  ear- 
nestness with  which  he  has  labored.  Business  office,  104  Water 
Street ;  home,  36  East  Chester  Park,  Boston,  Mass. 

CIULDREN. 

456.  Isabella- Morrison  (652),  b.  Cambridc:e,  Mass.,  April  10,  1850. 

457.  William-Bradley,  b.  Dec.  10,  1852;  d.  Oct.  9,  1853. 

458.  Amelia-Grieg  (656),  b.  Bostou,  Mass.,  March  17,  1854. 

459.  Nellie-Gertrude,  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  22. 1858  ;  d.  Sept.  19,  1863. 

460.  Gertrude-Bradley,  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  11,  1862. 

461.  Joshua,  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  June  21,  1871. 

462.  Abraham-H.  MerrilP  [183]  (Nancy^  (Merrill),  Robert 
Morison*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'^,  John^).  He  married  Martha- 
A.-B.  Forbes,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  21,  1851.  She  was  born 
July  4,  1834.  He  resides  in  Salem,  N.  H.  Business  :  farmer, 
litterateur,  artist. 

CHILDREN. 

463.  Alice-E.,  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  21,  1858. 

464.  Annie-M.,  b.  Bostou,  Mass.,  March  28,  1864;  d.  June  19,  1864. 

465.  Rufus-S.  MerrilP  [184]  (Nancy*^  (Merrill),  Robert  Mori- 
son*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  He  married  Mary-A.  Stod- 
dard, of  Boston,  Oct.  7,  1851.  He  is  in  the  employ  of  the  Downer 
Kerosene  Oil  Company,  and  has  rendered  it  important  services. 
He  possesses  rare  inventive  powers.  Several  patents  taken  out 
by  him  have  been  remunerative  and  popular.  The  use  of  illumi- 
nating products  enters  largely  into  his  studies,  and  some  of  the 
most  successful  burners  and  lamps  extant  are  the  invention  of  his 
practical  brain.  As  a  lecturer  before  legislative  committees  and 
scientific  institutes  he  has  few  superiors  in  presenting  lucidly  the 
matter  pertaining  to  his  calling.  Business  office,  104  Water 
Street,  Boston,  Mass. ;    home,  Arlington  Heights. 


120        CHARTER  JAMES^;    LIEUT.  SAMUELS;    ROBERT*;   MARYS.     [466 

CHILDREN. 

460.     Charles-S.,  b.  March  27,  1853;  m.  Emma-J.  Abbott,  of  Hyde  Park, 
June  27,  1878.     One  child  :  Mary-Augusta. 

467.  Rufus-F.,  b.  Dec.  31,  185.5;  m.  Oct.  16,  1879,  Cora-E.,  dau.  ofHora- 

tio-H.  Hubbard,  of  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 

468.  Willis-C,  b.  May  27,  1861. 

469.  Walter-E.,  b.  July  23,  1866. 

470.  Mary-A.,  b.  Apiil  29,  1869. 

471.  Nancy,  b.  Dec.  30,  1872. 

472.  Catliavine-Colby8  (Whittaker)  [186]  (Ira  Morrison^  Rob- 
ert^  Lieut.  Samuer',  Jaines'^,  Johu^).  She  married  April  25,  1850, 
John-S.  Whittaker,  of  Windham.  They  lived  in  Salem,  N.  H,; 
now  reside  in  Braintree,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

473.  Horace-T..  b.  May  31,  1851. 

474.  Luella-E.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1854;  m.  Francis  French,  of  Brockton,  Mass., 

Jan.  27,  1876. 

475.  Benjamin-Lynian"  [187]  (Ira^  Roberf*,  Lieut.  Samuel'', 
James',  John^).  He  married  Lydia  Penniman,  of  Braintree, 
Mass.,  Nov.  22,  1855.  Business,  woolen  manufacturer.  .He 
represented  his  district  in  the  legislature  in  1872.  Residence, 
Braintree,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

476.  Lyman-Willard,  b.  Nov.  2,  1858. 

477.  Helen-Maria,  b.  Sept.  7,  1867. 

478.  Nancy-T.«  [188]  (Ira^  Robert^  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-, 
John^).  She  was  educated  at  Sanbornton  Bridge  (now  Tilton), 
N.  H.,  Conference  Seminary  and  Female  College,  and  at  Atkinson 
Academy.     She  lives  in  Rowley,  Mass.     Is  a  teacher  and  artist. 

479.  Ira-Plummer*^  [189]  (Ira^  Robert^  Lieut.  SamueF,  James"-, 
John^).  Sept.  16,  1871,  he  married  Mary  South,  of  Weymouth, 
Mass.     He  is  a  machinist.     Lives  in  Braintree,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

480.  Franklin,  b.  May  17,  1872;  d.  May  16,  1877. 

481.  Grace,  b.  Jan.  20,  1875. 

482.  Judge  Silas-Morris  Cochran*' [  191  ]  (  Mary^  (  Cochran  }, 
Robert  Morison^,  Lieut.  Samuel'',  James'-,  John^).  Pie  received  his 
early  training  in  the  "old  brick  school-house"  of  Windham,  N.  H., 
and  there  were  laid  the  foundations  of  his  character.  While  in 
his  minority  he  went  to  Baltimore  to  live ;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  on  the  2d  of  May,  1843.  He  soon  rose  to  eminence,  and  the 
last  five  years  of  his  life  was  an  associate  justice  of  the  court  of 
appeals.  He  held  other  high  positions  of  trust.  Chief-justice 
Bowie,  when  announcing  the  death  of  Judge  Cochran,  spoke  as 
follows:  "Nature  stamj)ed  upon  his  countenance  nobility  of  soul. 
His  face  was  the  reflex  of  his  character."  He  died  in  "the  tried 
maturity  of  his  powers,  and  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness,  Dec. 
16,  1866.     He  married,  1st,  Mary  Needham,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 


500]  SIXTH    GENERATION. — NELSON   COCHRAN.  121 

His  2d  wife  was  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Rev.  Mr.  Rockwood, 
of  Cambridge,  Mass.  They  were  married  Dec.  28,  1859;  she 
resides  in  Newton,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

483.  Arthur,  b.  Aug.  27,  1864. 

484.  Agnes-Laugdon,  b.  July  4,  1866. 

485.  Nelson  Cochran*'  [193]  (Mary^  (Cochran),  Robert  Mori- 
son^,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  Jolin^).  He  married  Emily  Green, 
of  Melrose,  Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1850.  She  was  born  in  Maiden,  Mass., 
May  24,  1829.  He  has  filled  various  public  positions  in  his  town, 
and  has  represented  his  district  in  the  legislature.  Lives  in  Mel- 
rose, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

486.  Maurice-G.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1856. 

487.  Clarence,  b.  Feb.  16,   1858. 

488.  Mary-E.,  b.  March  18,  1868. 

489.  Emily-Jane«  (Dow)  [195]  (Mary^  (Cochran),  Robert  Mor- 
ison*,  Lieut.  Samuel'^,  James'-,  John^).  She  married  Asa  Dow,  of 
Chicago,  where  they  now  live.  Mr.  Dow  is  descended  from  the 
family  of  that  name  in  Windham,  N.  H.  He  is  a  prominent 
business  man  in  Chicago,  and  is  the  head  of  one  of  the  greatest 
pork-packing  establishments  in  the  world. 

CHILDREN. 

490.     Alice.  491.     Harold. 

492.  Maria-Elizabeth**  (Dow)  [197]  (Leonard  Morrison^,  Rob- 
ert*, Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  She  married  Amos  Dow,  of 
Methuen,  Mass.,  April  26,  1849.  He  was  a  woolen  manufacturer 
in  Salem,  N.  H.,  and  died  from  the  accidental  discharge  of  a  gun, 
Sept.  22,  1855.  They  had  three  children.  She  married,  2d, 
Joseph  Collins,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  July,  1859  ;  died  Dec.  22, 1859. 

CHILDREN. 

493.  Alviu-Edson,  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  March  15,  1852;  d.  Sept.  11,  1852. 

494.  Maria-Lizzie  (657),  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  Nov.  10,  1853. 

495.  Lura- Amanda,  b.  Methuen,  Mass.,  March  15,  1856. 

496.  Leonard-Almy'*  [198]  (Leonard^  Robert^  Lieut.  Samuel^ 
James'-,  John^).  He  married  April  5,  1857,  Amanda-Rcgina, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Huse,  of  Manchester,  N.  H.  He  was  connected 
with  his  father  in  the  manufacturing  business  at  Byfield,  Mass. 
He  died  July  2,  1872,  from  the  effects  of  an  accidental  discharge 
of  a  gun. 

CHILDREN. 

497.  Almy-Edson,  b.  in  Salem,  N.  H.,  June  11,  1858;  d.  March  20,  1865. 

498.  William-IIuse,  b.  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  May  5,  186L 

499.  Ina-Blanche,  b.  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  May  8,  1871. 

500.  M.-Lurette^  (Abercrombie)  [200]  (Alva  Morrison^  Rob- 
ert**, Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  She  married  Aj)i-il  15,  1853, 
Horace  Abercrombie,  of  Quincy,  Mass.     He  was  a  manufacturer 


122     CHARTER  JAMES2;   LIEUT.  SAMUEL3;    CATHARINE  THOM*.  [501 

of  woolen  goods  for  twelve  years,  when  he  retired.  Was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Massachusetts  legislature  in  1859.  Kesides  in  Brain- 
tree,  Mass. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   BRAINTREE,   MASS. 

501.  Helen-M.,  b.  June  13,  1855. 

502.  Elmer-E.,  b.  April  27,  1861. 

503.  Alva-S.''  [201]  (Alva^,  Ilobert^  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^, 
John^).  He  is  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  A.-S.  Morrison 
&  Bros.,  engaged  largely  in  the  manufacture  of  woolen  goods, 
which  have  a  first-class  reputation.  He  married  Lizzie-A.  Curtis, 
of  Weymouth,  Mass.,  Nov.  9,  1857.  She  died  Jan.  7,  1874.  He 
married,  •2d,  Rebecca  Holyoke,  of  Marlboro',  Mass.,  June  13, 1875. 
Lives  in  Braintree,  Mass. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN  BRAINTREE,   MASS. 

504.  Frank-Russell,  b.  April  6,  1860 ;  d.  Aug.  10,  1860. 

505.  Anua-Gertrude,  b.  Sept.  23.  1862. 

506.  Walter-Ellis,  b.  May  16,  1864. 

507.  Ered-Gilbert,  b.  April  20,  1866. 

508.  Mira-Isabel,  b.  Nov.  14,  1867. 

509.  Grace-Curtis,  b.  Dec.  30,  1870;  d.  Sept.  27,  1872. 
509.i  Alice-Southworth,  b.  May  20,  1878. 

510.  E.-Adelaide«  (Bass)  [203]  (Alva  Morrison^,  Robert", 
Lieut.  SamueF,  James"^,  John^)  ;  married  Lewis  Bass,  Jr.,  of 
Quincy,  Mass.,  Jan.  15,  1862.     Reside  in  Quincy,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

511.  Louis-Morrison,  b.  May  4,  1863;  d.  Aug.  26,  1863. 

512.  Lewis,  b.  May  27,  1871. 

513.  Alva-M.,  b.  July  12,  1874. 

514.  Robert-Elmer^  [204]  (Alva^  Robert*,  Lieut.  SamueP, 
James",  John^).  Resides  in  Braintree,  Mass.  Is  of  the  firm  of 
A.-S.  Morrison  &  Bros.,  manufacturers.  He  married  Sarah-R. 
Gregg,  of  Quincy,  Mass.,  Jan.  6, 1870. 

CHILDREN,   BORN   IN   BRAINTREE,    MASS. 

515.  Mabel-S.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1871. 

516.  Lizzie-Curtis,  b.  Jan.  14,  1875. 

517.  ^  Ibrahim«  [20G)  (Alva^  Robert",  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^ 
John^).  Resides  in  Braintree,  Mass.  He  belongs  to  the  firm  of 
A.-S.  Morrison  &  Bros.  He  married  Mary-L.  Rodgers,  of  East 
Marshfield,  Mass.,  Jan.  20,  1870. 

SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

518.  Samuel-T.  Stevenson'  [232]  (Eliza^  (Stevenson),  Samuel 
Thom^,  Catharine"  (Thom), Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^  James^,  John^). 
Resides  in  Denmark,  la. ;  farmer.  He  married  Therese  Guthrie, 
April  20,  1842.     She  was  born  Dec.  14,  1822. 


547]    SEVENTH  GENERATION. — JOHN-DINSMOOR  STEVENSON.    123 

CHILDREN. 

519.  Charles-G.  (659),  b.  March  IG,  1844. 

520.  Eliza-Thom  (664),  b.  July  16,  1845. 

521.  Samuel-E.-M.  (667),  b.  April  28,  1848. 

522.  Nannie-E.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1849;  d.  Jan.  26,  1877. 

523.  Seldou,  b.  Aug.  5,  1862;  d.  Aug.  18,  1862. 

524.  George-E.  Stevenson"  [233]  (Eliza''  (Stevenson),  Samuel 
Thom^,  Catharine*  (Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^  Jarnes'^ 
John^).  March  20, 1844,  he  married  Julia-A.  Rice,  who  was  born 
Aug.  31,  1825.     He  is  a  farmer,  and  lives  in  Denmark,  la. 

CHILDREN. 

525.  Josepli-Patersou  (671),  b.  June  26,  1845. 

526.  George-William,  b.  April  8,  1860. 

527.  Johu-Dinsmoor  Stevenson'  [234]  (Eliza"  (Stevenson),  Sam- 
uel Thom^  Catharine*  (Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'^,  James''^, 
John^).  Farmer.  Resides  in  Denmark,  la.  He  married  Celia- 
Augusta  Rice,  Sept.  24,  1846.     She  was  born  Aug.  30,  1829. 

CHILDREN. 

528.  Amanda-Ellen,  b.  Aug.  24,  1847 ;  d.  Oct.  14,  1863. 

529.  Jonas-Rice,  b.  Feb.  1,  1849. 

530.  Eliza- Jane  (672),  b.  Jan.  18,  1851. 

531.  Juiia- Augusta,  b.  Nov.  4,  1852;  m.  Joseph  Alter,  Jan.  19,  1876. 

532.  Clara-D.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1855;  d.  Nov.  26,  1857. 

533.  John-Diusmoor,  Jr.,  b.  May  23,  1857. 

534.  Lewis-Emmons,  b.  July  1,  1859. 

535.  Sherman-Ellsworth,  b.  Nov.  25,  1861. 

536.  Clara-Ella,  b.  Nov.  21,  1864. 

537.  Ada-Belle,  b.  Oct.  27,  186G. 

538.  Nellie-Isadore,  b.  Feb.  7,  1870. 
639.  Sumner-Seldon,  b.  June  19,  1876. 

540.  Joseph-Espy  Stevenson'^  [235]  (Eliza®  (Stevenson),  Sam- 
uel Thom^  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^  James^ 
John^).  He  is  a  clothier,  and  resides  at  Fort  Madison,  la.  May 
5,  1849,  he  married  Emma-C.  Balm,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

CHILDREN. 

641.     George-E.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1851;  d.  Jan.  20,  1860. 

542.  John-P.  (676),  b.  March  25,  1852. 

543.  Eva-W.  (677),  b.  Nov.  24,  1854. 

544.  Harriet-Melvina'  (Salisbury)  [257]  (Ann  Somes*'  (Was- 
gatt),  William-Ware  Thoni^  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison^,  James"-,  Joliii^).  She  married  Nathan-S.  Salisbury, 
April  20,  1853.     They  live  at  Orland,  Me. 

CHILDREN. 

545.     Wilson-Pearl,  b.  Nov.  29,  1854.     Went  to  sea  in  the  spring  of  1876, 

and  neither  he  nor  the  vessel  have  been  heard  from  since. 
54G.     Nathan-Edgar,  b.  June  30,  1857;  was  drowned  June  21,  1862. 

547.  Moses-Wasgatt"  [239]  (Ann  Somes''  (Wasgatt),  William - 
Ware  Thom^  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'',  James-, 


124    CHARTER  JAMES2;   LIEUT.  SAMUELS;   CATHARINE  THOM^.    [548 

John^).  He  married  July  7,  1861,  Olive-A.-D.  Higgins,  Avho  was 
born  ill  West  Eden,  Me.,  Jan.  15,  1842.  Mr.  Wasgatt  resided  in 
Maine  till  1876,  when  he  removed  to  Compton,  Los  Angeles  Co., 
Cal.,  where  he  now  lives ;  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

648.  Hiram-Thomas,  b.  Dec.  24,  1864. 

549.  Archie-Barton,  b.  May  28,  1869. 

650.  Fred-M.,  1).  June  3,  1871. 

551.  Annie-Somes,  b.  April  26,  1874. 

552.  Roxinda-C.^  (Alger)  [240]  (Ann  Somes«  (Wasgatt),  Wil- 
liam-Ware Thom^,  Catharine^  (Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^, 
James'^,  John^),  She  married  W.-E.  Alger,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  in 
1876.     They  now  live  in  Rliode  Island. 

55o.  Charles-Edward  Wasgatt"  [242]  (Ann  Somes*'  (Wasgatt), 
William-Ware  Thom^,  Catharine"*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Mori- 
son'',  James",  John^).  Married  Mary-Ann  Burrill,  of  Boston,  Mass., 
May  17,  1874.  They  live  in  Mount  Desert,  Me.  In  the  late  war 
he  was  a  member  of  Company  I,  Fourteenth  Regt.  Veteran  Reserve 
Corps.  On  the  17th  of  February,  186-1,  he  was  enrolled  in  Com- 
pany D,  Thirty-first  Regt.  Maine  Vols.  Was  wounded  at  the  siege 
of  Petersburg,  Va,,  and  discharged  April  15,  1865.     One 

CHILD. 

654.     Josepliine,  b.  Aug.  3,  1865. 

555.  Charlotte-Julia'  (Ransom)  [244]  (Ann  Somes*'  (Wasgatt), 
William-Ware  Thom^,  Catharine'*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Mori- 
son^,  James"-,  John*).  She  married  George-H.  Ransom,  of  Boston, 
Aug.  24,  1871.     Reside  in  Boston,  Mass. 

CIIILDUEN. 

656.  Sumner-Henry,  b.  Nov.  8,  1872;  d.  Jan.  10,  1873. 

557.  Leonard-Chandler,  b.  Nov.  3,  1873. 

558.  Addie-Ethel,  b.  June  16,  1876. 
659.  Cecil-Ernest,  b.  Nov.  8,  1877. 

_  560.  Emeline-Alesia"  (Torrey)  [248]  (Benjamin  Thom",  Wil- 
liam-Ware Thom'^,  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^, 
James'-,  John^).  She  married  William-G.  Torrey,  Nov.  22,  1871. 
He  was  born  April  11,  1845.     Reside  in  Tremont,  Me. 

CHILDREN. 

561.  Eugene-Lemont,  b.  Dec.  15,  1872. 

562.  Vincie,  b.  May  11,  1875 

563.  Halsey-Everett,  b.  March  15,  1877. 

564.  Lois-Adelaide^  (Torrey)  [249]  (Benjamin  Thom",  Wil- 
liam-Ware Thom^  Catharine'*  '(Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^, 
James-,  John^).  She  married  Charles-P.  Torrey,  Feb.  27,  1872. 
He  was  born  JNIarcli  27,  1851.     Res.  Tremont,  Me, 

565.  Mary-Frances"  (Babbitt)  [268]  (George-S.  Thom",  Isaac 
Thom'',  CatharineYThom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'',  James-,  John^). 
Her  home  in  early  life  was  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  many  of  her 


583]  SEVENTH   GENERATION.  —  CHARLES-M.    JONES.  125 

summers  were  spent  with  friends  in  Windham,  N.  H.     She  mar- 
ried, Aug.  29,  1859,  William-Crocker  Babbitt;  res,  Dighton,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

566.  William-Crocker,  b.  June  7,  1860. 

567.  Caroline-Frances,  b.  Dec.  19,  1864 ;  d.  Nov.  22,  1875. 

568.  Harry-Everett,  b.  Nov.  27,  186-. 

569.  May-Belle,  b.  Jan.  26,  1872. 

570.  Mary-Elizabeth'  (Merrill)  [271]  (Olivia  Grey"  (Jones), 
Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison'^, 
James-,  John^).     She  married  Enoch  Merrill,  of  Newbnryport, 

Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

571.     George-Enoch.  572.     William-Jones.  573.     Carrie-Frances. 

574.  Charles-Milton  Jones"  [272]  (01ivia-Grey«  (Jones),  Eliz- 
abeth^ (Hughes),  Catharine''  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^ 
James^,  John^).  He  married  Sept.  11,  1867,  Lydia  Blaisdell,  of 
Dover,  N.  H.,  daughter  of  Richard  Blaisdell.  She  was  born  P'eb. 
20,  1841.     He  is  a  salesman,  and  res.  in  Dover,  IST.  H. 

575.  Emily-Wood"  (Flint)  [276]  (Martha-Ann«  (Pillsbury), 
Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catharine'*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^, 
James'-,  John^).  Married,  1st,  Philip  Rundlett ;  one  child.  Mar- 
ried, 2d,  Moses  C.  Flint,  born  Aug.  3,  1840,  and  res.  Haverhill, 
Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

576.  Arthur-Melville  Rundlett,  b.  Newburvport,  Mass.,  March  21,  1859. 

577.  Mattie-M.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1868. 

578.  Emily-S.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1871. 

579.  Harvey-Hughes  Pillsbury"  [277]  (Martha-Ann«  (Pills- 
biTry),  Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catharine"*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison^,  James-,  John^).  Married,  1st,  Addie-Frances  Keyes, 
of  Newburyport,  Mass.  She  died  1874.  He  married,  2d,  Hattie- 
A.,  daughter  of  Capt.  Andrew-W.  Putnam,  of  Danvers ;  res. 
Danvers,  Mass. 

580.  Mary-Evelyn^  (Merrill)  [278]  (Martha-Ann«  (Pillsbury), 
Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^^, 
James-,  John^).  She  married  Samuel  Merrill,  of  West  Newbury. 
He  died  1873.     They  had  two 

CHILDREN. 

581.     Frances.  582.     Elbridge. 

She  married,  2d,  Leander  Falls,  of  Hampton,  X.  H.      Residence, 
tiampton,  N.  H. 

583.  Ella-Frances^  (Pike)  [280]  (Benjamin-Harvey  Hughes«, 
Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^, 
James'-,  John*).  She  was  a  teacher.  Married,  June  19,  1867, 
John-B.  Pike,  of  East  Salisbury;  born  Jan.  1,  1836;  farmer. 
Res.  East  Salisbury,  Mass. 


126      CHARTER  JAMES^;    LIEUT.  SAMUEL^;    SAMUEL4;   JAMES^.    [584 

CHILDREN. 

684.  Emma-Florcnco,  b.  July  25,  1868. 

585.  Maurice-Chapman,  b.  July  5,  1870. 

586.  Fannie-Ardolle,  b.  Sept.  11,  1872. 

587.  Bessie-Hughes,  b.  Oct.  2,  1874. 

588.  Lizzie-Broadhcad,  b.  Jan.  6,  1877. 

589.  Kate -Elizabeth"  (Pluiumer)  [281]  (Benjamin -Harvey 
Hughes^  Elizabeth'^  (Ilnghes),  Catharine^  (Thorn),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison'^  James'-,  John^).  She  married  Granville-Flanders  Plum- 
mer,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  They  live  in  Londonderry.  Mr. 
Plummer  served  in  the  Eighteenth  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols,  in  the  war 
of  the  rebellion.     Is  now  a  farmer. 

590.  James-Arthur  Cochran^  [296]  (Sarah-Adelaide«  (Coch- 
ran), Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Mor- 
ison*^,  James"-^,  John^).  He  married  January,  1873,  Ella  Lowd,  of 
Plymouth,  Mass.     Merchant.     Res.  East  Boston,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

591.     Lilly-Lowd,  b.  Aug.  11,  1874.       592.     Arthur-Joues,  b.  July  4,  1877. 

593.  Mary-Alice"  (Barker)  [297]  (Sarah-Adelaide«  (Cochran), 
Elizabeth^  (Hughes),  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison^, 
James-,  John^).  She  married  January,  1873,  Leroy-A.  Barker,  of 
Windham,  N.  H.     Res.  Nashua,  N.  H.     One 

CHILD. 

594.     Walter-Clift'ord,  b.  Oct.  1874. 

595.  Sarah-L."  (Keyes)  [323]  (Hannah«  (Ellis),  James  Mor- 
rison^, SamueP,  Lieut.  SaraueP,  James'-,  John^).  Married,  Aug. 
1,  1855,  Orlando-W.  Keyes.  He  was  born  at  Bennington,  N.  H., 
April  6,  1832.  He  served  in  the  Union  army,  and  died  the  death 
of  a  patriot,  while  fighting  in  his  country's  cause  at  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville,  May  2,  18^33.     She  died  June  3,  1859. 

596.  Otis-Christo])her  Ellis^  [324]  [Hannah«  (Ellis),  James 
Morrison^  Samuel"',  Lieut.  Samuel^  James'-,  John^).  He  married 
Emily-W.  Wright,  at  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  June  16,  1859.  She  was 
born  at  Holderness,  X.  H.,  Feb.  18,  1836.  He  lived  in  Haver- 
hill, Mass.;  removed  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  now  lives  in  Jaiies- 
viUc,  Wis. 

CHILDREN. 

597.  Charles-Wright,  b.  Holderness,  N.  H.,  May  11,  1860. 

598.  John-Cutler,  b.   Bradford,  Mass.,   Sept.    13,    1862;   d.  Holderness, 

N.  H.,  Jan.  2,  1864. 

599.  Erastus-Sheldon,  b.  Bradford,  April  16,  1864. 

600.  George-Otis,  b.  Detroit,  July  21,  1870;  d.  Dec.  31,  1871. 

601.  Albert-Orlando  Ellis"  [325]  (Hannah^  (Ellis),  James 
Morrison''',  SamueP,  Lieut.  Samuel^  James'-,  John^)  ;  married 
Abbie-L.  Smith,  of  Holderness,  N.  H.,  May,  1861.  She  was  born 
June  21,  1841 ;  died  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Dec.  29, 1864.  He  mar- 
ried, 2d,  Emma-A.  Daniels,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  Feb.  19,  1866.  She 
was  born  Jan.  31,  1843.     They  live  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 


618]  SEVENTH  GENERATION. — HENRY-S.    GEORGE.  127 

602.  Jolm-M.  Ellis^  [326]  (Hannah®  (Ellis),  James  Morrison'', 
SatnueP,  Lieut.  SaraueP,  James'-,  John^).  Lives  in  Haverhill, 
Mass. ;  married,  Dec.  24,  1868,  Clara-M.  Tilton,  who  was  born 
in  Haverhill,  Feb.  9,  1849. 

CHII-DUEN. 

603.     Willard-Tilton,  b.  May  16,  1873. 
60i.     Oliu-Chester,  b.  Jane  2-t,  1875. 

605.  Henry-Stanton  George"^  [329]  (Sarah®  (George),  James 
Morrison^,  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James"',  John^).  He  married, 
Nov.  26,  1859,  Mary  Farnum,  of  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  where  they 
still  reside.     One 

CHILD. 

60G.     Frederick-Noyes,  b.  Sept.  IG,  1861. 

607.  Amanda-Noyes^  (Farnum)  [330]  (Sarah®  (George),  James 
Morrison^  Samuel'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  She  married 
Hiram  Farnum,  of  Plymouth,  Oct.  16,  1863  ;  live  in  Plymouth, 
N.  H.     One 

CHILD. 

608.     Emily-Bell,  b.  Jan.  20,  1871. 

609.  Abbie-Adams'  (Grant)  [332]  (Martha-A.®  (Hobart),  James 
Morrison^  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  She  was  a 
native  of  Plymouth;  married,  Sept.  5,  1874,  John  Grant;  lives  in 
Portsmouth,  IST.  H. 

610.  Emma-Jane"  (Grant)  [333]  (Martha-A.®  (Hobart),  James 
Morrison^,  SamueP,  Lieut.  Samuel'^  James'-,  Johii^).  Married 
Daniel  Grant,  of  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Dec.  4,  1872.  They  reside 
in  Plymouth.     One 

CHILD. 

611.     Henry,  b.  Sept.  8,  1874. 

612.  William-C.  Hobart"  [334]  (Martha-A.®  (Hobart),  James 
Morrison^,  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  He  lives  in 
Plymouth,  N.  H. ;  married  Mary  Buzzell,  of  New  Hampton,  N.  II. 
One 

CHILD. 

613.     Charles,  b.  Auj?.  27,  1872. 

614.  Julia-E."  (Francis)  [350]  (Stephen-Augustus  Morrison®, 
Stephen^,  SamueP,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John').  She  is  a 
native  of  Saugatuck,  Mich.  Married,  April  13,  1870,  John 
Francis.     Two 

CHILDREX. 

615.  May-M.,  b.  May  13,  1873. 

616.  Stephen-M.,  b.  July  28,  1877. 

617.  Jessie-S.''  (Leland)  [351]  (Stephen-Augustus  Morrison®, 
Stephen^  SamueP,  Lieut.  Samuel^  James'-,  John').  She  married, 
Dec.  6,  1875,  Thornton- W.  Leland.     Res.  Saugatuck,  Mich.     One 

CHILD. 

618.     Everard-M.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1877. 


128     CHARTER  JAMES-';  LT.  SAMUEL^;  ROBERT^;  ELIZ'H  DOW^.     [G19 

619.  Arthur-Wallace  Dinsmoor^  [371]  (Margaret-Mary^  (Dins- 
moor),  Margaret^  (Park),  Samuel  JMorison'',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-^, 
John^).  Native  of  Windham;  lived  in  Reading,  Mass.,  several 
years ;  is  a  cabinet-maker ;  married  Annie  Donegan,  of  Reading, 
May  13,  1876.     Res.  Boston,  Mass.     One 

CHILD. 

G20.     Florence-Edith,  b.  Aug.  2(\,  1877. 

621.  Vermeila-C'  (Rhines)  [390]  (Alva  Dow«,  Elizabeth^ 
(Dow),  Robert  Morison'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  Married 
Nelson  Rhines,  of  Marseilles,  111.,  Sept.  28,  1856.     She  died  July 

28,  1878. 

CHILDREN. 

622.  Ella-May,  b.  Dec.  31,  1858. 

623.  Sadie-Bell,  b.  Sept.  12,  1859;  d.  Aug.  15,  1870. 

624.  Alva-Dow,  b.  Oct.  10,  1871. 

625.  Gilman-Corning  Dow'  [391]  (Alva  Dow^  Elizabeth^ 
(Dow),  Robert  Morison^,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^).  His 
early  life  was  spent  in  Windham,  N.  H. ;  has  lived  in  Salem, 
N.  H.,  many  years ;  married  Hannah-Jane  Kelley,  of  Salem,  Dec. 
16,  1>65;  she  was  born  March  5,  1848. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   SALEM,    N.   H. 

626.  Alva-Newton,  b.  Oct.  8,  1866. 

627.  William-C,  b.  April  22,  1870. 

628.  Fnink-H.,  b.  Nov.  IG,  1872. 

629.  Lillian-A.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1877. 

630.  Sarah-E.^  (Burnet)  [392]  (Alva  Dow«,  Elizabeth^  (Dow), 
Robert  Morison'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^).  Married  W.-J. 
Burnet,  of  Marseilles,  111.,  Nov.  7,  1868,  where  they  live. 

CHILDREN. 

631.  Alida-Bell,  b.  March  4,  1870. 

632.  William-T.,  b.  May  30,  1872. 

633.  Lizzie-M.,  b.  June  12,  1875. 

634.  Stillman-E.  Massey'  [407]  ( Nancy-Betton^  (Massey), 
Elizalieth^  ( Dow ),  Robert  Morison*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James"-^, 
John^).  Is  a  furniture  dealer,  and  resides  in  Morris,  111. ;  mar- 
ried Miriam-R.  Barstow,  July  31,  1872. 

635.  Adeline-P."  (Raymond)  [408]  (Nancy-Betton«  (Massey), 
Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert  Morison'',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'^,  John^). 
Married  J.-N.  Raymond,  Oct.  18,  1861 ;  live  in  Morris,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

636.  Edward-S.,  1).  Hancock,  Mich.,  Aug.  12,  1863;  d.  Aug.  18,  1863. 

637.  Howard,  b.  Morris,  111.,  Feb.  8,  1866. 

^638.  Myra-S."  (Pettit)  [409]  ( Nancy-BettonS  (Massey), 
Elizabeth^  (Dow),  Robert  INIorison*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  Jaraes'^ 
John^),  Married  Josei)li-H.  Pettit,  Jan.  30,  1873  ;  live  in  Morris, 
111.     One 

CHILD. 

639.     Muriel,  b.  June  II,  1876. 


651]  SEVENTH    GENERATION.  —  ALBION-J.    CORNING.  129 

640.  Albion-James  Corning''  [413]  (Lucinda*^  (Corning),  Eliza- 
beth^ (or  Betsey)  (Dow),  Robert  Morison^,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James"^, 
John^).  Was  educated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. ;  is 
a  chemist ;  was  in  Adams  &  Co.'s  sugar  refinery,  in  Boston ;  re- 
moved to  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  was  in  charge  of  Weeks,  Wood  & 
Co.'s  sugar  refinery ;  is  now  an  apothecary,  and  does  business  and 
lives  in  Baltimore.  He  married  Margaret-Sheppard  Woodside, 
of  Baltimore,  Nov.  12,  1871. 

CHILDREN. 

641.  f  Johu-Woodside,  b.  Dec.  10,  1872. 

642.  t  Charles-Francis,  b.  Dec.  10,  1872. 

643.  Albiou-James,  b.  July  27,  1876. 

644.  Alva-Reynolds  Jordan^  [418]  (Philena«  (Jordan),  Eliza- 
beth^ (Dow),  Robert  Morison'',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James'-,  John^). 
Was  a  student  in  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  junior  class  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  ;  he 
enlisted  in  the  Thirty-sixth  Eegt.  111.  Vols.,  August,  1861 ;  served 
as  corporal  till  he  was  discharged  on  account  of  injuries  received 
in  the  service.  In  1862  he  re-enlisted  in  the  Sixty-ninth  Regt. 
111.  Vols.,  and  received  a  commission  as  2d  lieutenant.  Company 
I,  and  was  mustered  out  at  expiration  of  term  of  service.  Spent 
two  years  teaching  in  the  far  West,  part  of  the  time  in  Colorado ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1867 ;  spent  one  year  and  a  half  in 
Council  Bluffs,  la. ;  returned  to  Morris,  111.,  and  was  elected  city 
attorney  for  three  successive  terms.  Is  now  (1878)  State's  attor- 
ney for  Illinois,  and  serving  his  third  term.  He  married  Sarah- 
D.  Parmelie,  June  18,  1869. 

645.  Edward-Everett  Allen"  [436]  (Martha-Mehitable«  (Allen), 
Nancy^  (Merrill),  Robert  Morison'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-,  John^). 
.Is  connected  with  the  Downer  Kerosene  Oil  Company,  of  Boston, 
Mass.  He  married  Fannie,  daughter  of  Isaac  Robbins,  of  Water- 
town,  June  6,  1872.     Resides  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

646.  Mary-Safford'  ( Boden )  [439]  (John-Milton  MerrilP, 
Nancy^  ( Merrill ),  Robert  Morison'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James-, 
John^).  She  married  Frederick-Ernest  Boden,  of  Corry,  Penn., 
April  26,  1871. 

CHILDREN. 

647.  John-Merrill,  b.  Nov.  25,  1872. 

648.  Frederick-Ernest,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1874. 

649.  John-Jacob  Merrill"  [442]  (John-Milton  MerrilP,  Nancy^ 
(Merrill),  Robert  Morison'',  Lieut.  SamueP,  James"-,  John^).  He 
married  Alice  Ratcliffe,  of  Belmont,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  80,  1875;  he 
died  April  25,  1876.     One 

CHILD. 

650.     John-Joshua,  b.  Sept.  1,  1876. 

651.  Adelaide-Snow^  (Tuttle)  [453]  (William-B.  MerrilP, 
Nancy^  (  Merrill ),  Robert  Morison'*,  Lieut.  SamueP,  James^, 
John^).     She  married,  June  26,  1876,  Thomas-E.  Tuttle,  of  the 


130     CHARTER  JAMES^;  LIEUT.  SAMUELS;  CATHARINE  THOM*.   [651^ 

firm  of   Call  &  Tuttle,  clothiers,  Boston,   Mass.     He   was  born 
May  21,  1852.     Reside  in  Boston,  Mass.     One 

CHILD. 

651i.  William-Merrill,  b.  April  15,  1879. 

652.     Isabella-Morrison"   (Richards)    [456]  (Joshua  MerrilP, 

Nancy^    ( Merrill ),    Robert    Morison^,    Lieut.  SaraueP,   James-, 

John^).     Married,    Feb.   10,    1868,    George-H,  Richards,   Jr.,  of 
Boston,  Mass. ;   merchant ;   reside  in  Boston. 

CHILDREN. 

653.     Herbert-Wilder.     654.    George-H.,  d.  infancJ^      655.    Isabel-Merrill. 

656.  Amelia^Grigg'^  (Hollingsworth)  [458]  (Joshua  MerrilP, 
Nancy^  ( Merrill ),  Robert  Morison*,  Lieut.  Sauiuel'^  James^, 
John^).  Married,  June  2,  1875,  Mark  Hollings worth,  of  Boston, 
Mass. ;  merchant. 

657.  Maria-Lizzie^  (Adams)  [494]  (Maria-Elizabeth«  (Dow), 
Leonard  Morrison^  Robert^  Lieut.  Samuel'^,  James'-,  John^). 
She  married  George-W.  Adams,  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  Sept,  19, 
1875.     One 

CHILD. 

058.     Raymoud-Morris,  b.  Oct.  30,  1876. 

EIGHTH   GENERATION. 

659.  Charles-G.  Stevenson*  [519]  (Samuel-T.  Stevenson",  Eliza*' 
(Stevenson),  Samuel  Thom",  Catharine''  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison^,  James-,  John^).  Resides  in  Denmark,  la.  He  married 
Eliza-J.  Porter,  July  21,  1868.     She  was  born  Dec.  6,  1843. 

CHILDREN. 

660.  Amelia-A.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1870. 

661.  Charles-II.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1871. 

662.  Hauasv-J.,  b.  April  19,  1873. 

663.  Theresse-S.,  b.  May  28,  1877. 

664.  Eliza-Thom«  (Fox)  [520]  (Samuel-T.  Stevenson^  Eliza« 
(Stevenson),  Samuel  Thom^  Catharine^  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison^,  James'-,  John^).  She  married,  Dec.  31,  1865,  Nathaniel- 
M.  Fox,  who  was  l)orn  March  22, 1820;  farmer;  res.  Denmark,  la. 

CHILDREN. 

665.  Charles-W.,  b.  March  18,  1867. 

666.  Luella-T.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1868. 

667.  Samuel-E.-M.  Stevenson^  [521]  (Samuel-T.  Stevenson^ 
Eliza"  (Stevenson),  Samuel  Thom^,  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut. 
Samuel  Morison-'',  James-,  John^).  Married,  1872,  Celia  Allen; 
she  was  born  in  1854;  farmer;  reside  in  Denmark,  la. 

CHILDREN,    NINTH   GENERATION. 

668.  Dora,  b.  Jan.  1873. 

669.  Celia,  b.  Dec.  1874;  d.  Jan.  1875. 

670.  Timothy,  b.  Dec.  1875. 


678]  EIGHTH    GENERATION.  —  JOSEPH-P.  STEVENSON.  131 

671.  Joseph-Paterson  Stevenson^  [525]  (George-E.  Stevenson'', 
Eliza*^  (Stevenson),  Samuel  Thom^  Catharine*  (Thom),  Lieut. 
Samuel  Morison^,  James"-,  John^).  He  maiTied,  Feb.  3,  1870, 
Sarah  Fox,  born  Jan.  7,  1844;  farmer;  home,  Denmark,  la. 

672.  Eliza-Jane^  (Humphrey)  [530]  (John-Dinsmoor  Steven- 
son'', Eliza*^  (Stevenson),  Samuel  Thom^,  Catharine''  (Thom),  Lieut. 
Samuel  Morison^,  James'-,  John^).  She  married  Charles-S.  Hum- 
phrey, May  11,  1871 ;  reside  in  Denmark,  la. 

CHILDREN,    NINTH   GENERATION. 

673.  Seldon-Dinsmoor,  b.  Feb.  25,  1872. 

674.  Sarah  L.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1875. 

675.  L. -Edwin,  b.  June  25,  1878. 

676.  John-Y,  Stevenson^  [542]  (Joseph-Espy  Stevenson'',  Eliza^ 
(Stevenson),  Samuel  Thom^  Catharine'*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison^  James^,  John^).  He  married  Laura-B.  Bush,  of  Pal- 
myra, Mo.,  Oct.  15,  1878;  lives  in  Fort  Madison,  la. 

677.  Eva-W.*  (Bruen)  [543]  (Joseph-Espy  Stevenson'',  Eliza*^ 
(Stevenson),  Samuel  Thom^,  Catharine'*  (Thom),  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison^,  James'-^,  John^).  She  married  William-Sumner  Bruen,, 
of  Illinois,  Feb.  25,  1874.     One 

CHILD,    NINTH   GENERATION. 

678.     John-Espy,  b.  Jan.  28,  1877. 


132  CHARTER   JOHN   MORISON.  [679 


CHAPTER   VI. 

Second  Gexeration.  —  Charter  John  Morison,  of  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  Progenitor  of  the  Morisons  of  Peterborough,  N.  H., 
AND  HIS  Descendants. 


SECOND    GENERATION.  — CHARTER   JOHN    MORISON. 

679.  John  Morison-  [3]  (John^)  ;  was  one  of  the  first  sixteen 
settlers  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1719.  He  located  near  the 
present  residence  of  Col.  George  W.  Lane,  in  Derry,  N.  H.  The 
locality  was  then  known  as  the  Double  Range,  and  his  farm 
contained  sixty  acres.  The  following  is  the  transcript  of  his 
land :  — 

"NuTFiELD,  March :  1720. 

"Laid  out  to  John  Moreson  a  Lott  of  Land  containing  sixty 
acres  boundeth  as  folio weth,  upon  the  north  side  of  west  running 
bi-ook,  beginning  at  a  red  oak  tree  marked,  bounding  upon  Rob- 
ert Weers  lott  upon  the  west  side,  from  thence  running  north  by 
marked  trees  upon  four  sides  to  a  white  oak  tree  marked  with  the 
letters  J.  M.  from  thence  running  south  east  30  rhods  to  a  small 
red  oak  marked  with  the  letters  S.  A.  &  J.  M:  from  thence  run- 
ning south  by  marked  trees  on  4  sides  320  Rhods  to  a  black 
birtch  tree  by  west  running  brook  before  mentioned  from  thence 
running  Down  the  brook  to  the  bounds  first  mentioned  and 
bounding  east  upon  Samuel  Alesons  Lott  togather  with  an  inter- 
est in  the  common  or  undivided  lands  within  the  said  town  ship 
eaquall  to  oather  Lotts  in  said  town. 

"  Recorded  tliis  20"»  Day  of  T  David  Cargxll  f 

July  1720  James  McKeen  | 

Pr  John  Goffe  Town  Clerke  -|   Robert  Weer  -|   Comraite" 

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A  true  copy  of  Londonderry  Records. 

Daniel  G.  Anistis,  Town  Clerk. 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Feb.  7,  1879. 

The  larger  part,  if  not  all,  of  the  home  lots  of  John  Morison, 
Robert  Weer,  Thomas  Steele,  and  Samuel  Allison,  are  now 
included  in  tlie  farm  of  Col.  G.  W.  Lane.  It  was  here  that  John 
Morison  reared  his  log  cabin,  which  caused  his  proud-spirited 
wife  to  exclaim,  "  A'weel,  a'weel,  dear  Joan !  an  it  maun  be  a  log- 
house,  do  make  it  a  log  heegher  nor  the  lave  [than  the  rest]." 


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690]       SECOND   GENEKATION.  —  CHARTER   JOHN   MORISON.         133 

He  was  the  father  of  Jonathan  Morison,  the  fii'st  male  child  born 
in  the  town.  From  his  elevated  home  he  could  look  forth  upon 
the  mountains  of  Peterborough.  He  lived  in  Londonderry  with 
his  family  till  1750  or  '51,  when  he  removed  to  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that  town.  He  was 
at  that  time  seventy-one  or  seventy-two  years  of  age.  It  is  said 
of  him,  in  the  History  of  Peterborough:  "Mr.  Morison  retained 
his  faculties  till  within  a  short  time  of  his  death.  He  was  remark- 
ably intelligent,  and  his  memory  very  retentive.  He  with  his 
parents  and  family  was  in  the  city,  and  his  age  ten  years,  at  the 
famous  siege  of  Londonderry,  Ireland.  The  trying  scenes  he 
witnessed  in  youth,  a  peculiar  native  eloquence,  his  pleasing 
urbanity  of  manners,  venerable  age,  correctness  and  respectability 
of  character,  rendered  his  society  interesting  and  instructive." 
He  was  an  active  boy  at  the  time  of  the  siege,  doing  errands  and 
carrying  messages  to  and  from  different  parts  of  the  city. 

He  married,  in  Ireland,  Margaret  Wallace.  She  died  April  18, 
1769,  aged  82  years.  Mr.  Morison  lived  in  Peterborough,  on  the 
place  occupied  by  his  grandson,  Dea.  Robert  Morison.  He 
died  there  June  14,  1776,  aged  98  years,  the  oldest  man  ever 
known  in  Peterborough.  Below  is  given  a  fac-simile  of  his 
autograph :  — 

CHILDREX. 

680.  Kobert.*     Tradition  says  tlaere  was  a  son  Robert,  and  that  he  was 

left  in  Ireland  by  his  father  when  he  emigrated  to  America  in 
1719.  He  was  preparing  for  a  Presbyterian  minister.  He  com- 
pleted his  stuclies,  and  was  waiting  for  a  vessel  in  which  to 
take  passage  to  America,  when  he  was  taken  sick  and  died. 

681.  Thomas  (690),  b.  in  Ireland,   1710;  d.  Nov.  23,  1797. 

682.  Ezekiel  (701),  b.  in  Ireland;  d.  1740,  in  Parish  of  Windham,  N.  H. 

683.  Jonatliau  (702),  b.  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Sept.  8,  1719;  d.  1787. 

684.  Jane  (703),  b.  April  6,  1722;  d.  Nov.  11,  1791. 

685.  Elizabeth  (711),  b.  June  15,  1723;  d.  Sept.  15,  1808. 

686.  John  (721),  b.  Sept.  20,  1726;  d.  Dec.  27,  1816. 

687.  Margaret  (732),  b.  Feb.  1728;  d.  April  29,  1811. 

688.  Hannah  (739),  b.  April  10,  1730;  d.  Nov.  30,  1760. 

689.  Moses  (742),  b.  June  7,  1732;  d.  in  Hancock,  N.  H. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

690.  Capt.  Thomas^'  [  681  ]  ( John-,  John^ ) ;  was  born  in 
Ireland  in  1710,  and  was  quite  young  when  his  parents  emigrated 
to  America.  He  first  settled  in  Londonderry,  in  that  part  which 
is  now  Windham.  He  occupied  the  farm  owned  by  Mr.  Isaiah 
Dinsmoor,  in  the  Range,  which  was  laid  out  to  his  father,  John 
Morison,  as  "amendment"  land  in  1728.  He  lived  upon  that 
place,    and   was    married    at   the   time,    and    two    of    his   chil- 

*  Stated  on  the  authority  of  Hon.  Thomas  F.  Morrison,  of  London- 
derry, N.  S. 


134  CHARTER   JOHNi!;    THOMAS-^.  [690 

(Iren,  John  and  Elizabeth,  were  lorobably  horn  there.  Windham 
was  incorporated  as  a  separate  township  in  1742,  and  he  served 
as  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  in  1743.  His  name  occurs 
on  the  Windham  records  for  the  last  time,  previous  to  the  annual 
meeting  in  March,  1744.  He  sold  his  farm  in  Windham  Nov.  3, 
1743,  to  Francis  Smiley,  and  removed  to  Lunenburg  as  early  as 
1744  or  '45.  "There  is  no  authentic  record  when  he  first  went  to 
Peterborough ;  but  it  is  supposed  he  went  to  the  latter  place  and 
cleared  land  and  returned  to  Lunenburg.  ...  It  was  not  till  1743 
or  '44  that  he  began  the  farm  afterwards  occupied  by  him,  and 
built  there  a  camp  against  a  large  bowlder  having  a  perpendicular 
side  on  the  east  of  six  or  seven  feet  height,  against  which  the 
camp  was  constructed  and  the  camp-fire  built.  The  party  went 
from  Lunenburg  on  foot,  with  axes,  packs  of  provisions,  and  cook- 
ing utensils  on  their  backs,  thridding  their  way  through  the 
unfrequented  forests,  guided  by  blazed  trees.  The  large  bowlder 
served,  with  its  vertical  face,  to  shelter  and  support  the  camp, 
and  furnished  it  with  a  firej^lace  and  chimney. 

"It  is  related  in  a  manuscript  account  of  this  affair,  that  when 
they  went  out  one  morning,  they  perceived  two  Indian  men,  a 
"squaw,  and  a  small  Indian.  They  intended  to  be  friendly,  and 
spoke  to  them,  and  invited  them  to  take  breakfast  with  them, 
Avhich  they  did.  After  the  departure  of  the  Indians,  they  went 
out  to  their  work ;  but  when  they  returned  for  their  dinner,  they 
found  that  the  Indians  had  stolen  every  mouthful  of  their  eata- 
bles and  disappeared.  They  immediately  set  out  for  Townsend, 
not  being  able  to  obtain  the  least  sustenance  till  they  reached 
that  place.  .  .  .  They  went  again  to  Peterborough  in  the  fall  or  win- 
ter, at  which  time  all  the  inhabitants  were  frightened  away,  and 
left  the  toAvn  till  1749.  ...  In  1749,  Morison  returned  to  Peter- 
borough, and  built  a  house  of  hard-pine  logs  ten  inches  square, 
into  which  he  moved  his  family  in  the  fall  of  1750,  He  resided 
on  his  farm  till  his  death,  Nov.  23,  1797,  aged  87  yrs.  .  .  .  Peter- 
borough was  incorporated  in  1760,  and  Thomas  Morison  served 
on  the  first  board  of  selectmen.  He  subsequently  was  elected,  in 
the  years  1765,  '66,  and  '73,  to  the  same  office.  Thomas  Morison 
and  William  Smith,  and  they  only,  are  always  styled  in  Peter- 
borough town  records  'gentlemen.'  He  was  universally  known 
as  Capt.  Thomas  Morison,  and  marched  his  company  on  one 
occasion  to  Keene,  twenty  miles,  through  the  woods,  on  a  false 
alarm  that  the  Indians  had  attacked  that  ])lace.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  at  Lunenburg, 
Mass.,  Oct.  2,  1739.  She  w^as  born  in  Ireland,  and  died  in  Peter- 
borough, Dec.  29,  1799,  aged  87  yrs."  The  following  is  a  fac- 
simile of  his  autograph  :  — 


702] 


THIRD    GENERATION.  —  EZEKIEL   MORISON.  135 


CHILDREN. 

691.  John  (749),  b.  Lomlouderry,  Parish  of  Windham,  July  8,  1740;  d. 

May  25,  1818. 

692.  Elizabeth,  b.  Windham,  N.  H.,  Aug.  8,  1742;  d.  Jan.  15,   1831,  aged 

88  yrs. 

693.  Robert  (758),  b.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  Nov.  29,  1744;  d.  Feb.  13,  1826. 

694.  Margaret  (769),  b.  Lunenb\irg,  Nov.  10,  1746. 

695.  Jonathan,  h.  Lunenburs;,  March  16,  1749. 

696.  Thomas  (771),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  II.,  April  20,  1751  ;  d.  1796. 

697.  Sally,  b.  Peterborough,  Dec.'22,  1756;  d.  Oct.  12,  1840,  aged  84  yrs. 

698.  Samuel  (776),  b.  Peterborough,  April  IG,  1758;  d.  Nov.  24,  1837. 

699.  Mary,  b.  Peterborough,  May  14,  1760;  d.  Aug.  20,  1819. 

700.  Ezekiel  (783),  b.  Peterborough,  June  27,  1762;  d.  at  Reading,  Vt., 

Nov.  17,  1839. 

701.  EzekieP  [682]  (John-,  Jolin^)  ;  was  born  in  Ireland,  and 
settled  in  that  part  of  Londonderry  which  is  now  Windham. 
The  farm  he  owned  was  situated  in  Windham  Range.  The  old 
cellar  stands  only  a  few  rods  from  the  highway,  lying  on  the 
same  side  of  the  highway  as  Cobbett's  Pond,  and  a  few  rods 
from  the  hoitse  of  Benjaniin-F.  Senter.  This  farm  was  laid  out 
to  Archibald  Clendennin,  of  Londonderry,  as  "  amendment  land," 
in  1728,  and  deeded  by  him  to  his  son  William,  who  married 
Hannah  Morison,  the  sister  of  Charter  John  Morison.  William 
Clendennin  deeded  it  to  Ezekiel  Morison.  On  this  place  he 
lived,  and  died  in  1740,  leaving  a  will,  in  which  he  appointed 
his  father  John  Morison  and  his  cousin  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison 
executors.  He  left  legacies  to  his  brothers  Jonathan  and  Moses, 
and  each  of  his  four  sisters.  No  mention  of  Avife  or  children.* 
The  place  was  deeded  by  the  executors  to  John  Morrow. 

702.  Jonathan'^  [683]  (John-,  John^)  ;  married  Nancy  Tufts, 
a  match  not  particularly  to  his  peace,  happiness,  or  respectability. 
He  was  a  highly  gifted  man,  with  great  ingenuity,  generous  in  the 
extreme,  but  unfortunately  possessed  of  what  is  too  often  the 
curse  of  superior  endowments,  a  violent  temper,  and  a  want  of 
self-control  which  sometimes  led  to  intemperance.  His  early  life 
was  spent  in  Londonderry;  indeed,  he  had  the  distinction  of  being 
the  first  male  child  born  in  Londonderry.  He  was  an  orator  by 
nature,  and  is  reported  to  have  been  one  of  the  best  extempore 
speakers  in  the  town-meetings  in  Londonderry.  On  these  occa- 
sions he  was  always  sure  to  be  pitted  against  Capt.  Samuel  Alli- 
son, who  was  an  equally  good  talker  and  fluent  s})eaker.  On  one 
occasion,  when  he  had  been  worsted  in  an  intellectual  combat, 
he  turned  to  Captain  Allison,  and  said,  in  his  racy  manner,  "  Ye 
are  a  braw  S2:>eaker\  but  ye  dinna  tell  the  truth.''^ 

The  following  anecdote  illustrates  his  heedless  generosity. 
When  leaving  his  house  for  town-meeting,  he  requested  his  wife 
to  prepare  dinner  for  thirty  men  that  he  should  bring  home  to 
dine  with  him.  He  brought  home  his  thirty  guests.  He  went  to 
the  kitchen  to  see  what  preparations  had  been  made  for  their  din- 
ner, where  he  saw  a  bushel-kettle  hung  over  the   fire,  full  of  j)ea 

*  Probate  Records  of  Rockingham  County,  N.  H. 
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136  CHARTER   JOHN-!  ;    JONATHAN^.  [703 

soup.  He  comprehended  the  situation.  Passing  out  to  his  friends, 
he  told  them  that  Mrs.  Morison  was  very  unwell,  and  that  they 
would  go  to  the  tavern  M^itli  him  for  dinner.  He  ordered  dinner 
for  his  thirty  friends,  and  paid  thirty  dollars. 

He  removed  to  Peterborough,  N.  PI.,  among  the  first  emigrants, 
in  1749  or  '50.  For  a  considerable  time  he  was  the  only 
mechanic  in  the  town.  "  He  could  turn  his  hand  to  any  mechan- 
ical art  or  trade.  He  w^as  a  millwright,  a  blacksmith,  a  carpenter, 
a  house-joiner,  a  stone-cutter,  a  gun-maker,  and  had  the  reputation 
of  being  really  a  workman  at  all  these  trades."  The  first  saw  and 
grist  mill  in  Peterborough  was  built  by  him  in  1751. 

With  one  more  anecdote  his  history  will  be  closed.  "At  one  of 
the  stores  in  Peterborough,  on  a  cold  Avinter's  night,  quite  a  number 
of  people  being  present,  the  toddy  circulated  freely,  the  company 
became  somewhat  boisterous,  and,  as  usual,  some  of  them  talked 
a  good  deal  of  nonsense.  Mr,  Morison,  who  plumed  himself, 
and  not  Avithout  much  reason,  upon  his  talking  talent,  had  made 
several  attempts  to  get  the  fioor,  in  ])arliamentary  phrase,  and  tlie 
ear  of  the  house.  The  toddy  had  done  its  work  too  effectually 
for  him,  and  he  gave  it  u])  as  desperate ;  and  taking  a  seat  in  a 
retired  part  of  the  room,  he  exclaimed,  in  utter  despair,  'A'- 
weel,  a'weel ;  here  ye  are,  gab,  gab,  gab,  gab,  and  common-sense 
man  set  ahind  the  door.' 

"  He  separated  from  his  wife  and  removed  to  Vermont,  where 
he  liA'ed  for  some  time.  He  finally  returned  to  Peterboroiigh,  and 
was  killed  by  a  fall  from  his  horse  in  1787."  * 

703.  Jane^  (Mitchell)  [684]  (John  Morison^,  John^) ;  married 
Dea.  Samuel  Mitchell,  of  Peterborough.  He  went  from  London- 
derry to  Peterborough  in  1759;  was  selectman  from  1762  to  1766, 
and  was  town  clerk  for  thirteen  years ;  was  an  influential  man  in 
the  church  and  town.  His  wife  died  Nov.  11,  1791,  aged  70  yrs.; 
he  died  May  3,  1798,  aged  76  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

704.  John,  b.  reterborough,  N.  H.,  Sept.  23,  1749;  removed  to  St.  Albans, 

Vt.,  and  died  there. 

705.  Margaret,  b.  Aug.  3,  1751;  m.  David  Ames;  rem.  Hancock,  N.  H., 

and  died  there. 
70G.     Samuel  (792),  b.  April  22,  1753;  d.  July  29,  1822. 

707.  Benjamin  (801),  b.  Jan.  9,  1725;  d.  Sept.  24,  1840. 

708.  Anna,  b.  Feb.  24,   1757;    m.  Swan;   removed  to  Manchester, 

Vt.,  and  died  there. 

709.  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  2,  1759;  m.  Putnam,  1805;  res.  Vermont. 

710.  Janet,  1).  April  27,  17(31 ;  m.  Samuel  Whitcomb ;  res.  Hancock,  N.  H. 

Children:  Samuel;  John-M. ;  Infant  dau.,  d. 

711.  Elizabeth^  (Smith)  [685]  (John  Morison-,  John^)  ;  married 
William  Smith,  Dec.  31,  1751.  He  was  son  of  Pobert  Smith,  of 
Moneymore,  County  of  Londonderry,  Ireland ;  was  born  in  Ire- 
land in  1723,  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Peterborough,  N,  H., 
about  the  time  of  his  marriage.     He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for 

*  Centeuuial  Address  at  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Morison,  d.  d. 


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many  years;  delegate  to  the  provincial  congress  in  1774;  deacon 
in  the  church,  and  was  moderator,  selectman,  and  treasurer  of 
the  town.  His  wife  was  distinguished  for  industry,  economy,  and 
energy.  She  died  Sept.  15,  1808,  aged  85  years;  he  died  Jan.  31, 
1808,  aged  85  years. 

CHILDREN. 

712.  Robert  (813),  b.  Feb.  15,  1753;  d.  Dec.  31,  1795. 

713.  John  (819),  b.  April  10,  1754;  d.  Aug.  7,  1821. 

714.  James  (828),  b.  Jan.  29,  1756;  d.  Aug.  11,  1842. 

715.  William,  b.  March  14,  1757;  d.  Jan.  31,  1776. 

716.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  28,  1758;  m.  Samuel  Morison  (see  No.  776). 

717.  Jeremiah  (834),  b.  Nov.  29,  1759;  d.  Sept.  21,  1842. 

718.  Hauuah  (839),  b.  May  18,  1761;  d.  Aug.  28,  1813. 

719.  Jonathan  (842),  b.  April  11,  1763;  d.  Aug.  29,  1842. 

720.  Samuel  (854),  b.  Nov.  11,  1765;  d.  April  25,  1842. 

721.  Capt.  John^  [686]  (John-,  John^).  In  early  life,  when 
learning  the  blacksmith's  trade  in  Londonderry,  he  and  a  number 
of  his  youthful  comrades  were  together  one  evening,  Avhen  they 
discussed  the  priority  of  trades,  —  which  was  the  first  trade  man 
ever  learned,  and  the  best  one.  A  tailor  insisted  "that  the 
tailor's  trade  was  the  first,  because  Adam  and  Eve  had  sewed  the 
fig-leaves  together  for  garments."  Young  Morison's  quick  retort 
was,  "that  the  blacksmith's  trade  was  the  first,  for  the  blacksmith 
made  the  needle  for  them  to  sew  the  leaves  with."  This  settled 
the  question.  The  next  morning  the  tailor  walked  into  the  shop 
in  an  apjiarently  sorrowful  manner,  saying  that  he  had  met  with 
a  great  misfortune  in  breaking  his  favorite  needle,  and  he  had 
brought  it  to  the  blacksmith's  shop  to  be  mended,  and  asked 
young  Morison  if  he  could  do  it.  "O,  yes,"  said  Morison;  "I 
am  very  busy  now,  —  stick  the  needle  in  the  beam,  and  call  for 
it  to-morrow  morning,  and  I  will  have  it  ready  for  you."  The 
tailor  did  as  requested,  and  went  away  with  a  smiling  countenance. 
After  the  tailor's  departure,  Morison  took  the  needle  into  the 
house,  and  found  another  resembling  the  broken  one  in  every 
particular,  except  that  it  was  not  broken.  This  he  took  to  the 
sho*p,  held  it  over  the  fire,  to  give  it  the  a])pearance  of  having 
been  in  the  fire,  filed  it  a  little  corresponding  to  the  place  Avhere 
the  other  was  broken,  and  stuck  it  in  the  beam  where  the  other 
had  been  left.  In  the  morning  the  tailor  called  for  his  needle, 
and  wanted  to  know  if  it  "was  done."  Morison  was  pounding 
away  vigorously  at  his  anvil,  but  looking  up,  said,  "Yes;  you 
will  find  it  sticking  in  the  beam."  The  tailor  pulled  it  out  of  the 
beam,  looked  it  over,  and  finally  said,  "What  is  your  charge?" 
"Only  a  dollar,"  said  Morison.  The  dollar  was  paid,  and  the 
tailor  went  forth  from  that  shop  a  sad  and  crestfallen  man. 
This  was  one  of  Morison's  ready-minded  jokes. 

He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  with  his  brother  Jonathan, 
after  which  he  worked  in  Boston,  Mass.  In  1759,  he  was  first 
lieutenant  in  the  militia  that  was  sent  from  Boston  to  Louis- 
burg,  in  the  island  of  Cape  Breton,  and  assisted  in  destroying 
the  old  French  fortifications.     He  was  there  three  months,  and 


138  CIIAETER   JOHN-^;    J0HN3.  [721 

was  mucli  i)leased  with  the  country.  He  had  commenced  a  farm 
in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  some  years  before.  In  the  spring  of 
1760,  with  sixteen  others,  he  went  to  Truro,  N.  S.  Their  families 
joined  them  in  the  spring  of  1761.  John  M orison  and  Alexander 
Miller  built  the  first  flour-mill  in  Colchester  ever  built  by  the 
English  settlers,  and  Morison  built  the  first  two-story  house  ever 
built  there,  and  they  took  the  lumber  and  material  for  them  from 
Boston,  Mass.  In  1767-8,  he  removed  to  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
years  spent  in  New  Hampshire  during  tlie  Revolutionary  war. 
In  1770  he  was  elected  representative,  and  took  his  seat  in  the 
assembly.  He  was  the  first  member  ever  sent  from  Londonderry. 
He  served  for  seven  years  in  parliament,  costing  him  the  price  of 
a  pair  of  good  fat  cattle  every  winter  for  his  board,  as  the  mem- 
bers did  not  receive  pay  for  their  services.  He  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  business  of  the  county. 
He  was  quick  to  perceive,  and  hard  to  deceive ;  was  blest  with  a 
great  memory  and  a  generous  spirit.  Like  most  of  the  race  to 
which  he  belonged,  he  possessed  positive  opinions,  which  he  ex- 
pressed with  fearlessness  and  ardor.  In  1777  he  returned  to 
Peterborough,  N.  IL,  to  look  after  some  property  there,  and  his 
family  joined  him  the  following  year.  He  bought  another  farm 
in  Peterborough,  and  lived  there  till  1783  or  '84,  when  he  and 
his  family  returned  to  Londonderry,  N".  S. 

The  following  anecdotes  will  show  the  frank,  blunt  outspoken- 
ness of  the  man.  Londonderry  is  in  the  ancient  Acadia  from 
which  the  French  inhabitants  had  been  expelled,  and  which  has 
been  made  famous  by  the  poet  Longfellow  in  his  pathetic  story 
of  Evangeline.  Some  thirty-five  years  after  its  settlement  by 
the  English,  the  lieutenant-governor  of  the  jDrovince  visited 
Truro,  and  "gentleman  .Tohn  Morison"  was  present.  He  i)os- 
sessed  good  talking  talents,  and  soon  made  the  acquaintance  of 
the  governor,  going  around  with  him  and  pointing  out  the  various 
places  of  note  or  interest.  When  he  parted  from  the  governor, 
a  proud  little  kind  of  a  man,  who  thought  himself  somebody,  and 
who  had  followed  them  about,  evidently  hoping  to  get  an  intro- 
duction to  the  distinguished  guest,  approached  and  asked  if  the 
governor  had  "  said  anything  about  him."  "  Yes,"  the  old  man 
replied,  "he  asked  me  what  little  bit  of  a  fool  body  that  was  that 
was  flying  round  wanting  somebody  to  take  notice  of  him." 

Another  time,  the  minister  got  into  a  dispute  with  his  neighbor 
about  a  ])iece  of  land.  He  came  to  "gentleman  John,"  told  his 
story  with  ajiparent  truthfulness,  and  obtained  his  consent  to  go 
to  some  public  meeting  that  was  ordered,  and  try  and  settle  the 
dispute.  Pie  went  to  the  meeting,  told  his  story  as  he  had  it  from 
the  minister,  took  a  decided  stand  for  the  clergyman,  and  made 
his  ])Iea.  Soon  the  proof  came  in;  he  found  he  had  been  deceived, 
and  had  made  statements  that  were  not  true.  The  matter  was 
not  settled ;  the  minister  came  again  with  another  story,  and 
wished  him  to  plead  his  cause.     The  old  man  looked  sternly  at 


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THIRD   GENERATION.  —  CAPT.    JOHN   MORISON.  139 


him,  and  said,  "  I  have  lied  for  you  till  I  have  worn  my  tongue 
out  already ;  do  you  want  me  to  lie  till  I  wear  my  teeth  out  V  I 
will  na  do  it.     Ye  may  go  as  soon  as  ye  please." 

One  who  knew  him  says :  *  ''■  He  was  tall  and  spare ;  never 
bowed  with  age ;  was  a  great  walker,  and  sat  in  the  saddle  like 
an  officer;  a  line-looking  man,  an  eloquent  speaker,  full  of  wit, 
and  ready  with  a  retort  on  all  occasions." 

Mr.  Morisou  married,  in  1757,  Martha  Anderson,  who  lived  in 
the  vicinity  of  Boston.  She  was  born  in  Paisley,  Scotland,  in 
1732.  Her  father  was  killed  by  the  Indians  while  threshing  grain 
in  his  barn.  Martha  having  gone  to  the  barn  with  a  drink  for  her 
father,  and  seeing  the  Indians,  ran  for  the  house ;  but  before  she 
reached  it,  the  Indians  fired  at  her,  and  when  she  got  into  the 
house  she  found  nine  bullet-holes  in  her  dress,  though  she  was 
unhurt."  t  Mr.  Morison  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  Dec.  27, 
181G,  aged  91  yrs.    His  wife  died  March  31,  1811,  aged  79  yrs. 

CniLDREN. 

722.  Eleanor  (8G7),  b.  New  Hampshire,  Sept.  21,  1758. 

723.  Dauiel  (877),  b.  New  Hampshire,  Nov.  24,  1760;  d.  Nov.  26,  1832. 

724.  Hannah,  b.  Truro,  N.   S.,  Dec.  25,   1762;  d.  Little  Dyke,  London- 

derry, N.  S.,  Dec.  25,  1792,  aged  30. 

725.  John  (888),  b.  Truro,  N.  S.,  Oct.  25,  1764;  d.  Dec.  5,  1798. 

726.  .Jonathan  (889),  b.  Truro,  N.  S.,  Oct.  24,  1766;  d.  Dec.  20,  1843. 

727.  Joseph-A.  (899),  b.  Loudoiulerry,  N.  S.,  July  13,  1769;  d.  Oct.  1846. 

728.  Samuel  (908),  b.  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  Aug.  19,  1771;  d.  Jan.  1820. 

729.  Martha  (916),  b.  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  March  13,  1774;  d.  1860. 

730.  Margaret  (925),  b.  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  March  3,  1776;  d.  1860. 

731.  Ezekiel  (935),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Oct.  10,  1780;  d.  Nov.  1828. 

732.  Margaret^  (Moore)  [687]  (John  Morison-,  John^) ;  mar- 
ried Dea.  Samuel  Moore,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Dec.  31,  1751, 
the  same  day  that  William  Smith  married  Elizabeth  Morison,  her 
sister.  It  is  reported  that  the  same  night  in  which  William 
Smith  and  Elizabeth  Morison  were  married,  Samuel  Moore  and 
Margaret  Morison,  who  were  present  at  the  wedding  in  London- 
derry, after  all  the  ceremonies  were  over,  mounted  their  horses 
and  rode  to  Chester,  where  they  were  married  by  Justice  Flagg, 
by  a  license.  He  removed  to  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  in  1751  or 
'52,  where  his  wife  died.  He  returned  to  Londonderry  in  1753, 
and  again  to  Peterborough  before  1763,  He  was  an  influential 
man;  was  chosen  representative  to  Exeter  in  1775;  served  as 
moderator  and  selectman,  and  was  a  deacon  in  the  Presbyterian 
church.  This  good  man  was  a  slave-holder,  owning  two  slaves, 
Baker  and  Rose.  He  sold  Baker  his  freedom,  and  never  received 
any  compensation;  and  in  his  last  will,  Aug.  31,  1790,  he  made 
it  obligatory  on  his  son  Ebenezer  to  maintain  the  other  slave  as 
long  as  she  lived.  He  died  Jan,  28,  1793,  aged  66  years;  born 
Aug,  30,  1727,     She  died  April  29,  1811,  aged  84, 


*  Hon.  Thomas  F.  Morrison,  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

t  History  of  Colchester  County,  Nova  Scotia,  by  Thomas  Miller. 


140  CHARTER   JOHN-  ;    MOSESS.  [733 

CHILDREN. 

733.  John  (945),  b.  Nov.  5,  1753;  d.  July  7,  1800. 

734.  William  (952). 

735.  Samuel  (954),  b.  June  10,  175G;  d.  Feb.  5,  1844. 

736.  Ann,  b.  17G0;  m.  Thomas  Steele.     (See  Steele  Record  No.  2215.) 

737.  Ebeuezer  (9C5),  b.  Nov.  5,  17G4;  d.  April  11,  1851. 

738.  Margaret  (973),  b.  Feb.  26,  1767;  d.  Jan.  6,  1850. 

739.  Hannah^'  (Todd)  [688]  (John  Morison^  Jolin^) ;  married 
Samuel,  son  of  Col.  Andrew  Todd,  of  Londonderry.  Samuel 
Todd  began  the  Todd  farm,  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  endured 
many  hardships  in  the  first  settlement.  There  was  no  grist-mill 
in  the  town  till  1751,  and  he  carried  his  grain  on  his  back  several 
miles  to  have  it  ground.  The  Indians  came  to  his  camp  one  day 
while  he  was  gone  to  mill,  and  stole  all  his  provisions,  but  did  no 
other  damage.  He  went  to  Peterborough  for  a  permanent  resi- 
dence about  1750,  and  was  killed  on  his  farm  by  the  falling  of  a 
tree,  March  30,  1765,  aged  39  years.  His  wife  died  Nov.  30, 1760, 
aged  30  years.     By  his  first  wife,  Hannah  Morison,  he  had  two 

CHILDREN. 

740.  Betty,  b.  1754 ;  d.  Aug.  24,  1826,  aged  72  years. 

741.  John  (979),  b.  April  9,  1757;  d.  Oct.  27,  1846. 

742.  Moses^  [689]  (John-,  John^) ;  married  Rachel,  daughter 
of  Col.  Andrew  Todd,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Londonderry, 
N.H.,  where  she  was  born  April  14,  1733.  The  History  of  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  says  :  *  "Tradition  has  handed  down  any  amoimt 
of  the  sayings,  queer  exaggerations,  and  humor  of  this  strange 
man.  It  is  for  this  only  that  his  memory  has  survived  him.  It 
grew  into  a  habit  witli  the  people  to  say,  when  extravagant  ex- 
pressions and  statements  were  heard,  'like  Uncle  Mosey,'  so  ■ 
peculiar  were  the  witticisms  and  strange  fun  with  which  he 
always  abounded."  The  following  anecdotes  show  the  peculiar 
element  in  the  man,  wherein  he  "  took  off "  the  extreme  awkward- 
ness of  two  of  the  early  settlers  of  Peterborough,  in  their 
mechanical  labors.  Speaking  of  Deacon  Duncan's  hewing,  he 
said,  "As  I  was  ganging  thro'  the  woods,  I  heard  a  desprite 
crackling,  and  there  I  found  a  stick  of  timber  that  Deacon 
Duncan  had  hewn,  sae  crooked  it  could  na  lie  still,  but  was 
thrashing  about  amang  the  trees.  I  tauld  him  he  must  go  and 
chain  it  doun,  or  it  wad  girdle  the  hail  forest."  "Deacon 
Moore,"  he  said,  "made  a  ladder,  and  .it  was  sae  twisting,  that 
before  lie  got  lialf-way  to  the  top,  he  was  on  the  under  side, 
looking  vpP 

He  lived  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  near  the  Half  Moon  Pond,  and 
died  there.  The  place  is  now  abandoned,  and  all  the  buildings 
have  been  demolished. 


*  History  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  p.  17G. 


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CHILDREN. 

743.  John  (989),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Aug.  12,  1762. 

744.  Betridse  (995),  b.  Aug.  8,  1764;  d.  Oct.  3,  1849. 

745.  Hannah  (1003),  b.  Nov.  18,  1766. 

746.  Sarah,  b.  July  26,  1769;  m.  (2d  w.)  Josiah  Duucan,  Antrim,  N.  H.  ; 

d.  between  1840  and  1847;  no  issue. 

747.  Andrew,  b.  Jan.  21,  1771,  Hancock,  N.  H.  ;  m. Chase;  removed 

to  Canada  West  about  1804,  and  was  never  heard  from. 

748.  Samuel  (1013),  b.  Juue  12,  1774;  d.  Dec.  7,  1847. 

FOURTH   GENERATION. 

749.  John*  [^^'1]  (Thomas^,  John-,  Jolni^)  ;  born  in  London- 
derry, and  lived  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.  Married,  1st,  Agnes 
Hogg ;  died  April  27,  1777,  aged  27_yrs.  Married,  2d,  Lydia 
Mason  ;  3d,  Jenny  Gray.     He  died  May  25,  1818,  aged  78  yrs. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN   PETERBOROUGH. 

750.  Joseph,  b.  April  30,  1773. 

751.  Thomas,  b.  April  21,  1775;  d.  Feb.  23,  1801,  aged  26  yrs. 

752.  John,  drowned  July  10,  1828,  aged  31  yrs. 

753.  Jonathan,  d.  young. 

754.  Jane  (1021),  m.  April  20,  1824;  d.  Oct.  10,  1861. 

755.  Thomas,  b.  1803;  d.  Oct.  31,  1825,  aged  22  yrs. 

756.  Matthew;  went  West;  no  information  of  time  or  place  of  his  death. 

757.  Mary-Smith  (1029),  b.  March  16,  1811;  d.  Oct.  12,  1863. 

758.  Robert*  [698]  (Thomas^,  Jolin^  John^)  ;  lived  in  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  on  the  place  begun  by  his  grandfather,  John 
Morison.  The  farm  is  yet  in  possession  of  the  family.  He  was 
a  deacon  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  but  when  elected  cannot  be 
ascertained,  as  the  church  records  were  burnt  in  the  conflagration 
of  his  house  in  1791.  In  1791  he  built  on  a  new  site  the  house 
now  owned  by  the  family  of  Horace  Morison,  the  old  house 
having  stood  in  the  field  a  few  rods  east  of  the  road.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Holmes,  born  June  23,  1754;  died  May  17,  1808, 
aged  55  yrs.     He  died  Feb.  13,  1826,  aged  82  yrs. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN  PETERBOROUGH. 

759.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  25,  1774;  d.  March  25,  1775. 

760.  Mary,  b.  March  26,  1776;  d.  April  12,  1776. 

761.  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  8,  1777;  d.  Oct.  9,  1778. 

762.  Nathaniel  (1033),  b.  Oct.  9,  1779;  d.  Sept.  11,  1819. 

763.  f  Jonathan,  b.  March  11,  1782;  m.  Rebecca  Kockwood.  He  was  a 
I  dancing-master,  and  afterwards  became  a  sailor;  res.  Green- 
1           field,  N  .H. ;  d.  April  11,  1832,  aged  50  yrs. 

764.  [David,  b.  March  11,  1782;  d.  May  6, 1782. 

765.  Robert  (1041),  b.  May  8,  1784;  d.  April  25,  1861. 

766.  Smith,  b.  Aug.  16,  1786;  d.  Dec.  20,  1786. 

767.  Betsey  (1050),  b.  May  13,  1806;  d.  Oct.  31,  1843. 

768.  Ezekiel,  b.  Nov.  16,  1792;  d.  Sept.  11,  1823,  at  Greenville,  Miss., 

aged  30  yrs.  10  mos. 

769.  Margaret*  (Wallace)  [694]  (Thomas^  John-,  John')  ; 
married  Matthew  Wallace  ;  res.  in  Vermont.     One 

CHILD. 

770.     Sally  ;  left  no  issue. 


142  CHARTER   JOHN^  ;     THOMAS-^  ;    THOMAS^.  [771 

771.  Thomas-'  [(iOO]  (Thonlas■^  John-,  Johni)  ;  lived  in  War- 
ren, Me.;  married  Jerusha  Field;  she  died  Feb.  2,  1810.  He  fell 
from  a  bridge  in  Warren,  Me.,  and  died  in  1796. 

CHILDREN. 

772.  Thomas  (lOGO),  b.  1789;  d.  July  11,  1826. 

773.  William;  d.  a  prisoner  of  war  at  Halifax,  N.  S.,  March,  1815. 

774.  Jerusha-F.,  b.  1793;  d.  Nov.  23,  1831. 

775.  Jouathau,  b.  1795;  d.  April  26,  1825. 

776.  SamueP[698]  (Thomas^,  John-,  John^);  res.  Peterborough, 
N.  H. ;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Smith,  Esq.,  his 
double  cousin.  All  their  children,  but  the  son  who  died  at  seven 
years  of  age,  Avere  born  deaf-mutes.  He  died  'Nov.  24,  1837,  aged 
79  yrs.  She  died  May  21,  1833,  aged  75  yrs.  The  daughters 
were  educated  at  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  Hartford,  Ct. 

CniLDREX,    BORN  IN  PETERBOROUGH,    N.  H. 

777.  Elizabeth,  b.  1789;  d.  Sept.  22,  1791,  aged  2  yrs. 

778.  Mary,  b.  June  28,  1791;  d.  Nov.  15,  1854,  aged  63  yrs. 

779.  Hannah,  b.  1793;  d.  March  16,  1809,  aged  16  yrs. 

780.  Samuel,  b.  March  10,  1795;  d.  Oct.  26,  1802,  aged  7  yrs. 

781.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  26,  1799;  d.  Sept.  15,  1868,  aged  69  yrs. 

782.  Eliza,  1).  July  1,  1801;  d.  March  13,  1875,  aged  73  yrs. 

783.  Ezekiel*  [700]  (Thomas-',  John^  John^) ;  married  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Samuel  Ames,  of  Hancock,  N.  H.,  who  was  born 
May  6,  IHl,  and  died  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Oct.  5, 1843.  He  died  at 
Reading,  Vt.,  Nov.  17,  1889. 

CHILDREN. 

784.  Margaret,  b.  Peterboi'ough,  N.  H.,  Aug.  28,  1797;  d.  at  home  of  lier 

brother  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  11,  1855. 

785.  Mary  (1063),  b.  Plymouth,  Vt.,  Dec.  11,  1798;  d.  Dec.  9,  1843. 

786.  Ezekiel  (1070),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Oct.  8,  1801. 

787.  Thomas- A.  (1076),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Feb.  12,  1804;  d.  Nov. 

22,  1874. 

788.  Elizabeth,  1).  Cavendish,  Vt.,  June  24,  1806;  m.  Bridgmau  Hapgood. 

She  died  Feb.  19,  1830;  no  issue. 

789.  Samuel,  b.  Cavendish,  Vt.,  Feb.   18,  1809;  d.   Aug.  5,   1835,  at  La 

Porte,  Ind. ;  single. 

790.  Robert-S.,  1).  Cavend'fsh,  Vt.,  June  19,  1811.     He  left  Plymouth,  Vt., 

forLaPorte,  Ind.,  in  1831.  LaPorte  County  contained  only  about 
seventy-live  inliabitants.  He  brought  with  him  the  first  stock 
of  goods  opened  in  tlie  county.  He  entered  largely  into  the 
purchase  and  sale  of  lands;  he  was  the  first  justice  of  the  peace 
elected  in  the  countv.     He  died  Aug.  6,  1836. 

791.  Sarah  (1081),  b.  Cavendish,  Vt.,  March'21,  1814. 

792.  Samuel  Mitchell^  [706]  (Janet-^  (Mitchell),  John  Morison^, 
John^) ;  rendered  a  good  deal  of  service  in  the  Revolution,  and 
Avas  at  Cambridge  in  1775.  He  was  mustered  into  the  Conti- 
nental service  in  1777,  being  one  of  twenty-two  men  from 
Peterborough,  N.  H.,  where  he  lived.  He  served  at  Bennington 
and  Saratoga.  Subsequently  he  removed  to  Manchester,  Vt. 
He  married  Pegsfv  Swan,  wlio  was  born  in  Peterborough,  IS".  H., 
April  21,  1757,  and  died  June  18,  1845.     He  died  July  29,  1822. 


813] 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  —  BENJAMIN   MITCHELL.  143 


CHILDREN. 

793.  Janet,  b.  Dec.  19,  1781. 

794.  Margaret,  b.  Sept.  5,  1784. 

795.  Jeremiah,  b.  Dec.  31,  1786. 

796.  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  15,  1789. 

797.  Heury;  m.  Polly  Neal,  of  Peacham,  Vt.     She  d.  at  Richford,  Vt., 

Aug.  8,  1873.     He  d.  April  1,  1821.     Their  son, 

798.  Samuel  Mitchell,  lives  in  Kichford,  Vt. 

799.  John. 

800.  Sally. 

801.  Benjamin  Mitchell  [707]  (Jean^  (Mitchell),  John  Mor- 
ison-,  John^) ;  res.  Peterborougli,  N.  H.,  the  most  of  his  life,  biit 
res.  Temple,  N.  H.,  a  short  time  before  his  death.  He  was  among 
those  who  marched  to  Lexington  on  the  alarm,  April  19,  1775 ; 
was  mustered  into  service  for  two  months,  Sept.  20,  1776;  was 
at  Bennington  in  1777.  He  married  Martha,  daughter  of  Capt. 
David  Steele,  of  Peterborough,  1779.  She  died  Feb.  9,  1853, 
aged  90  years.  He  died  at  Temple,  N.  H.,  Sept.  24,  1830,  aged 
85  years. 

CHILDREN. 

802.  Stephen,  b.  March  29,   1780;  m.  Sally  Mills,  Durham,  N.  H.  ;  was 

a  graduate  of  Williams  College ;  studied  law  with  Judge  Steele, 
of  Durham,  and  practised  his  profession  there;  was  a  good  law- 
yer, and  a  man  of  tine  talents  aud  standing.  He  possessed  quite 
a  literary  turn,  and  used  often  to  write  for  the  newspapers.  In 
1825,  he  welcomed  Lafayette  to  Durham  in  a  very  appropriate 
manner.     He  d.  Feb.  15,  1833,  aged  53  years. 

803.  David,  b.  May  31,   1782;  m.  Kuth  Hoyt,  Bradford,  N.  H.  ;   was  a 

physician,  and  lived  and  d.  in  Bradford;  d.  suddenly  of  an 
aflection  of  the  heart,  Jan.  21,  1821,  aged  39  years.  Two 
children  :  1st,  Nancy  ;  2d.  Margaret. 

804.  Margaret,  b.   Sept.  6,  1784;  m.  Peter  Bachelder;  2d,  Dea.  Stephen 

Holt.  She  taught  a  high  school  in  New  Ipswich  before  her 
marriage,  and  was  considered  hlghl.y  accomplished.  After 
her  second  marriage,  she  lived  in  Greenlield,  N.  H.  She  d. 
Aug.  17,  1867,  aged  83  years.  One  child  by  first  husband,  Jane, 
m.  Robert  Bradford,  Francestown,  N.  H. 

805.  Jonathan,    b.   Jan.    21,    1787;    m.,    March    13,    1817,    Sally   White; 

removed  to  Preble,  N.  Y.,  1840.  Four  children:  1st,  Susan; 
2d,  Frances;  3d,  Emily;  4th,  Stephen;  all  b.  in  Peterborough, 
N.  H.  He  d.  at  Belvidere,  III.,  Sept.  1,  1853.  She  d.  at  same 
place,  1861,  aged  74  years.     (For  descendants,  see  No.  2264.) 

806.  Frederick-A.,  b.  July  15',   1789;  m.  Lucy  Aiken;  2d,  Rhoda  John- 

son. Was  a  physician,  and  practised  his  profession  at  Chester 
and  Bradford,  N.  H.  He  d.  at  Manchester,  July  28,  1869.  Had 
seven  children. 

807.  Elizabeth  (1089),  b.  May  6,  1793;  d.  Oct.  8,  1873. 

808.  John,  b.   March  22,   1795;  m.  Lucretia  Mason;   removed  to  N.  Y.  ; 

a  hatter  bv  trade.     Two  sons;  d.  in  Ohio. 

809.  Charlotte  (1094),  b.  July  21,  1798;  d.  Oct.  16,  1851. 

810.  Jane,  b.  Feb.  21,  1803;  d.  Sept.  28,  1805. 

811.  Samuel,  b.  March  4,  1807;  m.  Harriet  Childs ;  d.  Aug.  21,  1850,  aged 

43  yrs.     One  daughter. 

812.  Martha-Jane;  unmarried. 

813.  Robert  Smith*  [712]  (Elizabeth'"'  (Smith),  John  .Morison-, 
Johni)  ;  was  a  deacon  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Peterborougli^ 


144        CHARTER  JOHN^;    ELIZABETH  SMITHS;   JOHN  SMITHl        [814 

N.  H.  He  lived  on  a  farm  once  owned  by  Halbert  Morison 
(No.  18),  and  died  early  in  life.  He  married,  May  25,  1778,  Agnes, 
daughter  of  William  Smiley.  She  died  Oct.  10,  1791,  aged  36 
years.  Married,  "id,  Isabel  Ames,  who  married,  2d,  Shubael  Hurd, 
of  Lcmpster.  She  died  Aug.  1847,  aged  84  years.  He  died  Dec. 
31,  1795,  aged  43  years.  First  wife,  two  children;  second  wife, 
three  children. 

CniLDIlEN,    BORN  IN  PETERBOROUGH. 

814.  William,  b.  May  16,  1779;  d.  Aug.  31,  1840,  aged  61  years. 

815.  Fanny,  b.   Sept.  4,   1780;  d.  July  10,  1858.     She  was  a  talented  and 

eccentric  Avoman.  She  very  early  espoused  the  antislavery 
cause ;  she  ordered  the  marble  obelisk  which  stands  over  her 
grave,  and  dictated  the  inscription  in  1858:  "This  side  is 
dedicated  to  the  glorious  cause  of  emancipation.  May  God 
prosper  it,  and  all  the  people  say  Amen." 
81G.r  Jessie  (1100),  b.  March,  1793:  d.  July,  1833. 

817.  t  Stephen  (1108),  b.  March,  1793. 

818.  Robert  (1114),  b.  Aug.  8,  1795. 

819.  John  Smith^  [718]  (Elizal)etlr^  (Smith),  John  Morison-, 
John^).  Dr.  Albert  Smith,  in  his  History  of  Peterborough, 
K.  H.  (1876),  says,  "I  am  indebted  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Louisa 
Fifield,  residing,  in  1876,  in  Alton,  111.,  for  the  following  sketch 
of  h A-  father.  She  says :  '  My  father,  when  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  could  read  the  Bible,  and  knew  a  little  of  arithmetic. 
His  first  use  of  his  freedom  was  to  raise  a  crop  of  rye,  from  the 
proceeds  of  which  he  supported  himself  at  school  at  Exeter  some 
six  months,  and  gained,  with  other  acquisitions,  the  rudiments  of 
Latin.  With  this  scanty  provision  of  education,  he  began  his 
life's  work.  .  .  .  He  was  early  made  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
did  most  of  the  justice  business  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  for  many 
years.  .  .  .  He  was  moderator  in  1793,  '97,  '98,  '99,  1801;  repre- 
sentative to  the  General  Court  from  1791  to  1803.  .  .  .  8]ieaking 
evil  of  no  one,  and  judging  all  men  kindly  as  he  would  himself 
be  judged,  he  exercised  a  kindly  and  genial,  as  well  as  a  strong, 
influence  over  his  fellow-men.'  His  sudden  death  spread  a  gloom 
over  the  town  hardly  ever  felt  before."  He  res.  Peterborough, 
N.  H. ;  married,  Dec.  1,  1791,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Capt.  David 
Steele,  of  that  town.  She  died  at  Franklin,  IST.  H.,  Sept.  30, 
1880,  aged  73  yrs.  8  mos.  He  died  Aug.  7,  1821,  aged  67  yrs. 
3  mos.  John  Smith  was  killed  by  falling  from  a  load  of  hay 
Avhich  he  was  loading  in  a  rough  field  on  a  hill-side,  upon  the 
farm  of  Samuel  White,  near  the  mountains. 

CHILDREN. 

820.  Harriet,  b.  Nov.  3,  1792;  d.  May  17,  1818,  aged  25  vrs.  6  mos. 

821.  Louisa  (1118),  b.  May  9,  1795;  d.  Nov.  15,  1877. 

822.  John,  Jr.,  b.  April  16,  1797.     He  lived  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  till 

1822,  when  he  removed  to  Northfleld,  and  associated  himself 
with  Thomas  Baker  and  John  Cavendar  for  the  purpose  of 
building  a  cotton  factory.  While  laboring  in  this  enterprise, 
he  sickened  and  d.  Oct.  8,  1822,  aged  25  years.  He  was  a  man 
of  much  promise. 

823.  Jane  (1123),  b.  March  14,  1800;  d.  Dec.  5,  1858. 


834]    FOURTH  GENERATION. JUDGE  JEREMIAH  SMITH.    145 

824.  Kobert  (1127),  b.  June  12,  1802;  tl.  Dec.  21,  18G7. 

825.  James  (1130),  b.  Oct.  28,  1804;  d.  Oct.  15,  1877. 

826.  Jeremiah,  b.  Oct.  1,  1806;  d.  April  6,  1816,  aged  9  yrs.  6  mos. 

827.  William-H.  (1131),  b.  Dec,  26,  1808. 

828.  James  Smith*  [714]  (Elizabeth''  (Smith),  John  Morison'^ 
John^).  He  settled  in  Cavendish,  Vt.,  in  1790  ;  Avas  highly  re- 
spected, and  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was 
many  years  justice  of  the  peace ;  a  representative  in  the  legisla- 
ture of  Vermont  for  thirteen  successive  years.  He  was  said  to 
be  second  to  none  of  his  family  in  talents  or  intelligence.  He 
married,  Dec.  31,  1791,  Sally  Ames,  born  May  6,  1769.  She  died 
May  16,  1833,  aged  64  yrs.;  he  died  Aug.  11,  1842,  aged  86  yrs. 
6  mos. 

CHILDREN. 

829.  Sally  (1134),  b.  Sept.  1,  1795;  d.  1842. 

830.  James  (1138),  b.  Nov.  13,  1797;  d.  Feb.  18,  1842. 

831.  William  (1146),  b.  July  31,  1800;  res.  Proctorsville,  Vt. 

832.  Joseph-Addison  (1151),  b.  March  31,  1806;  d.  Feb.  28,  1851. 

833.  John  (1157),  b.  Aug.  31,  18i2;  d.  April  20,  1839. 

834.  Judge  Jeremiah  Smith-*  [717]  (Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John 
Morison'-,  John^).  He  Avas  lawyer,  governor,  judge  of  the  United 
States  district  court,  and  chief-justice  of  the  superior  court  of 
New  Hampshire.  "  He  would  have  been  recognized  as  a  leading 
man  anywhere.  As  a  wit  or  a  scholar,  as  a  statesman  or  a  jurist, 
as  an  advocate  at  the  bar  or  a  judge  on  the  bench,  as  a  genial 
companion  or  a  brilliant  talker,  he  would  have  been  received,  in- 
deed he  was  received,  as  their  peer  by  the  ablest  and  most  accom- 
plished men  in  the  land.  .  .  .  He  was  among  the  most  eminent 
men  that  New  Hampshire  has  ever  produced.  If,  as  has  been 
said  in  relation  to  an  early  period  of  New  Hampshire  history, 
'there  were  giants  in  those  days,'  he  was  certainly  among  these 
giants.  He  was  an  eminently  great  and  good  man.  All  his  efforts 
were  exerted  for  the  honor  and  benefit  of  bis  State;  and  few  men 
have  accomplished  so  much  as  he  did  in  elevating  his  jn-ofession, 
the  law,  then  in  a  low  condition,  to  a  true  and  honorable  basis, 
even  to  a  high  standard.  His  memory  will  be  long  cherished  as 
one  of  the  public  benefactors  of  New  Hampshire.  .  .  .  He  com- 
menced the  practice  of  law  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  in  1787,  where 
he  remained  ten  years.  During  this  time  he  represented  the  toAvn 
in  the  legislature  in  1788,  '89,  '90  ;  was  a  member  of  the  conven- 
tion that  formed  the  present  constitution  in  1791,  '92.  He  took 
an  active  and  important  part  in  the  deliberations  of  that  body. 
.  ,  .  His  vote  was  cast  for  expunging  that  clause  of  the  consti- 
tution by  which  'no  person  can  be  capable  of  being  elected  a 
senator  or  representative  Avho  is  not  of  the  Protestant  religion,' 
an  article  which  was  stricken  from  the  constitution  of  New  Hamp- 
shire in  1877.  In  1790  he  was  chosen  a  representative  to  the 
second  congress,  and  was  continued  for  three  successive  terms. 
He  here  formed  an  acquaintance  Avith  all  the  great  men  of  that 
period,  and  was  upon  terms  of   intimacy  Avith  that  remarkable 


146    CHARTER  JOHN^;    ELIZABETH  SMITHS;    JEREMIAH  SMITH+.  [835 

man,  Fisher  Ames,  which  continued  through  his  life.  In  1797  he 
removed  to  Exeter,  and  AA^as  that  year  appointed  United  States 
attorney  for  the  district  of  Ncav  Hampshire.  At  the  same  time 
he  resigned  his  ottice  as  member  of  Congress.  In  1800  he  Avas 
appointed  judge  of  probate  for  the  county  of  Rockingham,  and 
held  the  office  about  two  years.  In  February,  1801,  he  Avas  a])- 
pointed  a  judge  of  the  United  States  district  court,  but  on  the 
repeal  of  the  judiciary  law,  in  March,  1802,  his  office  Avas  abolished ; 
but  in  May  of  the  same  year  he  AA^as  appointed  chief-justice  of 
the  superior  court  of  judicature  in  New  Hampshire.  He  held 
this  office  till  1809,  Avhen  he  AA^as  chosen  governor  of  the  State; 
but  failing  of  a  re-election,  he  returned  to  the  bar.  Under  a  ncAV 
judiciary  act  in  1813,  Mr.  Smith  Avas  reluctantly  induced  to  ac- 
cept the  office  of  chief-justice,  Avhich  office  he  held  till  1816,  when 
the  judiciary  act  Avas  rescinded  by  the  legislature,  and  he  once 
more  returned  to  the  practice  of  law.  In  1820,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-one,  he  Avithdrew  from  active  business,  having  acquired  an 
ample  fortune  by  the  fruits  of  his  industry  and  judicious  econ- 
omy." *  To  those  Avho  Avish  to  knoAV  more  of  this  remarkable 
man,  I  Avould  refer  them  to  an  excellent  life  of  Judge  Smith, 
written  by  John  H.  Morison,  d.  d.,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  published 
in  1845.  Judge  Smith  received  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D. 
from  Dartmouth  in  1804,  and  from  Cambridge  in  1807. 

He  married,  1st,  March  8,  1797,  Eliza  Ross,  of  Prince  George 
Co.,  Md. ;  died  June  19,  1827,  aged  59  yrs. ;  married,  2d,  Sept. 
20,  1831,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hon.  William  Hale,  of  Dover. 
He  died  Sept.  21,  1842,  aged  82  yrs.  9  mos. 

CniLDRKN. 

835.     Aviana,  b.  Dec.  28,  1797  ;  num. ;  d.  June  20,  1829,  aged  31  yrs.  6  mos. 

83G.  William,  b.  Aug.  31,  1799;  unm. ;  d.  at  Centreville,  Miss.,  where  he 
had  gone  for  his  liealtli.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity in  1817;  studied  law,  and  practised  his  profession  in 
Portsmouth,  the  last  two  or  three  years  of  his  life,  till  his  health 
failed.  He  represented  the  town  of  Exeter  in  the  general  court 
in  1821,  '22,  '23. 

837.  Jeremiah,  b.  Aug.  20,  1802;  drowned  Sept.  26,  1808,  aged  6  yrs. 

838.  Jeremiah  (1159),  b.  July  14,  1837;  res.  Dover,  N.  H. 

839.  Hannah"  (Barker)  [718]  (Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Mor- 
ison-, John^).  She  married,  Dec.  7,  1795,  John  Barker,  of  liindge, 
N".  H.,  Avho  Avas  born  in  1752.  She  died  Aug.  28,  1813.  He 
married,  2d,  Mrs.  Sally  (Crumble)  Barker.  A  ship-carpenter 
and  joiner,  but  the  last  year  of  his  life  Avas  spent  in  farming. 
He  died  July  25,  1819. 

CHILDREN,    BY    FIRST    AVIFE. 

840.  Hannah  (1162),  b.  April  24,  1801;  d.  Dec.  21,  1872. 

841.  John  (1174),  b.  Nov.  28,  1804. 

842.  Jonathan  Smith"  [719]  (Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison^, 
John^).     "Pie  remained  on  the  old  homestead  in  Peterborough, 

*  This  account  of  Judge  Smith  is  taken  from  the  History  of  Peter- 
borough, N.  II. 


854]  FOURTH    GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL    SMITH.  147 

N.  H.,  and  spent  his  life  there.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the  church, 
long  a  leader  of  the  choir.  He  was  selectman  six  years,  and  rep- 
resentative  to  the  general  court  eight  years.  He  was  a  man  of  a 
strong  mind,  which  had  been  long  maturing,  and  he  felt  very 
little  of  the  withering  effects  of  age,  although  he  had  nearly 
reached  eighty  years.  His  knowledge  was  not  very  general, 
though  he  was  a  great  reader;  but  on  some  subjects  he  was 
exceedingly  well  informed.  His  reading  had  taken  a  theological 
turn,  and  but  few  persons  possessed  his  knowledge  on  these  mat- 
ters. He  was  a  strong  Unitarian,  and  was  ready  to  give  any  man 
a  reason  for  his  faitli.  He  was  a  man  of  kind  affections  and 
feelings,  yet  strong  in  his  prejudices,  and  rather  more  ready 
to  forgive  an  injury  than  forget  it.  His  life  was  a  useful  one, 
he  having  at  various  times  held  all  the  offices  in  the  gift  of  the 
town  ;  but  it  was  mostly  spent  in  the  retirement  of  his  own  home, 
and  in  the  management  of  his  own  affairs.  He  was  a  modest 
man;  he  Avas  a  good  man, — good  without  ostentation  and 
without  pretension;  his  life  showed  forth  the  man,  for  it  was  a 
living  and  preaching  illustration  of  Jesus.  He  lived  and  died 
on  the  same  spot  on  which  he  was  born.  He  Avent  down  to  his 
grave  like  a  shock  of  corn  fully  ripe,  with  as  pure  and  upright 
a  character  as  falls  to  the  lot  of  few  mortals  here  below."  * 

He  married,  August,  1792,  his  cousin,  Nancy,  daughter  of 
John  Smith.  She  died  May  13,  1847,  aged  74  yrs.  6  mos.  He 
died  Aug.  29,  1842,  aged  79  yrs.  4  mos. 

CHILDREN. 

843.  Betsej'  (1183),  b.  Feb.  3,  1795;  d.  Aug.  12,  1845. 

844.  Jonathiui  (1189),  b.  Aug.  15,  1797;  d.  Aug.  10,  1840. 

845.  Mary  (1194),  b.  May  17,  1799;  d.  Mav  8,  18G4. 

846.  William  (1210),  b.  July  8,  1801;  d.  Oct.  25,  1873. 

847.  Johu  (1218),  b.  April  17,  1803;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

848.  Naucy,  b.  1805 ;  d.  Aug.  23,  1808,  aged  3  yrs.  6  mos. 

849.  Charlotte,  b.  1806;  d.  Sept.  9,  1808,  aged  2  yrs. 

850.  Naucy  (1226),  b.  Aug.  5,  1808;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

851.  Charlotte,  b.  1810;  d.  Aug.  10,  1825,  aged  15  yrs. 

852.  Caroline  (1234),  b.  Nov.  13,  1812;  d.  July,  1875. 

853.  Jeremiah  (1237),  b.  Sept.  15,  1815;  res.  La  Harpe,  111. 

854.  Samuel  Smith''  [720]  (Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison-, 
John^).  In  addition  to  the  common  advantages  for  schooling  at 
his  home  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  he  enjoyed  longer  or  shorter 
periods  at  the  academies  at  Exeter,  and  Andover,  Mass.,  and 
thereby  fitted  himself  for  an  accomplished  talker  and  a  ready 
debater  on  almost  any  topic.  He  was  a  man  of  a  strong  and 
highly  cultivated  intellect,  with  exceedingly  active  and  energetic 
powers,  of  quick  perception  and  ready  judgment.  He  was  ])ar- 
ticularly  distinguished  for  his  colloquial  powers,  Avhich  were 
remarkable  ;  his  conversation  was  always  rich  and  instructive  ; 
and  his  ideas  were  clothed  in  singularly  accurate  and  appropriate 
language.     It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  in  the  height  of  liis 

*  From  the  History  of  Peterborough,  N.  H. 


148  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;    J0HN3  ;     ELEANOR   FAULKNER^.         [855 

prosperity  he  exerted  over  the  community  an  elevating  and 
enliglitening  influence ;  that  he  was  by  his  character  and  intelli- 
gence a  public  educator,  and  raised  and  sustained  the  tone  of 
public  sentiment  in  Peterborough,  IST.  H.  He  delighted  in  politics, 
and  had  devoted  much  attention  and  study  to  it,  never  Avishing 
to  be  known  by  any  other  title  than  that  of  a  federalist  of  the  old 
school,  with  all  the  unmerited  reproach  attached  to  the  name. 
He  was  chosen  to  represent  his  district  in  congress  in  1813-15, 
but  on  account  of  the  press  of  his  private  business,  he  resigned 
his  seat,  after  attending  the  first  session  and  a  part  of  the  second. 
He  possessed  great  business  talents,  and  could  accomplish  a  great 
undertaking  with  singular  dispatch  and  success ;  but  he  scorned 
little  things,  and  all  care  and  economy  of  these  he  entirely 
ignored.  The  consequence  of  this  was,  that  he  never  had  things 
well  done,  however  shrewdly  projected.  He  always  had  a  nice 
sense  of  right.  There  are  few  acts  of  his  long  business  life  on 
which  you  can  lay  your  hand,  and  say  that  they  were  the  result 
of  any  moral  obliquity.  He  was  kind,  benevolent,  and  forbeai'ing 
in  an  eminent  degree  with  those  who  were  dependent  on  him. 
He  had  great  faith  in  mankind  ;  he  was  never  heard,  with  all  his 
hard  experience  in  life,  to  rail  at  our  race.  He  had  acquired  a 
great  knowledge  of  mankind,  and  did  not  lose  his  respect  for 
them  by  an  extensive  intercourse.  He  always  took  a  deep  inter- 
est in  the  municipal  affairs  of  the  town,  and  was  a  leading  actor 
in  the  same.  He  was  moderator  for  seventeen  years,  beginning 
in  1794  and  ending  in  1829.  He  may  justly  be  considered  the 
founder  of  the  village  of  Peterborough,  IS!".  H.,  where  not  one 
single  object  exists  to  perpetuate  his  name. 

He  married  Sally  Garfield,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  daughter  of 
Elijah  and  Jane-Nichols  Garfield,  Nov.  10,  1793  ;  born  Oct.  21, 
1771.  She  died  Sept.  1,  1856,  aged  85  yrs.  He  died  April  25, 
1842,  aged  76  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

855.  Jeremiah  (1243),  b.  Nov.  23,  1794;  d.  May  16,  18G0. 

850.  Frederick- A.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1796.      He  was  a  very  skilful   machinist. 
He  d.  June  29,  1818,  aged  22  years. 

857.  Maria,  b.  March  30,  1797;  d.  June  15,  1798. 

858.  Samuel-G.  (1251),  b.  Aiii?.  23,  1799;  d.  Sept.  9,  1842. 

859.  Albert  (1256),  b.  June  18,  1801 ;  d.  Feb.  22,  1878. 

860.  Wiiliam-S.  (1259),  b.  Dec.  14,  1802;  d.  Sept.  26,  1875. 

861.  Alexander-H.  (1265),  b.  Aug.  5,  1804;  d.  Nov.  1858. 

862.  Elizabeth-Morison  (1271),  b.  Aug.  8,  1806;  d.  Sept.  13,  1848. 

863.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  Sept.  16,  1808;  m.  1843,  Abraham-W.  Blanchard,  of 

Boston,  Mass.    One  cliild  :  Catlierine-EUa. 

864.  Maria,  b.  Aug.  30,  1810;  d.  May  19,  1812. 

865.  Mary-S.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1812;  d.  Aug.  14,  1822. 

866.  Ellen,  b.  Jan.  23,  1815;  m.  William  H.  Smith  (see  No.  1131). 

867.  Eleanor*  (Faulkner)  [722]  (John  Morison",  John^,  John^)  ; 
married  Edward  Faulkner  in  Nova  Scotia,  1777,  and  removed  to 
New  Hampshire  about  1778,  with  her  father's  family  ;  remained 
till  near  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  Her  husband,  Ed- 
ward Faulkner,  and  David  Morison,  her  brother,  built  a  boat  in 


889]  FOURTH   GENERATION.  —  DANIEL   MORISON.  149 

Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  drew  her  by  the  road,  nearly  forty 
miles,  to  the  vicinity  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  they  launched  her 
in  the  Merrimack  River,  and  went  in  her  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1783. 
Mrs.  Faulkner  returned  to  Nova  Scotia  the  following  year.  They 
soon  removed  to  Economy,  N.  S.,  where  they  took  up  a  large 
tract  of  land,  and  settled.     They  died  there  many  years  ago. 

CHILDREN. 

868.  Edward;  was  a  shipwright;  m.  Miss  Nelson;  res.  hi  Chisencook, 

Halifax  Co.     Had  a  large  family,  and  died  there. 

869.  Thomas  (1274). 

870.  John;  rem.  to  Ohio,  N.  S. ;  ra.  Miss  Taylor;  left  one  dau. ;  d. 

871.  James;  was  a  seafaring  man,  and  d.  in  Halifax  when  young. 

872.  Jeremiah  ;  followed  the  sea,  and  was  drowned  by  the  upsetting  of  a 

schoouer,  owned  and  sailed  by  his  uncle  Samuel  Morison. 

873.  Daniel,  1st;  was  drowned  when  a  child. 

874.  William ;  was  a  sea-captain ;   res.  in  England,   where  he  left  one 

daughter;  he  d.  in  the  West  Indies  w^hen  about  40  yrs.  of  age. 

875.  Daniel  (1280),  b.  1791. 

876.  Robert  (1289),  d.  in  Rhode  Island. 

877.  DanieP  [723]  (John^,  John-,  John^)  ;  married  Eachel 
McLellan  in  179U ;  lived  in  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  on  part  of  his 
father's  farm.  He  drew  500  acres  of  land  from  the  crown  ;  was 
a  leading  man  in  the  place ;  was  possessed  of  fine  mechanical 
powers ;  was  prompt  in  action,  upright  in  his  dealings,  the  pos- 
sessor of  good  judgment,  and  had  a  great  memory.  He  died  at 
Londonderry,  N.  S.,  Nov.  26,  1832,  aged  72  yrs.  She  died  Nov. 
21,  1843,  aged  77  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

878.  James,  b.  Jan.  1,  1791;  single;  lived  on  the  homestead;  d.  Jan.  6, 

1845,  aged  54  yrs. 

879.  William  (12^98),  b.  Feb.  2,  1792;  d.  Nov.  1,  1869. 

880.  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  28,  1793;  d.  Feb.  11,  1857,  aged  63  yrs. 

881.  Margaret  (1307),  b.  Oct.  15,  1795. 

882.  John-Anderson,  b.  Nov.  30,  1798;  m.  Mary  Wilson,  who  died  soon 

after  her  marriage.     He  died  Feb.  18:^6,  aged  28  yrs. 

883.  Esther-Moore,  b.  Aug.  11,  1801 ;  m.  Jephtha  Elderkin",  of  Kings  Co., 

N.  S.,  bj^  whom  she  had  seven  daughters;  she  died  Oct.  1841. 
Her  husband  and  family  rem.  to  Illinois,  where  he  and  some  of 
his  family  still  live.  One  of  her  daughters  m.  Judge  Whipple, 
of  Wisconsin. 

884.  Alexander-Dick  (1317),  b.  Oct.  6,  1804;  d.  Feb.  26,  1873. 

885.  Lavinia,  b.  Feb.  18,  1809;  m.  Johnston  Elderkin,  of  Kings  Co.,  N. 

S.,  and  had  ten  children,  six  of  whom  still  live.  She  died  Nov. 
3,  1878,  aged  69  yrs. 

886.  Eleanor-Matilda,  b.  Dec.  12,  1812  :  d.,  aged  4  years. 

887.  Daniel-Smith  (1326),  b.  May  20,  1814;  principal   of  Church  of  Eng- 

land High  School,  Kingston,  Isl.  Jamaica,  W.  I. 

^888.  John^  [^25]  (John^,  John-,  John^)  ;  was  master  of  a 
schooner,  an  able,  active  man,  and  a  good  navigator.  He  per- 
ished in  a  very  severe  storm,  Dec.  5,  1798,  in  the  bay,  near  Lon- 
donderry, N.  S. 

889.  Jonathan*  [72G]  (John^  John-,  John^)  ;  married  Martha 
Faulkner  in  1794;  settled  first  on  "crown  lands"  on  Westches- 
ter Mountain,  N.  S.;  removed  subsequently  to  Five  Islands,  N.  S., 


150  CHARTER   JOHN- ;    JOHNS  ;     SAMUEL^.  [890 

where  he  bought  a  farm,  fifty  rods  wide  and  six  miles  long,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  Dec.  20,  1843,  aged 
77  years.     She  died  Oct.  24,  1840,  aged  70  years. 

CHILDREN. 

890.  John  (1328),  b.  Nov.  29,  1795;  d.  1867. 

891.  Edward  (1340),  b.  Aug.  8,  1797;  d.  1877.  * 

892.  Hauuah  (1352),  b.  Feb.  24,  1799;  d.  1854. 

893.  Jane  (1361),  b.  Oct.  25,  1800;  d.  1876. 

894.  Daniel  (1368),  b.  Feb.  12,  1802;  d.  1873. 

895.  Margaret  (1378),  b.  Oct.  31,  1803;  d.  1842. 

896.  Samuel  (1387),  b.  May  26,  1805;  d.  1868. 

897.  David  (1394),  b.  July  21,  1807;  res.  Five  Islands,  N.  S. 

898.  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  11,  1809;  farmer;  lives  with  his  nephew  in  Five  Isl- 

ands, N.  S.  Is  a  giant  in  stature,  and  stands  6  ft.  5i  in.  in 
height.     Possesses  a  strong  mind  as  well  as  bodJ^ 

899.  Joseph-A.'*  [727]  (John*^,  John-,  John^) ;  married  Isabella 
Fletcher,  of  Masstown,  in  1802.  His  uncle,  Dea.  Samuel  Moore, 
of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  was  in  Nova  Scotia  one  winter,  and 
taught  him  to  make  spinning-wheels.  Went  to  farming  on  the 
homestead  in  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  and  spent  the  rest  of  his  life 
there.  He  was  intelligent,  honest,  and  witty,  and  loved  a  joke. 
He  died  October,  1846,  aged  77  years.  His  wife  died  October, 
1821,  aged  43  years. 

CHILDREN. 

900.  Hannah  (1397),  b.  Aug.  17,  1803;  d.  Sept.  11,  1875. 

901.  John  (1405),  b.  Nov.  7,  1804;  res.  Nova  Scotia. 

902.  Samuel  (1411),  b.  April  12,  1806;  d.  March  19,  1877. 

903.  Thomas-F.  (1414),  b.  Feb.  22,  1808;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

904.  Jane  (1423),  b.  Aug.  28,  1811;  d.  Dec.  18,  1878. 

905.  Isabel-A.  (1427),  b.  July  13,  1813;  d.  1848. 

906.  Joseph-A.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1815;  d.  July,  1817. 

907.  Sarah  (1431),  b.  June  1,  1817;  d.  Oct.  6,  1856. 

908.  SaniueP  [728]  (John^  John-,  John^) ;  married  Frances 
Hays ;  a  ship-builder,  a  good  navigator,  a  millwright  and  farmer. 
Had  fine  mechanical  powers,  a  good  memory,  yvus  well  read  in 
history,  and  was  no  mean  wit.  Res.  Londonderry,  N.  S.;  and 
died  Jan.  1820,  aged  48  yrs.     She  died  Jan.  1829. 

CHILDREN. 

909.  George-Washington,  b.  Feb.  12,  1807;  lives  near  Highland  Village, 

Londonderry,  N.  S. 

910.  Benjamin-Franklin,   b.    Aug.   4,  1809;   lived  in  the  United   States 

some  years.  lieturned  to  N.  S. ;  was  a  ship-master,  and  followed 
the  seas.  Finally  bought  a  farm  in  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  and 
lived  there  till  his  death  in  1865,  aged  54  years.  He  m.  Miss 
McKenzie,  and  left  one  child. 

911.  Maria  (1436),  b.  Aug.  15,  1811;  m.  Henry  Moore. 

912.  Harriet  (1440),  b.  Aug.  27,  1813;  m.  Samuel  Faulkner. 

913.  Margaret,  b.  Jan.  22,  1816;  m.  Captain  Ramsdall,  of  Maine.     He 

d.     She  m.  2d  husband,  and  lived  in  New  Jersey. 

914.  Eleanor,  b.  March  22,  1818;  d.  young. 

915.  Martha-Jane,  b.  March  13,  1820;  d.  1824. 

916.  Martha^  (Williamson)  [729]  (John  Morison^,  John-,  John^); 
in.  John  Williamson.     He  res.  Little' Dyke,  N.  S.,  and  at  Pictou. 


944] 


FOURTH    GENERATION. EZEKIEL    MORISON.  151 


He  died.     She  was  a  strong-minded,  intelligent  lady.     She  died 
1860,  aged  86. 

CHILDREN. 

917.  Hannah,  b.  Little  Dyke;  d.  Pictou,  N.  S. 

918.  Mary  (1443),  b.  Little  Dyke. 

919.  Olive,  b.  Little  Dyke;  d.  when  a  young  woman. 

920.  Robert,  b.  Pictou  ;  mate  of  a  vessel ;  d.  when  about  20  yrs.  of  age. 

921.  Harriet,  b.  Pictou;  m.  Thomas  Wake;  d.  soon  after  her  marriage. 

922.  Thomas,  b.  Pictou,  and  was  lost  at  sea  when  a  young  man. 

923.  Priscilla,  b.  Pictou,   1808;  m.,   1st,  Charles  O'Nell;  he  d.  ;  m.,  2d, 

Captain  Cameron.  Both  deceased.  She  had  four  children  by 
first  husband,  all  deceased,  except  one  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
who  m.  Alexander  McKay,  telegraph  operator  in  Newfoundland. 

924.  Martha,  b.  Pictou,  1810;  d.  1827. 

925.  Margaret^  (Faulkner)  [730]  (John  Morison^  John-,  John) ; 
married  Edward  Faulkner,  Jr.,  in  1800.  He  was  a  shipwright, 
and  lived  several  years  in  Hants  Co.,  N.  S.  In  1810,  he  bought 
the  Morison  homestead  in  Little  Dyke,  where  he  lived  till  1820, 
when  he  sold,  and  removed  to  Economy,  and  engaged  in  farming 
and  ship-building.  His  wife  ^vas  a  lady  of  refinement  of  manners, 
good  mental  powers,  and  well  versed  in  the  practical  duties  of 
life.  She  died  in  1860,  aged  84;  he  died  in  1866,  in  the  91st 
year  of  his  age. 

CHILDREN. 

926.  Olive,  b.  Oct.  1801;  m.  Robert  Faulkner  (see  No.  1289). 

927.  Louisa  (1445),  b.  Aug.  5,  1804;  d.  1875. 

928.  Samuel  (1454),  b.  Sept.  7,  1806;  d.  Jan.  21,  1877. 

929.  Martha-Anderson  (1455),  b.  June  11,  1808. 

930.  John-Morison  (1461),  b.  June  15,  1810. 

931.  Hannah,  b.  May,  1812;  m.  Samuel  McLellan,  of  Hants  Co.,  N.  S. 

932.  Jane,  b.  May  7,  1814;  lives  in  Economy,  N.  S. 

933.  Robert,  b.  Oct.  4,  1816;  m.  Miss  Masters,  of  Hants  Co.,  N.  S.  ;  is 

a  mechanic,  and  lives  in  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

935.  EzekieP  [731]  (John^  John-,  John^) ;  res.  Hants  Co., 
N.  S. ;  married,  1st,  Elizabeth  McLellan,  in  1804 ;  she  died  1818. 
He  married,  2d,  Mrs.  Canna,  in  1822.  In  the  port  of  St.  John, 
N.  B.,  the  tide  falls  over  thirty  feet,  and  vessels  at  low  tide  lie  a 
great  distance  below  the  wharf.  One  evening  he  fell  from  the 
wharf  on  to  a  vessel's  deck,  from  the  effects  of  which  he  died  in 
November,  1828,  aged  48  yrs.  He  was  a  great  wdt  and  a  natural 
ox'ator.     By  first  wife,  seven  children  ;  by  second  wife,  two. 

CHILDREN. 

936.  Jeremiah-Smith  (1462),  b.  April  22,  1805;  d.  Jan.  15,  1871. 

937.  John-Wallace  (1463),  b.  Aug.  24,  1806. 

938.  Martha-Anderson,  b.  Feb.  28,  1808;  d.  when  21  yrs.  of  age. 

939.  Eliza,  b.  Sept.  14.  1809 ;  d.  in  her  13th  yr. 

940.  Samuel  Steel  (1470),  b.  April  3,  1811 ;  res.  Economj',  N.  S. 

941.  Ezekiel,  b.  Feb.  14.  1813;  was  a  mariner;  supposed  to  have  been 

lost  at  sea ;  not  heard  from  since  1834. 

942.  William-McLellan  (1479),  b.  April  22,  1816. 

943.  Infant;  d.  young. 

944.  Elizabeth:  d.  in  3'ouug  womanhood. 

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152      CHARTER  JOHN-2  ;    ELIZABETHS  (MOORE);   JOHN  MOORE*.    [945 

945.  John  Moore^  [733]  (Elizabeth^  (Moore),  John  Morison^ 
John^)  ;  lived  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.  He  was  a  man  of  excellent 
character  and  highly  esteemed.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter 
of  Charles  Stuart,  of  Peterborough.  She  died  Aug.  7,  1818,  aged 
50  yrs. ;  he  died  at  Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  and  was  buried  there,  July 
7,  1800. 

CHILDREN.  , 

946.  Fannv,  b.  Oct.   15,   1789:  m.  April  4,  1820,  Dr.  Jabez-B.  Priest,  of 

Peterborough,  N.  H.  He  died  Aug.  17,  1826.  Two  cliildreii : 
1st,  Cliarles-B.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1821;  d.  Aug.  29,  1826.  2d,  John- 
M.,  b.  April  26,  1825;  d.  Aug.  22,  1826.  Slie  m.,  2d,  Samuel 
Holmes,  of  Peterborouiih,  Oct.  20,  1828.  He  d.  July  8,  1868, 
aged  78  yrs.     Slie  died  Jan.  6,  1875,  aged  85  yrs. 

947.  Sophia,  b.  April  25,  1790;  d.  Earlville,  111.,  Nov.  1866,  aged  74  yrs. 

948.  John,  b.  March  10,  1794;  went  West;  nothing  l^nown  of  him. 

949.  Samuel-Morrison,  b.  Oct.  25,  1796;  m.  Mary  Smith.    Two  children: 

1st,  John,  res.  Earlville,  111.;  m.  Zerelda  Bliss:  children:  1. 
Fannie-S.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1862;  2.  Amie,  b.  Feb.  12,  1866;  3.  Daisy, 
b.  Juue  16,  18G8.  2d,  S.-Auna,  m.  May  22,  1850,  P.-C.  Cheney, 
since  governor  of  N.  H.     She  died  Jan.  7,  1858,  aged  27  yrs. 

950.  Charles,  b.  May  26,  1798;  d.  Peterborough,  Dec.  2,  1835. 

951.  Joseph-Henry  (1487),  b.  Aug.  25,  1800;  d.  Feb.  1858. 

952.  William  Moore^  [734]  (Elizabeth^  (Moore),  John  Mor- 
ison'^,  John^) ;  removed  to  Frankfort,  Me. ;  married  Betsey 
Woodman.     They  had  one 

CHILD. 

953.     William,  Jr.  (1496),  b.  May  1,  1790;  d.  Oct.  19,  1860. 

954.  Samuel  Moore*  [735]  (Elizabeth^  (Moore),  John  Morisou-, 
John^).  He  lived  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.;  was  mustered  into 
the  army  at  the  time  of  the  alarm  at  Lexington,  April  19,  1775, 
and  served  at  Cambridge,  1775.  He  married  Jenny  Thompson, 
daughter  of  Dea.  Eobert  Thompson,  in  Londonderry,  July  24, 
1784.  He  died  Feb.  5,  1844,  aged  87  yrs.  She  was  born  in 
Bridgewater,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1759;  died  Dec.  13,  1831,  aged  72 
yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

955.  Mary,  b.  June  10,  1785;  d.  Oct.  3,  1852,  aged  67  yrs. 

956.  Robert,  b.  May  30,  1787;  m.  1813,  Avis  Stearns,  Waltham,    Mass.; 

d.  New  Orleans,  July,  1820. 

957.  Margaret,  b.  May  2,  1789;  d.  Nov.  23,  1860,  aged  71  yrs. 

958.  Samuel-F.,  b.   July  13,  1791;    m.   Mary-M.   Taleu,  Liberty,  Miss.; 

d.  Alexandriaua,  La.,  date  unknown.     Two  children. 

959.  Jane.  b.   Sept.  28,   1793;    m.  Jan.  31,    1815,   Harvey  Lancaster,   b. 

1789,  of  Ac  worth,  N.  H. ;  d.  Dec.  13,  1821,  aged  28  yrs.  Three 
children:  1st,  Moses-H.  ;  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  (  Barnet )  Higli- 
lands  ;  d.  181 1.  2d,  Margaret-E.  3d,  Ann-J.,  m.  in  1840,  Josfah 
White,  Jr.,  Charlestown,  N.  H. ;  she  d.  Dec.  1843;  one  child, 
Grace-L.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1843. 

960.  John,  b.  Dec.  31,  1795;  m.  Mehitable  Foster,  of  Unity,  N.  H.,  May 

1824;  d.  Acworth,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1834,  aged  39  yrs.  Children  : 
1st,  Philena.  2d,  Jonathau-L.  3d,  Amos-F.  4th,  Sarah-E. 
All  m.  and  res.  Palo,  111. 

961.  Ira,  b.  Dec.  22,  1797;  d.  Lebanon,  Ky.,  Oct.  12,  1825. 


973] 


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962.  Ansou,  b.   Sept.   16,   1800;  m.   Sarah  Mattoon ;  one  child.     2d  wife, 

Olive  Teniiey  ;  three  children.  3d  wife,  Mrs.  Esther  Fairbanks  ; 
two  children.  He  d.  Edinburgh,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  28,  1863.  Chil- 
dren: Ist,  Sarah-Jewett ;  lived  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.  ;  d.  aged 
26  yrs.  2d,  Josephine;  ra. ;  d.  3d,  Samuel;  d.  young.  4th,  Jona- 
than-Morrison ;  d.  .voung.  otb,  Jesse  ;  single ;  res.  Edinburgh, 
N.  Y.     6.  Olive-J.  ;  single;  lives  in  Edinburgh,  N.  Y. 

963.  Jesse,  b.  Aug.  8,  1804;  m.  1836,  Nancy  McGinty";  res.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

He  d.  Jan.  29,  1866.  Children  :  1st,  Ellen-Jane,  b.  May  18,  1838  ; 
res.  Troy,  N.  Y.  2d,  Ann-Jewett,  b.  May  15,  1840;  res.  Troy, 
N.  Y.  3d,  Anson,  b.  Nov.  20,  1841;  druggist,  Minneapolis, 
Minn.  4th,  Sanuiel-E.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1843;  in  foundry;  Chicago, 
111.  5th,  Sarah-Estelle,  b.  Aug.  8,  1854;  res.  Troy,  N.  Y.  6th, 
Williara-J.,  b.  March  30,  1856;  res.  Montreal,  Que. 

964.  Sarah-T.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1807;  res.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

965.  Ebenezer  JMoore^  [737]  (Elizcabeth^  (Moore),  John  Mori- 
son"-^,  John^) ;  succeeded  his  father  on  the  homestead  in  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.  lu  1813  he  removed  to  Preble,  IST.  Y.,  where  he 
lived  till  his  death,  April  11,  1851,  aged  86  yrs.  His  wife  was 
Rosanna,  daughter  of  George  Duncan,  Sen.,  of  Peterborough. 
She  died  in  Preble,  Sept.  30,  1842,  aged  77  yrs. 

CHILDUEN. 

966.  Samuel,  b.  1793;  d.  Oct.  24,  1800. 

967.  Adeliza,  b.  Nov.  19,  1794;  m.  Dr.  Samuel  Tae:gart,  of  Byron,  N.  Y., 

Jan.  20,  1831  ;  d.  July  9,  1870.  One  child  :  Rosanna,  b.  Byron, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  29,  1835;  m.  Belvidere,  111.,  May,  1864,  Rev.  Ed- 
ward-P.  Dadd. 

968.  George,  b.  Feb.   19,   1797;  m.  Preble,  N.  Y.,  April  16,   1828,  Polly 

Curamings;  res.  Belvidere,  111.  Childreu  :  1st,  Williaui-M.,  b. 
Dec.  20,1829,  in  Preble,  N.  Y.  ;  res.  Belvidere,  111.  ;  he  m.  Dec. 
25,  1866,  Emily  Stocking;  two  children:  1.  George;  2.  Curtis. 
2d,  Sarah-Ann,  b.  Oct.  2,  1832;  d.  June  27,  1840.'  3d,  Harrict- 
Rosanna,  b.  Nov.  18,  1841 ;  m.  Nov.  21,  1867,  Sanford  Dingham ; 
res.  Belvidere,  111.;  three  children  :  1.  Ilda;  2.  Jessie ;  3.  Ezra. 

969.  Margaret,  b.  Oct.  22,  1800;  m.  Preble,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  12,  1832,  Abraham 

Woodward;  res.  Belvidere,  111.;  she  d.  June  21,  1867;  he  d. 
April  3,  1873.  Two  children:  1st,  Alonzo-S.,  b.  Homer,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  9,  1834;  m.  Amanda  Blins,  Dec.  9,  1856,  at  Belvidere,  111. ; 
he  d.  June  21,  1868;  four  children:  1.  Pliny;  2.  George;  3. 
Franklin;  4.  Charles.  2d,  John-N.,  b.  Homer,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  14, 
1838;  m.  Belvidere,  111.,  Dec.  25,  1865,  Celia  Tripp;  Ave  chil- 
dren: 1.  James;  2.  Angeline;  3.  Carrie;  4.  Abraham;  5.  John. 

970.  Ebenezer,  b.  Peterborough,  "n.  H.,  Dec.  30,  1802  ;  removed  to  Preble, 

N.  Y.,  and  m.  Sally  Cummings,  June  12,  1834.  He  d.  Belvidere, 
111.,  1870.  One  daughter:  Sally,  b.  Preble,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1836; 
m.  James  Francis,  June  2,  1863;  one  child,  Celona. 

971.  Samuel,  b.  Peterborough,  N.   H.,  May  5,  1806;  removed  to  Preble, 

N.  Y.,  and  m.  Mary-Ann  Steele,  Jan.  17,  1841;  m.  2d,  Marv-H. 
Burnie,  Feb.  11,  1850;  3d,  m.  Clinton,  Wis.,  Jan.  1,  1867,  Belle 
Thaver;  res.  Belvidere,  111.;  one  son:  Lewis-Franklin,  b. 
Preble,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  9,  1842;  m.  Belvidere,  111.,  Oct.  12,  1869, 
Emily  Gray;  one  child  :  Florence-Gertrude. 

972.  William,  b.  Peterborough,  June  10,  1810;  d.  Jan.  1,  1811. 

973.  Margaret-*  (Jewett)  [738]  (Elizabeth^  (Moore),  John 
Morison'-,  John^) ;  married  John  Jew^ett,  and  res.  Peterborough, 
N.  H.     He  was  born  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  May  30,  1766;  died  at 


154  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;   HANNAH^    (TODD);   JOHN    TODD^.        [974 

Peterborough,  Feb.  6,  1851,  aged  84  yrs.     He  had  nine  children, 
five  by  his  last  wife.     She  died  Jan.  6,  1850,  aged  83  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

974.  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  2, 1802  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Taggart,  Sharon,  N.  H. ;  no  issue. 

975.  Elizabeth,    b.    Oct.   2,    1803;  in.   April  28,   1825,  Ira  Felt,  and  res. 

Peterborough,  N.  H.,  where  he  d.  Oct.  11,  1826,  aged  27  yrs.; 
one  child:  Elizabeth,  b.  1826;  d.  Sept.  2,  1830. 

976.  Mary,  b.   June   22,   1805;    m.  Sept.    8,    1825,   Moses   Gowing;    res. 

Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  celebrated  their  golden  wedding, 
Sept.  8,  1875;  had  three  children:  1st,  Sophfa-M.,  b.  Dec.  28, 
1826;  m.  Albert  Sawyer,  Aug.  26,  1846;  was  deputy-sherifl', 
and  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H. ;  one  child  :  Emma-S.,  b.  May  25, 
1847;  m.  Dec.  18,  1870,  J.-P.  Farnsworth ;  res.  Fitchburg, 
Mass.;  child:  Charles-A.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1872.  2d,  Mary-E.,  b. 
Nov.  30,  1828;  m,  July  30,  1849,  Albert  Taggart.  He  was  b, 
Nov.  30,  1828;  res.  Peterborough;  children:  1.  Florence-M., 
b.  April  19,  1850;  forinerl.y  a  teacher  in  Maryland;  m.  July  25, 
1876,  Frank-E.  Doyen,  and  res.  Quiucy,  111. ;  2.  Sophia-Adelia, 
b.  June  6,  1856  ;  teacher  in  Maryland.  3d,  Heury-M.,  b.  Sept.  11, 
1832;  res.  N.  Y.  City;  m.  Oct.  15,  1866,  Tillie-E.  Irving;  one 
daughter :  Janette. 

977.  Margaret,  b.  Feb.  22,  1808;  m.  1832,  John  Hoyt;  res.  Manchester, 

N.  H.  ;  he  is  a  paper-maker;  had  four  children  :  1st,  Elizabeth, 
b.  1833;  m.  E.-S.  Root,  and  lives  in  Cleveland,  O. ;  two  chil- 
dren: 1.  Margaret-Helen,  b.  1861;  2.  Orville-H.,  b.  1865.  2d, 
John,  b.  1834;  d.  1840.  3d,  William-J.,  b.  1842;  paper-manu- 
facturer, and  lives  in  Manchester,  N.  H.  ;  m.  Emma-A.  Cobb,  in 
1875.  4th,  Fanuie-R.,  b.  1843  ;  in.  John-C.  Sawyer,  in  1867  ;  res. 
Chicago,  111.  ;  children  :  1.  John,  b.  and  d.  1870 ;  2.  Fanny,  b.  1874. 

978.  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  11,  1809;  m.  Dec.  17,  1834,  Margaret-Jane  Stokes,  b. 

Emanuel  Co.,  Ga.  They  settled  in  Albion,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
d.  Feb.  19,  1867.  She  d.  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  April  11,  1874;  three 
children:  1st,  Josephine-R.,  b.  Barrle,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  27,  1835;  m.  Hiram  Creyo,  Dec.  27,  1854;  farmer;  res. 
Albion,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  20,  1867,  leaving  two  children: 
1.  Cora-Josephine,  b.  Albion,  N.  Y.,  May  6,  1856;  m.  O.-B. 
Andrews,  Dec.  19,  1877,  and  they  live  at  Homer,  N.  Y.  ;  2. 
Edward-Herbert,  b.  Albion,  N.  Y.,  March  1,  1858;  single;  res. 
Albion,  N.  Y.  2d,  Georgianna,  b.  Barrie,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  1,  1838; 
m.  James  Loree,  Tonawanda.  N.  Y.,  Dec.  14,  1858;  res.  Ton- 
awanda,  N.  Y.  3d,  Orson-T.,  b.  Barrie,  N.  Y.,  March  14, 
1846  ;  single  ;  res.  Georgia. 

979.  John  Todd"  [741]  (Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison^ 
John^)  ;  was  in  the  battle  of  Bennington  under  General  Stark, 
participated  in  several  other  engagements  in  the  valley  of  the 
Hudson,  and  was  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  Returned  to 
Peterborough,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel,  daughter  of  Dea.  George  Duncan,  of  Peterborough, 
in  1783.  She  died  April  26,  1815,  aged  56  yrs.  He  married,  2d, 
Sarah  Annan,  Jan.  1,  1817,  widow  of  Rev.  David  Annan,  and 
daughter  of  John  Smith.  She  died  April  6,  1846,  aged  85  yrs. 
He  died  Oct.  27,  1846,  aged  89  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

980.  Hannah  (1503),  b.  Nov.  14,  1783. 

981.  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  24,  1785;  single;  lived  in  Byron,  N.  Y.,  till  70  yrs. 

of  age;  removed  to  Adrian,  Mich.,  where  he  d.  Feb.  19,  1867, 
aged  82  yrs. 


1005]  FOURTH   GENERATION. — JOHN   MORISON.  155 

982.  James-B.  (1514),  b.  Nov.  25,  1787. 

983.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  29,  1789;  d.  Sept.  U,  1790. 

984.  Dauiel  (1522),  b.  Aiii?.  4,  1791:  d.  Aus'.  18,  1826. 

985.  John,  b.  Nov.  17,  1793;  d.  Oct.  25,  1800. 

986.  Esther,  b.  Nov.  11,  1795;  d.  Oct.  16,  1800. 

987.  Mary,  b.  May  12,  1798;  d.  Oct.  6,  1800. 

988.  John  (1529),  b.  June  12,  1800. 

989.  Johu^  ["-13]  (Moses^  John-,  Jolm^)  ;  res.  in  Hancock, 
N".  H. ;  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Samuel  Todd,  of  Peterborough. 
He  married,  2d,  Judith  Hutchinson,  who  died  March,  1855.  He 
removed  to  Bradford,  N.  H.,  where  he  died.  None  of  the  chil- 
dren of  his  first  Avife,  ten  in  number,  lived  to  arrive  at  maturity. 

CHILDUEX,    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

990.  Roduey,  b.  Feb.  28,  1806;  siugle;  d.  in  Bradford,  N.  H.,  1845. 
990i.  Jane,  b.  Dec.  31,  1810;  d.  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  in  1813. 

991.  Mary,  b.  June  4,  1812;  sinfrle;  d.  Bradford,  Dec.  21,  1850. 

992.  Moses  (1531),  b.  Nov.  25,  1814;  res.  Glencoe,  Minn. 

993.  .lohu-H.  (1536),  b.  Jan.  13,  1817;  d.  March,  1877. 

994.  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1819;  m.  Lee  Hadlev  in  1851;  lived  in  Bradford, 

N.  H. ;  she  d.  July  6,  1853.    One  child  :  Franli-G.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1853. 

995.  Betridge**  (Patterson)  [744]  (Moses  Morison^  John-, 
John^)  ;  married,  Feb.  1,  1785,  John  Patterson,  of  Londonderry, 
Vt.,  who  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  11,  1755  ;  died  at 
Londonderry,  Yt.,  April  11,  1831 ;  was  son  of  James  and  Rachel 
(Smith)  Patterson,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  resident  of  that 
place  till  spring  of  1773  ;  after  that  date  at  Kent,  now  London- 
derry, Vt.     She  died  Oct.  3,  1849. 

CHILDREN. 

996.  Rachel,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Oct.  29,   1785;  d.  Hancock,  N.  H., 

Feb.  3,  1799. 

997.  Samuel  (1543),  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  June  24,  1787;  d.  May  6,  1846. 

998.  James  ;  sinsjle;  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Dec.  14,  1789  ;  d.  Sept.  3,  1798. 

999.  Betsey,  b.  Nov.  12,  1795;  d.  Aug.  18,  1798. 

1000.  Beatrix,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Dec.  9,  1800;  d.  Oct.  17,  1802. 

1001.  Polly  (1556),  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Nov.  23,  1802;  res.  Ludlow,  Vt. 

1002.  John-Morison  (1559),  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Feb.  7,  1805;  d.  Sept. 

27,  1870. 

1003.  Hannah*  (Lakin)  [745]  (Moses  Morison^  John'',  John^) ; 
born  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Nov.  18,  1765;  married  Lemuel 
Lakin,  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  Feb.  26,  1765  ;  res.  Hancock,  N.  H., 
and  died  May  4,  1829.     Date  of  her  death  not  known. 

CHILDREN. 

1004.  Jacob-G.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1785;  m.  Betsey  Stanley,  of  Dublin,  N.  H., 

April  3,  1810;  res.  Hancock,  N.  H. 

1005.  Margaret,  b.  Jan.  28,  1788;  m.  Dec.  26,  1809,  Joshua  Stanley,  of 

Dublin,  N.  H. 

*  For  this  record  of  descendants  of  Betridge  Morison  and  -John  Pat- 
terson, I  am  indebted  to  George-W.  Patterson,  Esq.,  of  Westtield,  Cha- 
tauqua  Co.,  N.  Y.  A  fuller  and  more  accurate  record  will  appear  in  the 
forthcoming  "Patterson  Genealogy." 


156  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;   MOSES^  ;    SAMUEL^.  [1006 

1006.  Moses-M.  ;  m.  Sarah-B.  Stauley,  of  Dublin.     No  issue. 

1007.  Kacliel,  b.  Feb.  9,  1792;  d.  Nov.  19,  1824,  aged  32  yrs. 

1008.  William,  b.  Dec.  27,  1795;  d.  Aug.  12,  1798. 

1009.  Sarah,  b.  June  20,  1796. 

1010.  Auuie,  b.  June,  1798;  d.  Sept.  13,  1800. 

1011.  Harriet,  b.  Juue  10,  1800;  m.  Aug.  29,  1824,  John  Wilder,  of  Dub- 

lin, N.  H. ;  d.  Feb.  15,  1869. 

1012.  Lemuel,  b.  Sept.  28,  1802;  m.  June  10,  1831,  Julia  Chamberlain,  of 

Dublin,  N.  H.  ;  m.,  2d,  June  16,  1835,  Lucy  Chamberlain. 

*  Caroline,  b.   Sept.   11,    1804;  m.   May  22,   1829,   Josiah  Morse,  of 

Henniker,  N.  H. 

*  Napoleou-B.,  b.  Juue  2,  1806;  m.  Dec.  31,  1833,  Charlotte  Woods, 

of  Hancock,  N.  H.  ;  he  d.  Jan.  12,  1852. 

1013.  SaniueP  [748]  (Moses^  Jolin'^,  John^)  ;  married,  March 
4, 1802,  Mrs.  Betsey  (Hosley)  Whitcomb,  born  in  Hancock,  N.  H., 
March  5,  1772,  and  died  July  20,  1830,  in  Alstead,  N.  H.  He 
died  in  Antrim,  N.  H,,  Dec.  7J  1847;  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

1014.  Sally,  b.  I^ancock,  N.  H.,  Oct  14,  1802;  d.  March  28,  1814. 

1015.  Betsev  (1564),  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  June  1,  1805;  d.  Aug.  22,  1850. 

1016.  Samuel  (1568),  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Aug.  24, 1807;  res.  E.  Alstead,  N.  H. 

1017.  Mark,  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Jan.  25,  1810;  d.  Feb.  1,  1810. 

1018.  Andrew,  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  May  4,  1811 ;  d.  March  27,  1814. 

1019.  Benjamin-F.  (1572),  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Juue  29,  1813. 

1020.  Dexter-B.  (1575),  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Jan.  16,  1816;  d.  March  29,  1872. 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

1021.  Jane^  (Hale)  [754]  (John  MorisonS  Thonlas^  John^, 
John^)  ;  born  in  Peterborough,  N,  H.,  Dec.  11,  1801  ;  died  Oct. 
10,  1861,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.  She  married  John  Hale,  of  Hollis, 
N.  H.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1800  ;  died  in  Bloomtield,  N.  Y,,  April  2, 1852  ; 
machinist  and  inventor. 

CHILDREN. 

1022.  Charles-Grovenor  (1581),  b.  Hollis,  N.  H.,  March  21,  1825. 

1023.  Mary-Jane,  b.  Hollis,  N.  H.,  March  22,  1827;  d.  March  6,  1830. 

1024.  John-Albert,  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  March    12,   1829;    res.  Ilochester, 

N.  Y.  ;  is  local  editor  of  the  Rochester  Sunday  Tribune ;  m. 
Lucella  Wiggins,  b.  Lima,  N.  Y.  April  14,  1832.  One  sou  :  Fred- 
A.,  b.  Rochester,  Dec.  25,  1855;  architect. 

1025.  Benjamin-Franklin,  b.  Hollis,  N.  H.,  xMay  18,  1831 ;  m.  Jane  Alston, 

b.  Rome,  N.  Y.,  March  28,  1829;  res.  Rochester;  photographer 
and  portrait-paintei".  Two  children  :  1st,  Marion-Elizabeth,  b. 
Dec.  14,  1853,  at  N.  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.  ;  music-teacher.  2d, 
Carrie,  b.  Rochester,  June  27,  1857;  d.  June  19,  1858. 

1026.  Horace-Morison,  b.  Hollis,  N.  H.,  March  6,  1833;  m.  Martha-Eliza 

Huntington,  b.  Barre,  Vt.,  Jan.  27,  1826;  res.  Central  City,  Col. ; 
principal  of  school  at  Central  City,  and  regent  of  State  Univer- 
sity. One  son  :  Horace-Irving,  b.  North  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
28,  1861 ;  printer. 

1027.  Ellen-Amelia,  b.  Hollis,  N.  H.,  June  12,  1835  ;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y. ; 

teacher  for  15  yrs.  ;  m.  Creighton-R.  Luce,  b.  Hard  wick,  Mass., 
July  7,  1813;  master  mason.     No  children. 

1028.  Henry-William,  b.  Rome,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  15,  1839  ;  single  ;  clerk,  agent, 

and  teacher.     Now  (1879)  prospecting  for  mines  in  Colorado. 

*  Records  received  too  late  to  be  numbered. 


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1029.  Mary-Smith^  (Hale)  [757]  (John  Morison^  ThomasS, 
John'-,  John^)  ;  married,  Oct.  80,  1834,  Luls;e  Hale,  son  of  David 
and  Betsey  (Holden)  Hale,  and  grandson  of  Dr.  Col.  John  Hale, 
one  of  the'  early  settlers  of  Hollis,  N.  H.  Mr.  Hale  lives  in  Hol- 
lis,  N.  H. ;  machinist,  inventor,  and  farmer.  He  vi^as  born  in 
Hollis,  Oct.  12,  1809.  Mrs.  Hale  died  Oct.  12,  1863.  He  married, 
2d,  Abby-F.  Coburn,  of  Dracut,  Mass.,  May  20,  1868. 

CniLDKEN,    BORN   IN   HOLLIS,    N.    H. 

1030.  Mary-Jaue,  b.  Sept.  12,  1836. 

1031.  Henry-Luke,  b.  Sept.  18,  1843. 

1032.  EUeu-Augusta,   b.   Oct.   28,  1845;   m.    June  26,   1873,    William-D. 

Trow,  sou  of  William-A.  Trow,  of  Hollis,  N.  H. ;  res.  Nashua, 
N.  H. ;  trader;  one  child:  Mary-Edith,  b.  July  30,  1877. 

1033.  NathanieP  [762]  (Roberts  Thomas'^  John-,  John^)  ; 
succeeded  his  father  on  the  .homestead  in  Peterborough,  N.  H. ; 
married  Mary-Ann  Hopkins,*  Sept.  13,  1804,  daughter  of  John 
Hopkins  and  Isabella  Eeid  ;  born  in  Windham,  X.  H.,  Sept.  8, 
1779  ;  died  at  Medina,  Mich.,  Aug.  28,  1848.  Dr.  Albert  Smith, 
in  his  History  of  Peterborough,  X.  H.  (published  in  1870),  says: 
"  For  the  following  interesting  account  of  the  family  of  Mr.  Mor- 
ison,  I  am  indebted  to  Rev.  John  H.  ]\Iorison,  d.  d.,  one  of  the 
sons."     From  this  account  I  take  the  following  sketch. 

"My  father,  Xathaniel  Morison,  was  the  only  one  of  my  grand- 
father's children  who  had  more  than  ordinary  ability.  Ezekiel, 
his  youngest  son,  was  a  man  of  correct  and  industrious  habits. 
He  died  young  in  Mississippi.  Xathaniel  was  born  Oct.  11,  1779. 
In  1802,  he  w^ent  with  an  invoice  of  chairs  to  some  place  in  the 
West  Indies ;  but  finding  no  market  for  them  there,  he  took 
them  to  Wilmington,  X.  C.  After  disposing  of  them  he  went  to 
Fayetteville,  in  the  same  State,  and  entered  into  the  business  of 
making  carriages.  In  1804,  he  came  to  Xew  I^ngland,  and 
mari-ied  Mary-Ann  Ho])kins,  who  was  born  in  that  part  of  Lon- 
donderry which  is  now  Windham,  and  returned  to  his  business  in 
Fayetteville,  with  his  wife,  where  he  remained  till  1807.  Then, 
at  the  urgent  solicitation  of  his  father,  he  came  back  to  Peter- 
borough, and  settled  down  with  his  wife  and  daughter,  having 
bought  his  father's  farm.  He  brought  with  him  $5,000  in  specie, 
and  there  were  still  considerable  sums  of  money  due  to  him  at 
the  South.  In  five  years  he  had  laid  up  between  six  and  seven 
thousand  dollars.  He  was  not  fitted  to  be  a  farmer.  The  success 
of  a  more  extended  enterprise,  and  tlie  habits  formed  in  a  differ- 
ent sphere,  made  him  restless  under  its  slow  and  limited  opera- 
tions. In  1811,  I  believe,  he  returned  to  Fayetteville,  to  settle 
up  liis  affairs  there.  .  .  .  Three  or  four   years  more  passed  by, 

*  She  was  the  granddaughter  of  John  Hopkins  and  Elizabeth  Dinsmoor, 
the  daughter  of  John  Dinsmoor  (known  as  "  Daddy  "  Dinsmoor,  of  Wind- 
ham), the  emigrant  ancestor  of  all  the  persons  of  tliat  name  in  London- 
derry and  Windliani,  and  who  settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  previous 
to  1730. 


158       CHARTER   J0HN2  ;    THOMAS'^  ;    ROBERT-t ;    NATHANIEL^.   [1033 

when  he  purchased  for  $10,000  what  was  then  called  the  South 
Factory,  and  devoted  all  his  energies  to  that  and  kindred  enter- 
prises. He  put  up  a  building  for  the  manufacture  of  fine  linen, 
particularly  table-cloths.  The  women  in  Peterborough  and  the 
neighboring  towns  were  famous  for  their  labors  at  the  distaff. 
The  object^  of  this  new  nndertaking  was  to  weave,  by  improved 
processes,  the  linen  yarn  that  was  spun  in  the  vicinity.  The  looms 
were  worked  by  hand,  but  by  what  was  called  a  spring  shuttle, 
then  a  new  invention.  In  connection  with  these  factories,  my 
father,  now  a  militia  captain,  opened  a  small  store,  and  he  had 
upon  his  hands  all  that  he  could  attend  to. 

"But  he  had  chosen  an  unfortunate  time  for  these  investments. 
The  war  with  England  was  soon  over.  The  country  was  flooded 
with  foreign  goods.  There  was  no  sale  for  our  domestic  products. 
The  factories  were  closed.  His  little  competence  melted  away. 
He  was  embarrassed  with  debts.  His  farm  and  factory  ]>roperty 
were  heavily  mortgaged.  For  all  industrial  enterprises,  the  term 
from  1815  to  1820  was  a  period  of  greater  de])ression  than  any 
other  period  of  five  years  during  the  present  century.  After 
struggling  in  vain  with  adverse  events,  and  with  embarrassments 
which  were'  constantly  increasing,  he  went  to  Mississippi,  in  the 
fall  of  1817,  to  collect  a  considerable  debt  that  was  due  him  there. 
He  carried  out  with  him  a  few  cases  of  axes  and  shoes,  which  he 
disposed  of  at  a  good  profit.  He  collected  his  debt  so  as  to  reach 
home  in  the  spring  of  1818. 

"While  he  was  at  Natchez,  he  became  acquainted  with  several 
gentlemen  of  large  fortunes,  and  made  a  contract  with  them  to 
supply  the  city  with  water  by  means  of  lead  pipes,  for  -^30,000. 
On  reaching  home,  he  engaged  a  competent  man  in  New  Hamp- 
shire to  lay  the  pipes,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1818,  he  went  out 
with  a  larger  supj^ly  of  axes,  plows,  and  shoes.  But  the  boat 
which  carried  a  part  of  his  merchandise  struck  a  snag  and  sunk 
in  the  Mississippi,  and  when  he  reached  Natchez,  and  had  made 
all  his  arrangements,  and  got  his  men  and  materials  there  to  sup- 
ply the  city  with  water,  the  Southern  gentlemen  repudiated  the 
contract  which  he  supposed  they  had  made,  and  the  whole  enter- 
prise, with  consequences  ruinous  to  all  his  hopes,  was  thrown 
back  upon  him.  He  had  recourse  again  to  his  old  occupation, 
and  endeavored  to  gain  a  little  money  by  working  as  a  wheel- 
wright and  carriage-maker.  But  disappointment,  anxiety,  and 
the  hot,  malarious  summer  climate  there  were  too  mi;ch  for 
him.  He  was  taken  down  with  the  yellow  fever,  and  after  a  few 
days  of  severe  suffering,  in  which  he  was  carefully  attended  by 
his  brother  Ezekiel,  and  his  townsman,  John  Scott,  Jr.,  he  died 
on  the  eleventh  day  of  September,  1810,  just  before  he  had  com- 
pleted his  fortieth  year.  Rumors  of  his  death  had  already  reached 
us,  when,  on  a  cold,  cloudy  November  Satui'day  afternoon,  I,  then 
a  boy  of  eleven,  Avalked  to  the  village  to  see  if  any  letter  had  come 
by  the  mail.  On  entering  your  father's  (Samuel  Smith's)  store 
just  before  dark,  I  heard  the  people  talking  of  the  report,  and,  as 


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they  did  not  know  me,  they  kept  on  with  their  conversation  till 
I  had  received  the  letter.  I  had  a  sad  journey  home  in  the  dark 
night,  and  the  burst  of  grief  with  wliich  the  first  line  of  the  lettei- 
w^as  greeted  was  more  than  I  could  bear.  The  next  morning,  my 
grandfather  called  us  all  together  to  prayers,  as  the  custom  was 
of  a  Sunday  morning,  and  I  shall  never  forget  the  solemnity  and 
pathos  with  which  the  old  man,  with  trembling  hands  and  a  voice 
broken  with  emotion,  read  the  third  chapter  of  Lamentations:  'I 
am  the  man  that  hath  seen  affliction  by  the  rod  of  his  wrath.  He 
hath  led  me,  and  brought  me  into  darkness,  but  not  into  light.' 

"A  month  or  two  before,  when  news  of  the  falling  through  of 
the  Natchez  enterprise  had  reached  this  part  of  the  country,  the 
sheriff  had  come  to  our  house  and  taken  possession  of  everything 
that  the  law  alloAved  him  to  take.  .  .  .  After  my  father's  death, 
we  remained  in  the  old  homestead  through  the  winter,  till  Mareli 
or  April,  1820.  My  mother  had  for  her  portion  a  shell  of  a  house 
near  the  South  Factory,  and  $800.  It  required  half  the  money 
to  convert  the  old  'weaving  shop'  into  a  tolerable  residence.  I 
remember  well  the  earnest  gaze  and  the  deep  sigh  with  which, 
on  leaving  our  early  home,  where  all  her  children  but  one  had 
been  born,  she  looked  back  upon  it,  with  a  baby  on  each  arm, 
and  then  turned  slowh^  away  towards  her  new  home.  She  had 
been  left  alone  in  the  fall  of  1818  with  seven  children,  the  oldest 
thirteen  years,  and  the  two  youngest  four  months.  All  her  means 
of  support  consisted  in  a  half-finished  house,  two  cows,  and  four  or 
five  hundred  dollars.  She  had  a  most  delicate,  sensitive  nature,  but 
a  force  of  will  and  amount  of  executive  energy  such  as  I  have 
never  seen  surpassed.  In  my  remembrance  of  her,  as  she  was 
during  the  early  period  of  her  widowhood,  I  always  think  of  her 
sitting  at  her  loom,  working  and  weejiing.  She  did  not  stop  to 
indulge  in  discouraging  apprehensions,  but  emphasized  her  grief 
by  driving  her  shuttle  with  increased  promptness  and  vehemence. 
With  a  resolution  that  almost  broke  her  heart,  she  put  her  two 
oldest  boys,  one  eleven  and  the  other  nine  years  old,  into  farmers' 
families  to  work  for  their  living.  Lessons  of  honest  industry  and 
helpfulness  and  self-dependence  were  thus  learned.  If  there  was 
a  great  deal  of  suffering  on  their  part  and  on  hers,  caused  by 
severe  labor  and  a  divided  household,  habits  Avere  formed  which 
contributed  largely  to  whatever  measure  of  usefulness  or  success 
they  may  have  attained.  The  heaviest  burden  rested  upon  our 
oldest  sister,  whose  ability  and  willingness  to  help  all  the  rest, 
shut  her  out  from  the  advantages  of  education  which  the  others 
enjoyed. 

"  My  father  was  endowed  with  abilities  ill  adapted  to  liis  call- 
ing, and  very  much  beyond  what  Avas  required  by  the  sphere  in 
which  he  lived.  He  read  the  best  books  with  a  keen  delight. 
The  few  letters  of  his  which  I  have  seen  showed  marks  of  a 
mental  strength  and  culture  superior  to  what  we  usually  lind  in 
the  corresi)ondence  even  of  the  city  merchants  who  lived  at  that 
time.     ...     If  he  could  have  had  the  educational  advantages 


160        CHARTER   JOHN-!;    THOMAS^  ;    ROBERT^;   NATHANIEL\   [1034 

which  his  sons  enjoyed,  I  have  no  doubt  that  he  would  have  been 
one  of  the  most  distinguished  among  all  the  natives  of  Peterbor- 
ough. As  it  was,  his  lot  Avas  a  very  hard  one,  and  his  life  very 
sad.  lie  was  a  man  of  delicate  sensibilities  and  generous  im- 
pulses. He  was  fitted  for  intellectual  pursuits,  and  Avould  have 
made  an  admirable  lawyer.  But  he  had  no  special  aptness  for 
mechanical  employments  or  for  trade.  His  thoughts  moved  in  a 
different  s})here.  I  have  heard  his  social  and  conversational 
qualities  very  highly  spoken  of.  But  he  had  no  special  aptitude 
or  taste  for  the  sort  of  life  that  was  put  upon  him.  After  the 
success  of  his  early  days,  which  certainly  indicated  no  common 
ability  even  in  uncongenial  pursuits,  he  failed  in  almost  every- 
thing that  he  undertook.  His  plan  for  introducing  improved 
methods  of  manufacturing  linen  cloth  showed  originality  of  mind 
and  no  lack  of  judgment.  Nor  could  any  one,  situated  as  he  was, 
be  likely  to  anticipate  the  disastrous  effects  of  peace  on  our 
domestic  industries.  And  no  honorable  man  would  suspect  the 
arbitrary  repudiation  of  a  contract  like  that  he  had  made  in 
Natchez.  But  the  disappointment  was  not,  on  that  account,  any 
the  less  severe  to  him.     He  became  disheartened  and  unhappy. 

"My  mother's  father,  John  Hopkins,  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  was  a 
farmer.  He  was  a  man  of  an  easy,  happy  temperament,  who,  it  was 
said,  would  sit  at  work  on  his  shoemaker's  bench  in  winter  and 
sing  Scotch  songs  all  day  long,  without  repeating  a  single  song. 
His  wife,  however,  Isabella  Eeid,  was  of  a  very  different  temper- 
ament, and  belonged  to  a  family  of  very  marked  and  ])owerful 
chai-acteristics.  She  was  a  woman  of  strong  convictions,  and  of 
great  energy  of  mind  and  body.  She,  like  her  daughter  Mary- 
Ann,  could  do  two  or  three  days'  work  in  one,  and  had  no  patience 
with  the  idleness  or  inefficiency  of  other  ])eople.  She  probably  did 
for  the  Hopkinses  what  Margaret  Wallace  had  done  for  the  Mor- 
isons  three  generations  before,  and  introduced  into  the  race  a 
much  more  energetic  type  of  character.  She  lived  to  a  great  age, 
with  her  son  James  Hopkins,  in  Antrim,  N.  H.  .  .  .  Not  long 
before  her  death,  I  saw  her  in  Antrim ;  she  was  very  feeble  and 
very  kind.  Just  before  I  left  her,  she  unlocked  a  private  drawer 
and  took  from  it  two  silver  half-dollars  wliich  she  asked  me  to  give 
to  my  mother.  I  was  greatly  affected  by  her  kindness,  for  it  was 
])robably  nearly  all  the  money  that  she  had. 

"Here  is  a  slight  sketch  of  those  who  have  gone  before  us, 
and  whose  lives  ai-e  transmitted  through  our  veins  to  those  who 
shall  come  after  us.  I  believe  in  inherited  qualities;  but  it  is 
difficult  to  reconcile  with  this  belief  the  very  different  qualities 
of  those  Avho  inherit  the  same  blood.  .  .  .  We  sometimes  seem  to 
recognize  different  ancestors  in  our  different  moods  and  feelings 
at  different  times.  When  I  am  indulging  in  the  thought  of 
projects  vastly  beyond  my  ability  to  carry  out,  I  feel  my  great- 
great-grandmother,  the  ambitious  Margaret  Wallace,  stirring  my 
blood,  and  call  to  mind  my  grandfather's  caution  to  his  son  to 
remember  that  his  name  was  Morison,  and  not  iindertake  more 


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FIFTH    GENERATION. — NATHANIEL   MORISON.  161 


than  he  could  do.  When  I  feel  very  much  fixed  in  any  decision, 
and  unwilling  to  be  reasoned  out  of  it,  right  or  wrong,  I  feel 
something  of  the  Holmes  obstinacy  rising  up  within  my  veins. 
When  I  am  in  an  easy,  indolent  mood,  and  disposed  to  let  the 
day  go  by  without  effort,  in  pleasant  dreams,  I  think  of  my  grand- 
father Hopkins,  whose  name  I  bear,  and  his  Scotch  songs.  If  I 
ever  succeed  in  strijiping  off  its  surroundings,  and  looking  calmly 
and  clearly  into  a  difficult  and  important  subject,  without  preju- 
dice on  either  side,  I  rejoice  to  feel  that  I  have  in  me  something 
of  the  mild,  unbiassed  good  sense  of  the  Smiths,  as  they  were 
before  they  were  united  with  the  Morisons.  In  this  way  I  lead 
different  lives,  and  feel  myself  swayed  by  widely  different  im- 
pulses, and  brought  under  the  influence  of  different  ancestors, 
according  to  the  mood  that  happens  to  be  uppermost.  Some- 
times I  feel  as  if  I  were  my  father,  looking  out  from  his  eyes  and 
walking  in  his  gait ;  and  then  I  detect  the  mother  in  the  earnest- 
ness with  which  I  find  myself  gazing  on  some  person  before  me, 
as  your  uncle.  Judge  Jeremiah  Smith,  seemed  to  see  his  sister 
Betty  when  he  put  on  her  cap  and  looked  at  himself  in  the  glass." 

CHILDREN. 

1034.  Eliza-Holmes  (1585),  b.  Fayetteville,  N.  C,  Julv  10,  1805. 

1035.  John-Hopkins  (1587),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  July  25,  1808. 

1036.  Horace  (1591),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Sept.  13,  1810. 

1037.  Caroline  (1596),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  June  20,  1813. 

1038.  Nathaniel-Holmes  (1600),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Dec.  14,  1815. 

1039.  (  Samuel-Adams  (1G09),  b.  Peterborough.^N.  H.,  June  20,  1818. 

1040.  \  James  (1613),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H^,  Juue  20,  1818. 

1041.  Robert,  Jr.^  [765]  (Robert^  Thomas^  John-,  John^) ; 
married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Josiah-C.  Spring,  of  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  12,  1805.  She  was  born  June  28,  1787.  He  lived 
many  years  in  Hancock,  N,  H.,  but  returned  to  Peterborough; 
died  April  25,  1861,  aged  77  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1042.  Samuel-S.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1806;  d.  Oct.  21,  1825. 

1043.  Josiah-S.  (161G),  b.  Jan.  12,  1808;  m.  Phoebe-V.  Knight. 

1044.  Robert-H.  (1624),  b.  March  19,  1810;  m.  Emily  Johnson. 

1045.  Nathaniel  (1628),  b.  May  6,  1812;  m.  Marv  Knight. 

1046.  Elizabeth-A.  (1633),  b.  Dec.  3,  1814;  m.  Goodyear  Bassett. 

1047.  Marv-Ann  (1635;,  b.  April  20,  1817;  m.  George  Wilcox. 

1048.  David  (1638),  b.  July  31,  1819;  m.  Marv-A.  Sargent. 

1049.  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  18,  1823;  d.  Oct.  29,  1825. 

1050.  Betsey^  (Graham)  [767]  (Robert  Morison^  Thomas^, 
John''^,  John^);  married  William  Graliam,  May  13,  1806.  He  Avas 
born,  in  Deering,  N.  H.,  April  1,  1784;  died  in  St.  Armand's, 
P.  Q.,  March  17,  1826.  She  died  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
31,  1848. 

CHILDREN. 

1051.  Robert-M.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1807;  d.  in  Dunham,  P.  Q.,  Dec.  1,  1850. 

1052.  Eliza-H.,  b.  March  10,  1809;  m.  John  Hendee,  of  Claremont,  N.  H., 

April  27,  1837;  res.  Claremont.     Two  children:   1st,  Charlotte- 


162    CHARTER  JOHN-^;  THOMAS^;  EZEKIEL*;  MARYS  (HAWKINS).  [1053 

M.,  m.  Edwiu-C.  Watson;  res.  Claremont;  one  son:  James- 
Hendee,  b.  April  3,  1864.  2d,  Edward-J.  ;  m.  Mamie  Sadler; 
res.  New  York. 

1053.  William,  b.  July  12,  1811 ;  time  and  place  of  death  unknown. 

1054.  Jane-J.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1813;  d.  Claremont,  April  7,  1863. 

1055.  Mary-Ann,  b.  Dec.   17,  1815;  m.   Sept.  1837,  Alfred  Towusend,  of 

Dublin,  N.  H.  ;  d.  Peterborou,nii,  Oct.  16,  1855. 

1056.  Joseph-W.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1818;  d.  Claremont,  March  16,  1847. 

1057.  Charlotte-r.,  b.  April  25,  1821;  m.  May  23,  1843,  Henry  Richards, 

of  Claremont,  N.  H. ;  d.  Aug.  5,  1843. 

1058.  Sarah-M.,  b.  Nov.   11,   1822;  m.  June  1,   1842,  Warreu-S.  Ballou. 

He  was  b.  in  Westmoreland,  N.  H.,  April  7,  1820.  They  res. 
Orange,  Mass.  Have  five  children,  all  res.  Orange  :  1st,  W.- 
Adelbert,  b.  Claremont,  June  15.  1844;  m.  Luella-G.  Tenney,  of 
Orange,  Dec.  18,  1867.  2d,  Willie-0.,  b.  Claremont,  Dec.  7, 
1846;  m.  Carrie-W.-F.  Mayo,  of  N.  Orange,  Dec.  16.  1868.  3d, 
Lewis-P.,  b.  Claremont,  May  13,  1850;  m.  Nov.  22,  1871,  Mary- 
L.  Smith,  of  Athol,  Mass.  4th,  Addie-M.,  b.  Orange,  Oct.  19, 
1860.     5th,  Charlie-A.,  b.  Orange,  Sept.  2,  1863;  d.  Dec.  5,  1869. 

1059.  Lydia-B.,  b.  May  1,  1826;  d.  March  28,  1827. 

1060.  Thomas^  [772]  (ThomasS  Thomas^,  John-,  John^) ;  born 
1789;  married  Elizabeth  Howard,  of  Thomaston,  Me.,  and  died 
on  the  passage  from  Matanzas  to  New  York,  Jnly  11,  1826. 

CHILDREN. 

1061.  William-Henry,  b.  1822;  d.  Oct.  1,  1826. 

1062.  Jerusha-W.  ;    m.   John    Starrett;  had  five  children;  res.  Warren, 

Me.  :  1st,  Arzelia-E.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1842;  m.  Alexander  Lermoud; 
res.  Thomaston,  Me.  2d,  Edwin-A.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1843;  served  his 
country  in  24th  Me.  Regt.  ;  d.  Cairo,  HI.,  Sept.  1,  1862.  3d, 
Oscar-E.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1845;  m.  Addie-M.  Cobb,  Nov.  6,  1876; 
clerk;  res.  Warren,  Me.  4th,  Horace-W.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1847; 
carpenter;  res.  Cal.  5th,  Eliza-M.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1849;  d.  April 
1,  1850. 

1063.  Mary^  (Hawkins)  [785]  (Ezekiel  Morison-*,  Thomas^ 
John-,  John^) ;  married  John-S.  Hawkins,  at  Reading,  Vt.,  June, 
1818  ;  died  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Dec.  9,  1843.  John-S.  Hawkins 
was  born  at  Weston,  N".  H.,  June  30,  1785 ;  died  in  Macomb,  111., 
March  3, 1870.  They  had  thirteen  children,  seven  not  living  past 
the  stage  of  infancy,  names  not  given. 

CHILDREN. 

1064.  John-H.,  b.  Reading,  Vt. ;  d.  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Nov.  12,  1843,  aged  17. 

1065.  Sarah,  b.  Reading,  Vt.,  March  15,  1819;  m.  Sept.  6,  1838,  Charles- 

F.  Ingalls,  Reading,  Vt.  ;  removed  to  111.  ;  res.  S;iblette;  farmer; 
served  as  county  commissioner  and  town  supervisor;  have  five 
children:  1st,  Charles-Hawkins,  b.  March  11,  1846;  farmer; 
m.  Mary-I.  Morse,  Franiingham,  Mass.,  March  1,  1871;  enlisted 
Dec.  28,  1863,  in  Co.  E,  75th  Regt.  111.  Vols.,  and  at  the  close 
of  the  war  was  transferred  to  Co.  K,  21st  Regt.  111.  Vols.,  and 
mustered  out  of  service  Dec.  16,  1865 ;  now  Captain  of  Co.  F, 
12th  Battalion  Illinois  National  Guards.  2d,  Ephraim-Fletcher, 
b.  Sept.  29,  1848;  m.  Sept.  5,  1856,  his  cousin,  Lucy-S.  Ingalls; 
physician;  res.  Chicago,  111.  3d,  Sarah-Deborah,  b.  March  6, 
18.50;  m.  Sejjt.  6,  1869,  John-H.  Pierce,  a  hardware  merchant. 
4th,  Ariana-Morison,  1).  March  3,  1857;  graduated  at  Sem. 
Mt.  Carroll,  111.,  June  13,  1877;  m.  William-H.  Morgan,  Sept. 
6,  1878;  salesman.     5th,  Mary-Stevens,  b.  Dec.  28,  1862. 


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1066.  Alice-B.,  b.  Reading,  Vt.,  Feb.  17,  1821;  m.  Illiuois,   1st,  Andrew 

Goodell ;  d. ;  left  two  children  ;  m.  2d,  Leouard-H.  Wordwortli ; 
res.  Rocli  Falls,  111.  Children:  1st,  Mary,  b.  Feb.  28,  1842;  d. 
Jan.  29,  1844.  2d,  Andrew-Sullivan,  b.  Jan.  22,  1844  ;  mechanic ; 
m.  Jan.  12,  1875.  3d,  Cyrus-Clarence,  b.  Oct.  22,  1852  ;  mechanic ; 
m.  June  13,  1878.  4th,  Sarah-Alice,  b.  June  12,  1859;  m.  Nov. 
27,  1878,  John-H.  Montague;  coal-dealer. 

1067.  Mary-A.,  b.   Reading,  Vt.,  Oct.  9,   1829;  m.  La  Porte,  Ind.,  July, 

1844,  Orlando-F.  Piper;  farmer,  merchant,  and  now  Indian 
agent  in  New  Mexico  ;  res.  Macomb,  111.  Eight  children  :  1st, 
Edward-S.,  b.  April  19,  1845;  enlisted  July  1,  1862,  in  Co.  C, 
84th  Regt.  111.  Vols. ;  d.  July  18,  1863,  at  Manchester,  Tenn. 
2d,  Allce-B.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1847;  m.  David-S.  Blackburn,  Dec.  26, 
1872;  i-es.  San  Buena  Ventura,  ('al.  ;  one  child,  Jesse-M.,b.  April 
11,  1875.  3d,  Mary-C,  b.  April  24,  1850;  m.  Arthur  Moore, 
Sept.  10,  1873;  res." Clinton,  111.  4th,  Annie-J.,b.  Aug.  4,  1852; 
d.  Nov.  1,  1856.  5th,  Walter-L.,  b.  March  19,  1856.  6'th,  Chas.- 
W.,  b.  March  3,  1862.  7th,  Louis-H.,  b.  May  24,  1865.  8th, 
Orlando-H.,  b.  May  21,  1870. 

1068.  Daniel-W.,   b.   Cavendish.  Vt.,   Nov.   26,    1835;  m.   Macomb,  111., 

Mary-V.  Cord,  Dec.  11,  1865;  res.  Galesburg,  111.;  modiste. 
Two  children  :  1st,  William-Sullivan,  b.  Jan.  5,  1867.  2d,  Mary- 
Louise,  b.  Nov.  1871. 

1069.  Martha-A.,  b.  Reading,  Vt.,  March  11,  1840;  m.   Sept.  1859,  John- 

R.  McMillan  ;  brick  mason ;  became  crippled  in  railroad  employ, 
and  is  now  station-agent  at  Lisle,  111. 

1070.  EzekieP  [786]  (EzekieP,  Thomas^  John-,  Jolm^)  ;  mar- 
ried Almira  Bridge,  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Oct.  13,  1834  ;  she  died 
at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  June  2,  1856.  He  married,  2d,  Mary-E.  Carsin, 
at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  25,  1859  ;  she  died  Sept.  9,  1876.  No 
children  by  second  wife.  He  left  Peterborough  when  four  years 
of  age,  and  lived  in  Cavendish,  Vt.,  for  the  next  eleven  years. 
The  next  nineteen  years  were  spent  in  Plymouth,  Vt.  In  1836 
he  removed  to  La  Porte,  Ind.,  which  has  since  been  his  home. 
Here  he  bought  land,  engaged  in  farming  till  1850,  when  he 
became  connected  with  what  is  now  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michi- 
gan Southern  Railroad  as  director  and  western  manager,  and 
continued  in  this  connection  till  1861.  In  1837  he  organized  and 
was  a  director  in  the  State  Bank  of  Indiana,  at  Michigan  City, 
the  first  bank  organized  in  La  Porte  County.  In  1862  he  estab- 
lished the  First  National  Bank  of  La  Porte,  since  which  he  has 
been  one  of  its  directors  and  president.  He  possesses  large  busi- 
ness capacity,  and  is  wealthy. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN   I.A   PORTE,    IND. 

1071.  Robert-S.  (1644),  b.  Dec.  20,  1837. 

1072.  Ella-Jane  (1650),  b.  Aug.  14,  1840. 

1073.  Henry-D.  (1654),  b.  Nov.  19,  1843. 

1074.  Florietta-Isabel  (1657),  b.  Feb.  19,  1846. 

1075.  Charles-B.  (1660),  b.  Nov.  29,  1851. 

1076.  Thomas-Ames^  [787]  (Ezekiel^  Thomas^  John",  John^) ; 
married.  May  12,  1835,  Amy-Henrietta  Ho}i;,  in  New  York  City. 
He  died  Nov.  22,  1874.  He  left  Peterborough  at  an  early  age, 
with  his  father's  family,  and  lived  in  Cavendish,  Vt.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  years,  his  knee  was  severely  injured  by  an  accident,  which 


164       CHARTER  JOHN^;  THOMAS^;  EZEKIEL^;  TII0MAS-AMES5.  [1077 

compelled  him  to  pursue  a  mercantile  calling.  About  1824,  he 
removed  to  New  York  City,  and  entered  into  business  as  mer- 
chant tailor  and  clothier.  In  1845  he  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
turing of  men's  wear,  a  business  then  in  its  infancy,  and  in  which 
he  continued  till  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  sober  and  indus- 
trious habits,  of  a  clear  mind  and  great  decision  of  character. 
He  was  fortvmate  in  his  business,  and  was  looked  upon  by  busi- 
ness men  as  one  whose  honor  and  integrity  were  unquestioned, 
and  whose  word  was  fully  as  good  as  his  bond.  He  took  great 
interest  in  all  works  of  benevolence,  science,  and  progress.  He 
was  a  hospitable  man,  and  with  his  money  and  influence  aided  in 
every  cause  which  he  believed  would  benefit  his  fellow-men. 

CHILDltEN. 

1077.  Charles-Ames,  b.  Feb.  8,  183G;  d.  May  4,  1836. 

1078.  Sarauel-M.,  b.  July  28,  1838;  d.  July  28,  1838. 

1079.  Thoraas-Henry  (1663),  b.  Aug.  24,  1839. 

1080.  Ariaua  (667),  b.  April  8,  1842. 

1081.  Sarah^  (Marshall)  [791]  (EzekielS  Thomas^  John^ 
John^)  ;  her  eai'ly  life  was  spent  at  her  home  in  Vermont ;  from 
1837  to  1839,  she  lived  with  her  brother  in  La  Porte,  Ind.  April 
21,  1839,  she  married  Rev.  William-K.  Marshall,  d.  d.,  then  pastor 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  La  Porte.  Dr.  Marshall  was  the 
son  of  William  Marshall,  Esq.,  of  Westmoreland,  Pa.,  where  he 
was  born  July  19,  1810.  He  was  graduated  at  Jefferson  College, 
Pa.,  October,  1833;  studied  theology  at  Western  Theological 
Seminary,  at  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;  was  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  till  1849, 
when  he  removed  to  Van  Buren,  Ark.,  and  took  charge  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  there.  They  removed  to  Texas  in  1856, 
which  has  been  their  home  since  that  time.  They  live  in  Mar- 
shall, Tex.,  and  Dr.  Marshall  is  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

CHILDREN. 

1082.  Samuel-A.,  b.  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Feb.  18,  1841 ;  he  served  in  the  rebel 

army  for  four  years  during  the  "late  unpleasantness"  between 
the  United  States  government  and  the  insurrectionary  states. 
Most  of  tlie  time  he  was  with  the  army  of  Tennessee,  and  was 
in  the  3d  Tex.  Cavalry.  Part  of  the  time  he  was  with  General 
Forrest.  "  He  was  in  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  battles  and 
skirmishes,  and  came  through  the  war  witliout  a  wound.  Of  a 
company  of  ninety  that  went  out  witli  him,  only  fourteen  re- 
mained at  tlie  close  of  the  war."*  He  d.  of  yellow  fever  in 
New  Orleans  in  1867. 

1083.  Hetty,  b.  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Aug.  2,   1843;    m.   Aug.  2,   1870,  T.-A. 

Flewellcn,  b.  Macon,  Ga.,  Feb.  17,  1829.  He  was  in  the  Southern 
army  twelve  months  (1862);  is  a  cotton  grower;  has  been 
sherift"  of  Grey  Co.,  Tex. ;  now  mayor  of  Longview,  Tex.  One 
child:  Mollie,  b.  July  19,  1871. 

1084.  William-M.,  b.  La  Porte,  Ind.,  March  19,  1845;  served  in  Southern 

army  in  the  war;  was  sent  to  Mexico  to  buy  supplies,  and  was 
making  a  second  trip  when  the  so-called  confederacy  collapsed  ; 
is  now  a  merchant,  and  res.  Tuxpan,  Mexico. 

*  Dr.  W.-K.  Marshall's  Letter. 


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1085.  Thomas-A.,  b.  La  Porte,  IncL,  May  16,  1849;  d.  July,  1852. 

1086.  Mattie,  b.  Van  Bureu,  Ark.,  Sept.  18,  1852;  res.  Marshall,  Tex. 

1087.  Mary,  b.  Van  Bureii,  Ark.,  Sept.  18,  1854;  d.  Oct.  1855. 

1088.  George-H.,  b.  Van  Buren,  Ark.,  Nov.  15,  1856;  res.  Tuxpan,  Mex- 

ico ;  merchant. 

1089.  Elizabeth-MitchelP  (Edes)  [  807  ]  (Benjamin  Mitchell*, 
Janet^  (Mitchell),  John  Morison-,  John^);  married  Isaac  Edes, 
April  24,  1823 ;  died  at  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  Oct.  8,  1873.  He 
died  Oct.  26,  1859;  res.  Peterborough,  X.  H.,  and  was  selectman 
in  1835,  '36,  '37,  '38. 

CHILDREN. 

1090.  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  22,  1824;  d.  Feb.  25,  1824. 

1091.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  17,  1826;  m.  Aug.  23,  1859,  William  Blanchard, 

of  Peterborongh,  N.  H.  ;  b.  Aug.  7,  1816,  and  d.  April  23,  1861. 
She  d.  Oct.  22,  1867. 

1092.  Henry-B.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1829;  d.  Nov.  7,  1850. 

1093.  Martha- VV.,  b.  Nov.   17,  1832;  m.  Robert-B.  Chalmers,  March  21, 

1866.  Five  children  :  1st,  Annie-Lizzie,  b.  July  26,  1867.  2d, 
Henry,  b.  Sept.  30,  1869.  3d,  Grace,  b.  Jnly  21,  1872.  4th,  John, 
b.  May  3,  1874.     5th,  Freddie,  b.  May  25,  1877. 

1094.  Charlotte-MitchelP  (Gates)  [809]  (Benjamin  Mitchell^ 
Janet'  (Mitchell),  John  Morison'^,  John^) ;  married,  Oct.  26,  1824, 
Samuel  Gates,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.  He  was  postmaster  from 
1841  till  1854,  and  town  clerk  nine  years.  He  died  May  7,  1854; 
she  died  Oct.  16,  1851. 

CHILDREN,    BY   SECOND   WIFE. 

1095.  Henry-B.,  b.  May  3,  1825;  d.  July  5,  1826. 

1096.  John,  b.  Feb.  27,  1827;  m.  Sept.  21,  1856,  Octavia  Sampsou.     She 

was  boi'u  in  Hartford,  Me.,  March  24,  1832. 

1097.  Charlotte-M.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1830;  m.  Dec.  23,  1860,  Charles-M.  Towu- 

seiid;  res.  Springfield,  Vt.    One  son  :  John-G.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1865. 

1098.  Henry,  b.  March  24,  1832;  res.  at  South;  d.  Savannah,  Ga.,  1875. 

1099.  Susau-M.,  b.  March  13,  1835;  m.   Aug.  4,   1861,  Mortier-L.  Morri- 

son (of  tlie  Sanboruton  branch  of  Morrisons)  ;  she  d.  May  1, 
1862.     One  child  :  Alice-Gates,  b.  April  2,  1862. 

1100.  Jesse  Smithy  m.  d.  [816]  (Robert  Smith*,  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison",  John^)  ;  he  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1814,  and  at  Harvard  Medical  school  in  1819.  In  1820 
he  became  professor  of  anatomy  and  surgery  in  the  Ohio  Medical 
College,  Cincinnati,  which  position  he  held  till  his  death.  He  be- 
came very  eminent  as  a  surgeon  ;  was  an  independent  and  strong- 
minded  man,  with  an  indomitable  will,  which  overcame  all  ob- 
stacles, and  with  a  wide  culture  in  his  profession.  He  married 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Bailey,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  who 
married,  2d,  Rev.  John  Wright,  of  Cincinnati.  Professor  Smith 
died  of  cholera,  after  fourteen  hours'  sickness,  July,  1833. 

CHILDREN. 

1101.  James-Bailey,  b.  Feb.  3,  1823;  d.  May  11,  1830. 

1102.  /  Isabella,  b.  Feb.  11,  1825;  d.  Feb.  11,  1825. 

1103.  \  John  Gordon,  b.  Feb.  11,  1825;  d.  Feb.  20,  1825. 

1104.  Isabella-Elizabeth,  b.  May  7,  1826;  d.  Feb.  14,  1830. 

1105.  Ismcnia.  b.  March  11,  1828;  d.  Aug.  6,  1829. 

1106.  Mary-Elizabeth  (1670^),  b.  March  7,  1830;  m.  John-R.  Wright. 

1107.  Jesse,  b.  March  20,  1833;  d.  May  20,  1837. 


166    CHARTER  .TOHN^;  KLIZABETHS  (SMITH);  ROBERT  SMITHS.    [1108 

1108.  Stephen  Smith^[817]  (Robert  Sl^ith^  Elizabeth'*  (Smith), 
John  Morison-,  John^) ;  m.  March  16,  1820;  res.  in  Buffalo  ;  had 
three  wives;  died  in  1867,  aged  74  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1109.  Josepli-Addisou,  b.  1821 ;  d. 

1110.  Roxa;  m.  Stephens,  of  Cuba,  N.  Y. ;  d. ;  left  a  sou. 

1111.  Robert;  b.  1827;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  Coll.  1849;  d. 

1112.  Russell,  b.  1829;  ni.  Juue,  1851;  d. 

1113.  Ames,  b.  1841;  d.  1843. 

1114.  Robert  Smith'^  [818]  (Robert  Smith^  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison-,  John^) ;  removed  to  Centreville,  Miss.,  in  1816, 
and  married  Nancy  Nesmith,  November,  1818;  settled  in  Simms- 
port,  La.,  where  he  owned  and  carried  on  a  plantation. 

CUII.DREN. 

1115.  Johu,  b.  Sept.  3,  1819;  d.  Sept.  1823. 

1116.  Robert,  b.  July  7,  1823;  d.  July,  1823. 

1117.  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  25,  1824;  m.  April  18,  1846,  Lucy-Ellen  Poole,  of 

Portland,  Me.;  res.  La.  Two  children:  1st,  Agnes-Caroline, 
b.  Feb.  26,  1847.     2d,  Jesse-Hamilton,  b.  July  27,  1849. 

1118.  Lottisa^  (Fifield)  [821]  (John  SmithS  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison^,  John^)  ;  married,  Sept.  18,  1827,  Joshua  Fifield, 
of  Franklin,  N.  H.  He  died  while  on  a  visit  to  the  West,  at 
Alton,  111.,  Nov.  27,  1840  ;  she  died  at  Alton,  111.,  Nov.  15,  1^77. 

CHILDREN. 

1119.  William-H.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1828;  d.  March  22,  1834. 

1120.  John,  b.  March  25,  1832;  d.  Dec.  31,  1834. 

1121.  Mary-Mansfield,  b.  Feb.  8,  1835;  m.  George  Kellenberger,  who  d. 

Jan.  4,  18G6,  Alton,  111.  Her  post-office  address  is  Moro,  Mad- 
ison Co.,  HI.  Three  children:  1st,  Anna,  b.  Dec.  28,  1858.  2d, 
Edith,  b.  July  23,  1861.  3d,  Louis,  b.  July  21,  1863;  d.  Feb.  5, 
1865. 

1122.  Louisa,  b.  March  6,  1837;  d.  Sept.  26,  1837. 

1123.  Jane^  (Cavender)  [823]  (John  SraithS  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison'^,  John^)  ;  married,  Jan.  26,  1823,  John  Cavender,  a 
trader  in  Peterborough,  then  a  manufacturer  in  Franklin  from 
1822  to  1836,  and  then  a  merchant  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  one  of  the 
firm  of  Smith  Bros.  &  Co.  He  died  at  St.  Louis,  Jan.  5,  1863, 
aged  69  yrs. ;  she  died  at  St.  Louis,  Dec.  5,  1858,  aged  58  yrs.  8 
mos. 

CHILDREN. 

1124.  John-S.,  b.  March  11,  1824;  m.  Sept.  4,  1850,  Mehitable  Chadwick, 

of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  who  d.  Nov.  1,  1850;  m.,  2d,  July  25,  1854, 
Lucinda-W.  Rogers,  b.  Oct,  10,  1834.  Four  children  :  1st,  John- 
Howard,  b.  May  15,  1855 ;  m.  Dec.  1877,  Effie  Greenleaf ;  one 
son,  John-Howard,  b.  Dec.  1878.  2d,  James-Smith,  b.  Oct.  11, 
1862.  3d,  Edward-R.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1864.  4th,  Harry-Wales,  b. 
Dec.  1,  1871. 

1125.  Charles-James,  b.  Aug.  29,  1828;  d.  May  3,  1832. 

1126.  Robert-S.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1831;  m.  Carrie  Cavender,  1852.     No  chil- 

dren living.     Lives  at  Alton,  111. 


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1127.  Hon.  Robert  Smith"  [824]  (John  Smitll^  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John^)  ;  in  1821  he  entered  the  Smith- 
ville  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Northfield,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained 
till  1832,  when  he  removed  to  Illinois,  and  pitched  his  tent  at 
Alton,  near  which  was  a  traders'  post  of  some  note,  called  St.^ 
Louis.  He  rose  rapidly  to  distinction  in  political  life,  and  was 
chosen  to  the  28th  Congress  from  the  district  in  which  he  liA'ed, 
and  served  from  1843  to  1849.  In  politics  he  was  a  democrat. 
In  the  late  war  of  the  rebellion  he  was  appointed  U.  S.  paymas- 
ter. He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  and  of  a  very  genial 
nature,  possessing  uncommonly  popular  talents.  He  held  a  strong- 
power  over  the  popular  will.  He  married,  Nov.  3,  1828,  Sarah-P. 
Bingham,  of  Lempster,  Mass.  He  died  at  Alton,  111.,  Dec.  21, 
1867,  aged  65  years. 

CHILDREN. 

1128.  Robert-Biugham,  b.  July  31,  1838. 

1129.  Sarah-Bingham,  b.  May  27,  184:3. 

1130.  James  Smith^  [825]  (John  SmithS  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison-,  John^)  ;  married.  May  15,  1832,  Persis  Garland, 
of  Franklin,  N.  H.  "  After  spending  some  five  years  in  business 
in  New  York,  he  formed  a  copartnership  with  his  brother,  Wil- 
liam-H.  Smith,  and  their  brother-in-law,  John  Cavender,  under 
the  firm-name  of  Smith  Brothers  &  Co.,  and  commenced  business 
in  St.  Louis,  May,  1833,  which  was  successful  under  his  untiring 
energy  and  cautious,  prudent  management,  till  the  'big  fire  of 
1849,'  when  the  old  firm  dissolved,  showing  a  prosperous  business 
in  spite  of  losses  by  the  disastrous  fire.  In  1851,  a  new  copart- 
nership was  formed,  in  which  George  Partridge  was  associated 
with  James  and  William-H.  Smith,  under  the  style  of  Partridge 
&  Co.,  the  Smiths  only  to  render  such  service  in  the  business  as 
suited  their  inclinations.  It  is  but  justice  to  say  that  the  con- 
tinued prosperity  of  the  new  firm  was  quite  as  much  due  to  the 
cautious,  prudent  counsel  and  management  of  James  Smith  as 
was  that  of  the  old  company.  The  Smiths  withdrew  from  this 
copartnership  in  1863.  James  Smith,  after  an  unremitting  ser- 
vice of  more  than  thirty  years,  retired  to  wisely  consider  how  he 
could  best  discharge  the  '  trust  of  a  beneficent  Providence,'  in 
the  disposition  of  his  earnings  and  savings.  He  chose  the  sensi- 
ble plan  of  becoming  his  own  executor,  and  the  "Washington 
University  and  kindred  institutions  of  the  city  of  his  adoption 
bear  amjde  testimony  to  the  wisdom  or  folly  of  his  example."* 
He  died  Oct.  15,  1877;  no  children. 

1131.  William-H.  Smith^  [827]  (John  Smith^  Elizabeth=^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison'-^,  John^) ;  married,  Nov.  5,  1837,  Lvilia 
Pettengill,  of  Salisburv,  N.  H.  She  died  at  St.  Louis,  Feb.  10, 
1841,  aged  29  yrs.  He  married,  2d,  Sept.  13,  1843,  Ellen,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Sally-G.  Smith.  He  res.  at  Franklin,  N.  H., 
from  1822  to  1833,  then  removed  to  St.  Louis.     When  he  retired 

*  From  History  of  Peterborough,  N.  H. 
12 


168       CHARTER  J0HN2;  ELIZABETHS  (SMITH)  ;   .TAMES  SMITH^.   [1132 

from  business  in  St.  Louis  in  1863,  he  took  up  his  residence  at 
Alton,  111.,  and  here  bought  a  farm  and  built  a  suite  of  buildings, 
and  adapted  the  farm  to  fruit-culture. 

CHILDREN. 

1132.  William-Eliot,  b.  Dec.  31,  1844;  m.  Alice  Cole,  of  Alton,  111.,  1873; 

res.  Alton,  111. ;  engaged  iu  the  manufacture  of  green  glassware. 
Two  children  :  1st,  Euuice-C,  b.  March  23,  1875.  2d,  Ellen,  b. 
May  15,  1876. 

1133.  Henry- Ware,  b.  Feb.  3,  1850;  d.  June  23,  1851. 

1134.  Sally^  (Walker)  [829]  (James  SmithS  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison'-,  John^)  ;  married.  May  31,  1819,  James  Walker, 
of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  who  was  born  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  March 
10,  1785;  d.  Dec.  31,  1854.  He  was  a  lawyer,  and  represented 
Peterborough  in  the  legislature.     She  died  1842. 

CHILDREX. 

1L85.     Jaraes-S.,  b.  July  25.  1820;  d.  Aug.  20,  1840. 

1130.  George,  b.  April  1,  1824;  vice-pres.  Gold  and  Stock  Telegraph  Co., 
Western  Union  Building,  N.  Y.  (Mty;  m.  Oct.  24,  1849,  Sarah- 
Dwight,  daughter  of  Hon.  George  Bliss,  of  Springfield,  Mass. 
Mr.  Walker  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Coll.  1842;  is  a  lawyer, 
and  has  practised  at  Springfield,  Mass.  In  1880  he  was  ap- 
pointed U.  S.  vice-consul  at  Paris,  France.  Six  children:  1st, 
Louisa-Dwight,  b.  Nov.  8,  1850.  2d,  James-S.,  b.  May  20,  1854. 
3d,  Artliur,"b.  May  12,  1857;  d.  Feb.  8,  1858.  4th,  Philip,  b. 
June  29,  1859;  m.  Oct.  8,  1877,  Adeline  Benton;  one  child, 
George,  b.  Dec.  18,  1878;  d.  Feb.  27,  1879.  5th,  Mary-Bliss,  b. 
Nov."29,  1861 ;  d.  Sept.  2,  1869.     6th,  Ariana,  b.  July  23,  1868. 

1137.     Ariana,  b.  Nov.  8,  1829;  m.  Aug.  1854,  Franklin  Sanborn;  d.  1854. 

1138.  James  Smith^  [830]  (James  Smith^  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison''^,  John^)  ;  married,  Sept.  9,  1823,  Betsey-L.  Brown, 
of  Plymouth,  Vt.,  Avho  was  born  Oct.  6,  1805  ;  res.  Cavendish, 
Vt. ;  represented  that  to-svn  in  the  legislature ;  afterward  removed 
to  Schoolcraft,  Mich.,  May,  1833,  where  he  died  Feb.  18,  1842  ; 
she  died  May  11,  1841. 

CHILDREN. 

1139.  James,  b.  Sept.  4,  1824;  d.  Moro,  111.,  April  13,  1876. 

1140.  Betsey  (1671),  b.  Jan.  30,  1826. 

1141.  Sarah  (1^74),  b.  Jan.  22,  1828. 

1142.  Harriet,  b.  Feb.  20,  1830;  d.  April  24,  1860. 

1143.  Marcia  (1681),  b.  Aua.  5,  1831. 

1144.  Isabel,  b.  Feb.  24,  1833;  d.  July  13,  1863. 

1145.  Wdliam,  b.  April  19,  1837;  d.  April  26,  1856. 

1 146.  William  Smith^  [831  ]  (James  SmithS  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison^,  John^);  married,  Oct.  6,  1828,  Rhoda  Bates,  of 
Cavendish,  Vt.;  she  died  Aug.  8,  1844;  he  married,  2d,  Aug.  20, 
1845,  Mrs.  Isabella  Page,  danghter  of  John  Proctor.  Has  repre- 
sented Cavendish  in  the  legislature  of  Vermont,  and  been  much 
employed  in  municipal  and  probate  business  in  the  town.  At  one 
time  was  extensively  engaged  in  the  woolen  manufacture  at  Proc- 
torsville,  Vt.,  but  sold  out  his  interest,  and  is  now  a  farmer;  res. 
Proctorsville. 


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CHILDREN. 

1147.  Rhoda,  b.  March  7,   1830;  m.  F.  Rice;  res.  Boston,  Mass.     Two 

children :    1st,   Frances-Mary,  b.   April  28,   1854.     2d,   Ariaua- 
Sraith,  b.  July  8,  1858 ;  d.  Auti.  9,  1867. 

1148.  William-Addison,  b.  March  12,  1852 ;  d.  March  2,  1858. 

1149.  EUeu-Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  22,  1856. 

1150.  William,  b.  Nov.  19,  1860. 

1151.  Josepli-Addison  Smitli^  [832]  (James  SmithS  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^)  ;  married,  Oct.  8,  1835,  Sarah-M. 
Proctor,  born  Jan.  16,  1819;  he  died  at  Proctorsville,  Vt.,  Feb. 
28,  1851. 

CHILDREN. 

1152.  John-Proctor,  b.  July  24,  1837. 

1153.  Georcje,  b.  Dec.  19,  1840;  d.  Jan.  10,  1841. 

1154.  Saraii,  b.  May  30,  1842;  d.  Sept.  7,  1857. 

1155.  Josepli-Addison,  b.  Nov.  15,  1844;  d.  April  2,  1847. 

1156.  Franklin,  b.  March  27,  1848;  d.  Jan.  11,  1850. 

1157.  John  Smith^  [833]  (James  SraithS  Elizabeth^  (Smith), 
John  Morison-,  John^);  married,  Feb.  25,  1836,  Nancy  Willard, 
who  died  April  20,  1839;  res.  St.  Jose2:»h,  Mich. 

CHILD. 

1158.     Sally-Ann,  b.  Dec.  7,  1836;  m.  1858,  Adolphus  Hewitt.    One  child, 
Mary-Louise,  b.  1861. 

1159.  Judge  Jeremiah  Smith^  [838]  (Judge  Jeremiah  Smith*, 
Elizabeth''  (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^);  married,  April  5, 
1865,  Hannah-M.  Webster,  of  Dover,  N".  H.  Was  graduated  at 
Harvard  University  in  1856;  studied  law  and  was  apjiointed, 
Oct.  16,  1867,  one  of  the  justices  of  the  supreme  court  of  New 
Hampshire,  which  office  he  resigned  in  consequence  of  the  failure 
of  his  health,  January,  1874 ;  res.  Dover,  IST.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

1160.  Elizabeth-Hale,  b.  June  23,  1868. 

1161.  Jeremiah,  b.  Jan.  14,  1870. 

1162.  Hannah^  (Jewett)  [840]  (Hannah-Smith*  (Barker),  Eliz- 
abeth^ (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^) ;  married,  June  7,  1825, 
Stephen  Jewett,  of  Rindge,  N.  H.,  born  Oct.  31,  1801 ;  died  Hov. 
9,  1862  ;  she  died  Dec.  21,  1872. 

CHILDREN. 

1163.  Stephen-Barker,  b.  April  6,  1826;  d.  Jan.  16,  1829. 

1164.  Cynthia-Augusta  (1688),  b.  Oct.  12,  1827. 

1165.  Ariana-Smlth,  b.  Oct.  II,  1829;  res.  Fitchbura:.  Mass. 

1166.  William-Henry,  b.  March  7,  1832;  d.  Oct.  20,1833. 

1167.  William-Henry,  2d,  b.  March  7,  1834;  d.  Nov.  5,  1834. 

1168.  Mary-Elizabeth  (1689),  b.  Oct.  9,  1835. 

1169.  Edward  (1694),  b.  Dec.  30,  1837. 

1170.  Caroline,  b.  May  2,  1840;  m.  Nov.  29,  1866,  C.-A.  Young;  res.  Paris, 

Me.  ;  no  issue. 

1171.  Andrew  (1702),  b.  Feb.  21,  1842. 

1172.  Adaline-Tryphosa,  b.  Aug.  15,  1«44;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

1173.  Nancy-Barker,  b.  Feb.  1,  1847;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 


170        CHARTER  J0HN2;  ELIZABETHS  (SMITH);  JONA.  SMITH*.     [1174 

1174.  John  Barker^  [841]  (Haimah-Sraith^  (Barker),  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison-,  John') ;  married.  May  10,  18B0,  Eunice- 
Garret,  daughter  of  Rev.  Amos-G.  Thompson,  of  Montville,  Ct. ; 
she  was  born  Nov.  23, 1801 ;  died  Aug.  9,  1842 ;  left  four  children. 
He  married,  2d,  Sept.  5,  1848,  Harriet-Eliza,  daughter  of  John 
Grey,  of  New  York  City.  Mr.  Barker  removed  to  New  York, 
May,  1827. 

CHILDREN. 

1175.  John-Caswell,  b.  June  28,  1831. 

1176.  Eunice-Maria,  b.  Dec.  5,  1832;  d.  Feb.  17,  1834. 

1177.  Sarah-Garetta,  b.  Oct.  1,  1834. 

1178.  Hannab-Elizabeth,  b.  March  24,  1838. 

1179.  William-Phelps,  b.  Sept.  15,  1844. 

1180.  Harriet-Amelia,  b.  June  20,  1846;  d.  April  27,  1847. 

1181.  Georse-Clifton,  b.  Feb.  20,  1848. 

1182.  Harriet-Josephine,  b.  Oct.  14,  1849. 

1183.  Betsey^  (Gordon)  [843]  (Jonathan  Smith*,  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison^,  John') ;  married,  Dec.  31,  1819,  John, 
son  of  Samuel*  Gordon,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H. ;  he  was  born  in 
Peterborough,  Dec.  20,  1790,  and  was  superintendent  of  a 
factory  in  Peterborough  Village  for  ten  years.  In  September, 
1831,  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Hancock  Co.,  111.,  and  located 
where  the  city  of  Hamilton  now  stands.  He  died  April  3,  1839;. 
she  died  Aug.  12,  1845. 

CHILDREN,  BORN  IN  PETERBOROUGH,  N.  H. 

1184.  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  20,  1820;  d.  1820. 

1185.  Nanc.v,  b.  Nov.  12,  1821;  d.  Nov.  14,  1821. 

1186.  Jonathan-Smith,  b.  Oct.  20,  1822;  d.  March  27,  1839,  in  Hancock 

Co.,  111. 

1187.  Samuel  (1704),  b.  May  3,  1825. 

1188.  John,  b.  July  2,  1829;  d.  Dec.  8,  1830. 

1189.  Jonathan  Smith,  Jr.^  [844]  (Jonathan  Smith^  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John')  ;  graduated  at  Harvard  University 
in  1819  ;  studied  law,  and  settled  in  Bath,  N.  H.  He  represented 
the  town  in  the  legislature,  and  was  a  promising  and  rising  man 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  A  pulmonary  disease  became  fastened 
upon  him,  which  a  winter's  residence  in  the  warm  climate  of  the 
West  Indies  failed  to  alleviate.  He  died  Aug.  10,  1840,  aged  42 
yrs.  11  mos.  He  married  Hannah-P.,  daughter  of  Moses-P.  Pay- 
son,  of  Bath.     She  died  May  18,  1838,  aged  28  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1190.  Ariana-E.,  b.  May  29,  1831;  d.  Sept.  20,  1837. 

1191.  Moses-Payson  (1711),  b.  Mav  29,  1833. 

1192.  Henry,  b.  Sept.  18,  1835;  d.  Chicaaio,  July  23,  1859. 

1193.  William-Hubbard,  b.  Aug.  29,  1837;  d.  July  27,  1845. 

1194.  MaryS  (Fox)  [845]  (Jonathan  Smith^  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison"",  John') ;  married,  Dec.  3,  1818,  Timothy 
Fox,  born  Sept.  3,  1795,  at  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  and  died  at 
Denmark,  la.,  Feb.  21,  1867.  She  died  May  8,  18G4.  They  emi- 
grated to  Denmark,  la.,  in  1836. 


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CHILDREN. 


1195.  Heury,  b.  Auj;.  30,  1819;  d.  Jan.  1820. 

1196.  George-Fredei-ick,  b.  Oct.  18,  1S20;  d.  Dec.  1820. 

1197.  Maiy-Caroline,  b.  Maj'  12,  1822;  m.  David  Gocheneur,  March  3, 

1843;  one  daughter,  Susan,  m.  Robert  Sutton;  d.  May  21,  1871, 
leaving  a  son,  Carlton-D. 

1198.  John,  b.  Sept.  5,  1823;  d.  Feb.  1821. 

1199.  William,  b.  March  13,  1824;  d.  Aug.  29,  1826. 

1200.  Charlotte-Smith  (1715),  b.  Nov.  20,  1826. 

1201.  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  5,  1827;  d.  Nov.  5,  1827. 

1202.  Infant  son,  b.  Jan.  15,  1828;  d.  Jan.  15,  1828. 

1203.  Infant  son,  b.  Feb.  5,  1829 ;  d.  Feb.  5,  1829. 

1204.  Infant  son,  b.  Aug.  20,  1830;  d.  Aug.  20,  1830. 

1205.  Infant  son,  b.  Aug.  5.  1832;  d.  Ausr.  5,  1832. 

1206.  Edward,  b.  Jan.  8,  1834;  d.  May  29,  1836. 

1207.  Harriet-Frances  (1721),  b.  Nov.  17,  1836. 

1208.  Edward,  b.  Dec.  12,  1837;  d.  Aug.  15,  1843. 

1209.  Nancy-Maria,  b.  Jan.  24,  1840 ;  d.  Sept.  24,  1840. 

1210.  William  Smitli^  [846]  (Jonathan  Smith^  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison'-,  Jolin^) ;  was  a  trader  in  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  for  eight  years,  when  he  removed  to  La  Harpe,  111. ;  was 
county  commissioner  four  years.  He  married,  Oct.  9,  1838,  Eliz- 
abeth Stearns,  of  Jaffrey,  Ts".  H. ;  he  died  Oct.  25,  1873;  she  res. 
Ho^vard  Lake,  Minn. 

CHILDREX. 

1211.  William-Henr}^  b.  Nov.  1,  1839;  res.  Howard  LalvC,  Minn. 

1212.  Jonathan,  b.  July  30,  1842 ;  d.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  March  24,  1843. 

1213.  Marv-Elizabeth,  b.  May  18,  1844;  d.  Dec^  17,  1847. 

1214.  Albert,  b.  Dec.  30,  1846;  d.  Dec.  17,  1847. 

1215.  Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  9,   1848;  m.   Sept.  28,  1873,  Lucetta  Hull;  one 

child,  Marv,  b.  May  10,  1879;  res.  Howard  Lalce. 

1216.  Albert,  b.  June  28,  1851;  res.  Howard  Lake. 

1217.  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  30,  1854. 

1218.  John  Smith^  [847]  (Jonathan  Smith-*,  Elizabeth-'  (Smith), 
John  Morison-,  John^) ;  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H. ;  was  selectman 
for  three  years,  representative  in  1859-60,  and  a  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  (Unitarian)  church.  He  sold  his  farm  in  1873, 
and  now"  res.  in  Chicago,  111.  He  married,  Sept.  2,  1834,  Susan, 
daughter  of  John  Stearns,  of  Jaffrey,  N.  H. ;  she  died  at  Peter- 
borough, Jan.  8,  1870,  aged  60  yrs. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   PETERBOROUGH. 

1219.  Mar j'-F ranees,  b.  Jan.  8,  1836 ;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

1220.  John-Stearns  (1726),  b.  Nov.  27,  1837. 

1221.  Jonathan,  b.  May  26,  1840;  d.  Julv  30,  1841. 

1222.  Jonathan  (1728),  b.  Oct.  21,  1842;' res.  Clinton,  Mass. 

1223.  Susan-Phinney,  b.  Oct.  14.  1844;  m.  Eugene  Lewis,  June  4,  1873; 

he  was  b.  Claremont,  N.  H.,  March  11,  1839;  grad.  Dart.  Coll. 
1864;  admitted  to  the  bar,  1867;  lawyer;  res.  Moline,  111.  ;  Mrs, 
L.  d.  Moline,  Sept.  26,  1877.  Two  children:  1st,  Ruth,  b.  Feb. 
11,  1875;  d.  Feb.  11,  1875.  2d,  Theodore-Green,  b.  July  3,  1876; 
d.  April  13,  1877. 

1224.  Caroline,  b.  March  3,  1847;  teacher  in  public  schools,  Chicago,  III. 

1225.  Jeremiah,  b.  July  2,  1852;  single;  is  a  silver-phitor :  res..  Manches- 

ter, N.  H. 


172        CHARTER  J0HN2;  ELIZABETIP  (SMITH);  SAM'L  SMITH*.   [1226 

1226.  Nancy^  (Foster)  [850]  (Jonathan  Smith*,  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^)  ;  married,  Sept.  21,  1840,  Dr. 
John-H.  Foster,  born  at  Hillsborongh,  N.  H.,  March  8,  1796; 
received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  IST.  H.  Medical  Institute, 
1821,  and  practised  his  profession,  first  at  New  London,  N.  H., 
then  at  Asliby,  Mass.,  and  at  Dublin,  N.  H.  In  1833,  removed  to 
Chicago ;  relinquished  his  profession,  and  acquired  an  immense 
fortune.  He  died  from  an  injury  received  in  being  thrown  from 
his  carriage,  May  17, 1874,  aged  78  yrs.;  Mrs.  F.  still  res.  Chicago. 

CHILDREN. 

1227.  John-Herbert,  Jr.,  b.  June  10,  1841;  d.  March  3,  1842. 

1228.  Clara  (1731),  b.  Jan.  1,  1844;  m.  Perkins  Bass;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

1229.  Julia  (1735),  b.  Aug.  22,  1846;  m.  Rev.  E.-C.  Porter;  res.  Racine, 

Wis. 

1230.  Infant  dau.,  b.  and  d.  Aug.  1848. 

1231.  Infant  son,  b.  Sept.  1849;  d.  Oct.  1849. 

1232.  Adele  (1738),  b.  July  29,  1851;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

1233.  William,  b.  Nov.  25,  1852;  d.  Aug.  22,  1853. 

1234.  Caroline^  (Reynolds)  [852]  (Jonathan  Smith*,  Ehzabeth* 
(Smith),  John  Morison^  John^)  ;  married,  June,  1841,  James  Rey- 
nolds, who  died  at  Hannibal,  Mo.,  1873;  she  died  at  La  Harpe, 
111.,  July,  1875,  aged  62  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1235.  James,  b.  Aug.  184G ;  d.  Nov.  20,  1847. 

1236.  Anna,  b.  March  24,  1853;  d.  Hannibal,  Mo.,  1873,  aged  20  yrs. 

1237.  Jeremiah  Smith"  [853]  (Jonathan  Smith*,  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison^  John^) ;  res.  La  Harpe,  Hancock  Co.,  111.; 
married,  Oct.  19,  1843,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Horn)  Oatman,  a  native  of 
Middleton,  N.  H. ;  she  died  Aug.  26,  1857;  three  children.  He 
married,  2d,  Amanda-E,  Sperry,  Oct.  5,  1862. 

CHILDREN. 

1238.  Mary-Ellen  (1742),  b.  July  23,  1848. 

1239.  Frank,  b.  Nov.  2,  1852. 

1240.  Sarah-E.,  b.  April  25,  1857. 

1241.  Clara-Maud,  b.  June  14,  1869. 

1242.  George,  b.  Aug.  20,  1873 ;  d.  Sept.  6,  1873. 

1243.  Jeremiah  Smith^  [  855  ]  ( Samuel  Smith*,  Elizabeth* 
(Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John')  ;  removed  to  New  York  City  in 
1825,  and  was  engaged  in  the  commission  business,  in  the  firms 
of  Smith  &  Co.,  Smith,  Wheeler  &  Fairlianks,  and  Smith  & 
Wheeler,  for  several  years.  Relinquishing  this  business,  he  be- 
came chief  clerk  of  the  New  York  &  New  Haven  Railroad,  which 
office  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  May  16,  1860;  married 
May  22,  1832,  Emeline  Van  Nortwick,  of  New  York  City. 

CHILDREN. 

1244.  William-Bruce,  b.  N.    Y.,  May  7,   1834;    m.   Margaret-L.   Norton, 

June  19,  1872;  res.  Baldwin,  Queens  Co.,  L.  I. 

1245.  Cornelia-Luqueer,    b.    N.   Y.,   Oct.    18,    1835;    m.    Sept.    16,    1857, 

Edward- J.  Kilbourne;  res.  N.  Y.  City.     Children:  1st,  David- 
Wells.     2d,  Alanson-Jennainie.     3d,  Cornelia-Edna. 


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1246.  Elizabeth-M.,    b.    July   5,    1838:    m.    June    17,   1872,   Elbert-Floyd 

Jones,  South  Oyster  Bay,  L.  I. 

1247.  Jeremiah,  b.  May  30,  1842 ;  d. 

1248.  Francis-T.-L.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1845;  d.  Oct.  9,  1848. 

1249.  Frederick-Auijustus,  b.  Nov.  7,  1847  ;  d.  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20,  1875,  aged  24. 

1250.  Clarence-Beverly,  b.  Dec.  8,  1850. 

1251.  Samiiel-G.  Smith^  [858]  (Samuel  SmitliS  Elizabeth'* 
(Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^).  "  He  was  the  first  agent  of  the 
Phoenix  cotton  factory,  at  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  afterwards  of  a 
factory  at  AVarren,  Md.,  and  lastly  at  South  Berwick,  Me.,  where 
his  health  entirely  failed.  He  died  at  Peterborough  Sept.  9, 1842, 
age'd  43  yrs.,  of  bronchial  consumption,  in  the  very  vigor  of  his 
manhood.  He  was  a  self-made  man.  His  early  opportunities  for 
education  had  been  limited,  and  had  there  been  no  self-culture, 
there  would  have  been  no  man.  He  acquired  a  large  fund  of 
knowledge;  was  a  man  of  rare  excellence  of  character,  of  great 
purity  of  life,  the  very  soul  of  honor  and  integrity.  His 
memory  is  embalmed  in  many  hearts  that  will  not  forget  him. 
He  died  calmly,  in  the  firm  hope  of  a  better  state  of  existence 
hereafter."*  He  married,  1st,  Sarah-D.,  daughter  of  Eev.  Abiel 
Abbott,  D.  D.,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  born  June  22,  1801;  died 
June  11,  1831.  He  married,  2d,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
Dow,  of  Exeter,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

1252.  Samuel-Abbot  (1747),  b.  April  18,  1829. 

1253.  Ellen-Parker,  b.  July  12,  1837 ;  d.  Exeter,  N.  H. 

1254.  Sarah- Abbot  (1752),  b.  July  7,  1839. 

1255.  Ednah-Dow  (1758),  b.  May  12,  1841. 

1256.  Albert  Smith^,  a.  d.,  ll.  d.  [  859  ]  ( Samuel  Smith^, 
Elizabeth^  (  Smith  ),  John  Morison-,  John^ ) ;  he  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Groton  Academy,  at  from  twelve  to  fifteen  years  of  age. 
In  Sept.  1821,  he  entered  Dartmouth  College,  and  graduated  in 
1825.  He  took  his  degree  of  M.  D.  at  the  Dart.  Med.  Coll.  in  1833. 
"He  practised  his  profession  in  Leominster,  Mass.,  from  1833  to 
1838,  and  then  removed  to  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  his  native  town, 
where  he  continued  his  practice  as  long  as  his  strength  permitted. 
He  was  appointed  professor  of  materia  medica  and  therapeutics 
in  the  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1849,  where  he  lectured 
annually  till  his  resignation  in  1870.  In  1857  he  delivered  his 
course  of  lectures  before  the  Vermont  Medical  College,  Castleton, 
Vt.,  and  also  the  same  course  at  BoAvdoin  Medical  School  in  1859. 
The  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D.  was  conferred  by  Dartmouth 
College  in  1870,  also  an  honorary  M.  D.  by  the  Rush  Medical 
College  in  1875;  and  he  was  elected  member  of  the  Xew  York 
Medical  Society."  He  published  some  lectui-es,  besides  various 
articles  in  the  medical  journals  from  time  to  time,  and  in  the 
transactions  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society.  In  1871  he  commenced 
the  work  of  preparing  a  History  of  Peterborough,  which  engaged 

*  From  the  History  of  i'elerborouj;ii,  N.  H. 


174    CHARTER   JOHN^;  ELIZABETH^  (SMITH);  SAM'L  SMITH4.  [1256j 

his  almost  constant  attention  for  five  years.  It  is  a  very  excellent 
Avork,  and  Avas  published  and  given  to  the  public  in  the  centen- 
nial year,  1876.  He  died  Feb.  22,  1878.  He  married,  Feb.  26, 
1828,  Fidelia,  daughter  of  John  and  Chloe  Stearns,  of  Jaffrey, 
N.  H.,  who  was  born  Oct.  25,  1799. 

CHILDREN. 

125(5.^.  Frederick-Augustus,  b.  June  18,  1830;  grad.  Dartmouth  Coll.  1852; 
studied  medicine,  and  toolv  his  degree  at  Dartmouth  Med.  Coll. ; 
located  at  Leominster,  Mass.,  Aug.  185G;  d.  of  an  affection  of 
the  heart,  Dec.  20,  1856.  He  was  a  highly  cultivated,  refined, 
and  promising  young  man;  m.  Frances  Gregg,  of  Belleville,  N. 
J.,  June  18,  1856. 

1257.  Susan-S.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1832;  d.  April  20,  1836. 

1258.  Catharine,  b.  Dec.  5,  1837;  m.  Dec.  6,  1869,  Moses-Payson  Smith. 

Children:  1st,  Anna-Perley,  b.  Sept.  19,  1871,  at  Marion,  Ind. 
2d,  Albert,  b.  Marcli  3,  1873.  3d,  Edith,  b.  March  16,  1876;  d. 
Aug.  4,  1876 ;  res.  Newarlc,  O. 

1259.  William-Sydney  Smith^  [860]  (Samuel  Smithy  Eliza- 
beth^ (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^)  ;  was  a  paper-maker,  at 
Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  in  1829  at  Belleville,  P.  O.  He  returned 
to  Peterborough,  where  he  died  Sept.  26,  1875,  aged  72  yrs.  He 
married,  1st,  Nov.  18,  1834,  Margaret  Stearns,  born  March  18, 
1805  ;  she  died  in  Belleville,  March  20, 1851 ;  married,  2d,  Mary- 
Miller,  daughter  of  Matthew  Gray,  of  Peterborough. 

CniLDKEN,    ALL    150RN   IN    CANADA. 

1260.  William-A.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1836;  m.  Augusta-Frances,  daughter  of  J.-H. 

Ames,  Oct.  9,  1865.  He  d.  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  a  mus- 
ket, in  Nebraska,  Feb.  24,  1870.  Two  children  :  1st,  Margaret- 
Ellen,  b.  Oct.  3,  1866.     2d,  Frederick-W.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1869. 

1261.  Samuel-G.,  b.  April  20,   1838;  m.  Dora  Bascora,  of  Jaffrey,  N.  H., 

jeweller  and  watch-maker  in  Boston,  Mass.  Two  children: 
1st,  Kate.     2d,  Dexter. 

1262.  Josiah-P.,  b.   Oct.  20,   1840;  killed  in  battle  at  Port  Hudson,  1863, 

aged  23  yrs. 

1263.  Sydn"ey-S.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1843:  d.  Alton,  111.,  July  9,  1871,  aged  28  yrs. 

1264.  Elizabeth-Ellen  (1768),  b.  May  19,  1845;  m.'Samuel  Reeder;  res.. 

Topeka,  Kan. 

1265.  Alexander-H.  Smitli^  [861]  (Samuel  Smithy  Elizabeth^ 
(Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John^).  He  married,  1831,  Sophronia 
Bailey,  of  Cliarlestown,  Mass.  She  died  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  July 
15,  1848;  he  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Nov.  1858,  aged  54  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1266.  Sally-Garfield,  b.  Jan.  1.  1833;  d. 

1267.  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  2,  1835;  lives  in  St.  Louis. 

1268.  A. -Hamilton,  I).  1837;  d.  Oct.  1840. 

1269.  Jesse,  b.  March  10,  1839 ;  d. 

1270.  Eliza-Bailey,  b.  Jan.  18,  1841;  lives  in  Cincinnati,  0. 

1271.  Elizabeth-Morrison^  (Leonard)  [862]  (Samuel  Smith^ 
Elizabeth'^  (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^) ;  married,  Sept.  8, 
1830,  Rev.  Levi-W.  Leonard,  d.  i>.,  of  Dublin,  N.  IL,  Avho  Avas 
born  at  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  June  1,  1790.  She  died  Sept.  13, 
1848,  aged  42  yrs. ;  two  children.      He  married,  2d,  Mrs.  Eliza- 


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beth-D.  Smith,  widow  of  Sarauel-G.  Smith,  March  25,  1851;  he 
died  Dec.  12,  1864,  aged  74  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1272.     William-S.  1273.     Ellen. 

1274.  Thomas  Faulkner^  [869]  (Eleanor*  (Faulkner),  John 
Morison^,  John-^,  John^) ;  farmer;  he  occupied  a  i)art  of  the 
homestead  in  Economy,  isT.  S.;  married  Hannah  Clark,  who  died 
in  1840,  aged  62  yrs.     He  died  in  1866,  aged  87  yrs. 

CHILDREN'. 

1275.  Jerusha,  b.  1813;  m.  John-B   Dixon;  res.  Onslow,  N.  S.  ;  farmer; 

shed.  1875,  aged  62  yrs.  Six  children:  1st,  David,  b.  1834.  2d, 
Hannah,  b.  1838 ;  m.  Daniel  Nicol,  carriage-builder,  of  Onslow, 
N.  S. ;  removed  to  California;  cliildren  :  1.  Matilda;  2.  Ellie. 
3d,  Sarah,  b.  1841.  4th,  Levi,  b.  1843.  5th,  George,  b.  1846; 
m.  Miss  Lj'ons,  Dec.  1878.  6th,  Leander,  b.  1849;  carpenter; 
res.  Boston,  Mass.  ;  m.  Mary  Smith. 

1276.  Charles;   m.   Rachel  Darning,  'l829;    res.   Economy,  N.  S.     Nine 

children:  1st,  Elizabeth,  b.  1840;  m.  1869,  Samuel  Thompson, 
of  Economy,  farmer;  she  d.  Feb.  24,  1879;  six  children  :  1.  Bis- 
marck,b.  1871 ;  2.  Levi,  b.  1872;  3.  Ruth,  b.  1874;  4.  Mary,  b.  1875  ; 
5.  Susie-J.,  b.  1877;  6.  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  13,  1879.  "2d,  Levi, 
b.  1842  ;  m.  185G,  Ellen  Cochran.  Children  :  1.  Nancy-J.,  b.  1867  ; 
2.  Rachel,  b.  1869;  3.  George,  b.  1871;  4.  Martha",  b.  1873;  5. 
James,  b.  1875;  6.  Annie,  b.  1877.  3d,  Hannah,  b.  1844;  m. 
Robert  Bruce,  1872:  farmer;  res.  Little  Dyke,  N.  S.  Children  : 
1.  Jarae.s-P.,  b.  1873;  2.  Nellie,  b.  1876;  3.  Edward,  b.  1879. 
4th.  Nancy  ;  d.  1859,  scarlet  fever.  5th,  Nellie,  b.  1849.  6th,  Susie, 
b.  1851.  7th,  Elbridge,  b.  1853.  8th,  Sarah,  b.  1856;  m.  1876, 
John-S.  Taylor,  ship-carpenter;  res.  Five  Islands,  N.  S. ;  chil- 
dren: 1.  Alice,  b.  1877;  2.  Lyman-J.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1879.  9th, 
Charles,  b.  1859. 

1277.  Annie;    m.   1830,  William  Darning;   res.  Economv,   N.    S. ;    he  d. 

1878.  Six  children :  1st,  Margaret,  b.  1840.  "2d,  Hannah,  b. 
1842  ;  m.  David  Rude,  1865  ;  res.  Arlington,  Mass.  3d,  Rosauna, 
b.  1844.  4th,  Thomas,  b,  1846.  5th,  Agnes,  b.  1848 ;  m.  1877, 
Mr.  Simmons;  res.  Arlington,  Mass.  6th,  Harry,  1).  1850;  m. 
1877  ;  res.  Philadelpliia,  Pa. 

1278.  John-Edward;  m.  1845,  Sarah  Dixon:  res.  Onslow,  N.  S.  :  fanner. 

Five  children  :  1st,  Sarah-Jane,  b.  1846;  m.  1876,  Logan  Mahon; 
res.  Great  Village,  Londonderry,  N.  S.  2d,  Charles-T.,  b.  1847. 
3d,  George,  b.  1849.  4th,  Margaret,  b.  1852;  m.  1872,  John 
Jameson;  tinsmith;  res.  Truro,  N.  S.  ;  four  children:  I.Vic- 
tor, b.  1873;  2.  Sarah,  b.  1874;  3.  John,  b.  1875;  4.  Mary,  b. 
1877.     5th,  Annie,  b.  1854. 

1279.  James;  d.  aged  3  yrs. 

1280.  Daniel  Faulkner^  [875]  (Eleanor*  (Faulkner),  John 
Morison'',  John'-,  -John^)  ;  was  born  in  Economy,  IST.  S.,  in  1791; 
farmer  and  jniller ;  died  in  Economy,  in  1861,  aged  71  yrs.  He 
married  Ilariiet  Berry,  of  Parrsboro',  N.  S. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   ECONOMY,    N.    S. 

1281.  Mary,  b.  Jan.  29,  1818;  m.  Thomas-S.  Berry;  d.  1872,  aged  55  yrs. 
Eight  children:  1st,  Burton;  ship-carpenter;  m.  Rachel  Mason; 
two  cliildren:  1.  Ella-J. ;  2.  Laura.  2d,  Reuben;  was  lost  at 
sea.  od,  Tiiomas-E. ;  carpenter;  m.  Martha-E.  Corbett.  4th, 
Leander;    house-carpenter;    single.     5th,    Daniel-Smith.     (Ith, 


176  CHARTER  JOHN^  ;  J0HN3  ;  DANIEL*.         [1282 

Harriet ;  d.  diphtheria,  aged  15  yrs.  7th,  Melissa,  d.  diphtheria, 
aged  8  yrs.     8th,  Eliza. 

1282.  Eleanor,  b."l820;  in.  John-Morrison  Faulkner ;  res.  Tenecape,  N.  S.  ; 

shoemaker.  Eleven  children :  1st,  Mary-J. ;  d.  consumption. 
2d,  Daniel;  carpenter;  m.  Barbara  McNeil,  of  Masstown;  six 
children.  3d,  Charles-E. ;  d.  when  8  yrs.  of  age.  4th,  Robert; 
carpenter;  m.  Miss  Hills,  of  Noell,  N.  S.  5th,  Isaac;  farmer; 
m.  Alice  Hill,  of  Tenecape,  N.  S.  6th,  Zenith ;  single.  7th, 
Baxter;  single.  8th,  John-E.  ;  single.  9th,  Anderson  ;  single. 
10th,  Margaret;  m.  James  Derumple;  farmer;  res.  Tenecape, 
N.  S.     nth,  Martha-Ellen;  single. 

1283.  Margaret,    b.  April    12,   1822;    ni.  David    Marsh.     Five   children: 

ist,  Silas  ;  d.  young.  2d,  George-R. ;  sailor.  3d,  Charles-W. ; 
m.  Elizabeth  Gardner;  one  child,  Willie-C.  4th,  Spencer; 
single;  mason.  5th,  Harriet;  m.  Creelman  Marsh;  removed 
to  California. 

1284.  Jotham,  b.  March  12,  1824;  ship-owner  and  farmer;  res.  Economy, 

N.  S.  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Cocliran,  of  Windsor,  N.  S.  Eleven  chil- 
dren :  1st,  Adelaide-P.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1856;  d.  1859.  2d,  Joseph- 
Engram,  b.  Aug.  24,  185-.  3d,  Harriet-J.,  b.  Sept.  5,  18C0. 
4tir,  Daniel-Montson,  b.  June  10.  1862.  5th,  James-G.,  b.  Jan. 
15,  1864.  6th,  Margaret-E.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1866.  7th,  Thomas- 
Anderson,  b.  Feb.  17,  1868.  8th,  Edward-A.,  b.  March  6,  1870. 
9th,  Lnther-0.,  b.  April  28,  1872.  10th,  Sarah-G.,  b.  March  29, 
1S74.     nth,  Robie-K.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1877. 

1285.  Daniel,  b.  1826 ;  d.  1840,  aged  14  yrs. 

1286.  Thomas,  b.   1828;  m.  B.-Jaue  McNeill,  of  Masstown,  N.  S. ;  was 

a  sailor,  and  was  lost  at  sea,  in  1868.  Five  children  :  1st,  Cyrus  ; 
m.  ;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  2d,  James.  3d,  Jotham.  4th,  Devrice. 
5th,  Mary-Llbey. 

1287.  Lavina,  b.  1830;  m.  Joseph  McNeill;  res.  Masstown,  N.  S.     Four 

childi-en  :  1st,  Daniel;  blacksmith.  2d,  Mary-Agnes  ;  m.  Henry 
Culgin ;  res.  Economy,  N.  S.  ;  one  sou,  George-Robert.  3d, 
Barbara-Ellen;  single.     4th,  James-Robert ;  single. 

1288.  Daniel-Anderson,    b.    1838;    m.    Maria   Fletcher;    res.    California. 

Three  children  :  1st,  Fletcher.  2d,  Geo. -Anderson.  3d,  Letitia. 

1289.  Robert  Faulkner^  [876]  (Eleanor^  (Faulkner),  John 
Morison^,  John-^,  Jolin^);  settled  iu  Economy,  iST.  S.;  married,  1st, 
Miss  Berry;  she  died,  leaving  one  child  ;  he  married,  2d,  his  cousin 
Olive  Faulkner.  He  sold  his  property  in  Economy,  and  removed 
to  Rhode  Island,  and  died  there. 

CHILDREN. 

1290.  Emily. 

1291.  Louisa,  b.  May  28,  1826 ;  d.  Sept.  lf-'60. 

1292.  Priscilla,  b.  1830;  m.  Boston,  Mass.;'  d.  1873. 

1293.  /James,  b.  July  20,  1832. 

1294.  (Joseph,  b.  July  20,  1832. 

1295.  William,  b.  1834;  res.  JMass. ;  was  in  the  Union  army,  and  died  in 

lios[)ital  of  a  fever. 

1296.  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  1836  ;  m.  Geo.  Lawrence,  farmer ;  res.  Newport,  R.  I. 

1297.  Margaret,  m.  Barber;  res.  Mass. 

1298.  William-C.'^  [879]  (Daniel^  John^  John',  John^)  ;  res. 
Londonderry,  N.  S.  He  settled  on  a  j»art  of  the  land  his  father 
drew  from  tlie  crown.  He  was  a  spar-maker  and  farmer  ;  mar- 
ried, Jan.  1821,  Martha  Davidson,  of  Portipique,  IST.  S.;  died  Nov. 
1,  1869,  aged  77  yrs.  9  mos.     She  died  June  10,  1872,  aged  70  yrs. 


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CHILDREN. 


1299.  Margaret,  b.  Oct.  23,  1821 ;  m.  Abner  Fulton,  of  Ecouomy,  N.  S., 

Oct.  10,  1843;  farmer.  Eight  children:  1st,  Clara,  b.  Aug.  25, 
1844;  m.  James-M.  Moore;  two  children;  she  d.  Nov.  24,  1872. 
2d,  Julia-A.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1846.  3d,  John-G.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1848. 
4th,  Sonicrville,  b.  Oct.  31,  1851.  5th,  Abby-J.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1853. 
6th,  Murat,  b.  June  22,  1857;  d.  Nov.  4,  1859.  7th,  Pryor,  b. 
Dec.   10,  1859.     8th,  Laura-E.,  b.  June  1,  1862. 

1300.  Matilda,  b.  Jan.  7,   1823;  m.  1842,  Joseph  Cook;  rem.  Portipique, 

N.  S. ;  d. 

1301.  Rev.  James,  b.  May  18,  1825;  ra.  Sept.  28,  1858,  Mary-C.  Rogers, 

of  N.  B.  ;  Baptist  minister ;  res.  Central  Onslow,  N.  S.  One 
child,  Silas-Clark,  b.  July  28,  1859. 

1302.  John,  b.  March  3,  1827;  removed  to  California  in  1853. 

1303.  David,  b.  Nov.  1828;  m.  Margaret-J.  Brinnick,  April  1,  1852;  res. 

Londonderry,  N.  S. ;  farmer.  Eight  children:  1st,  Peter-L., 
b.  April  7,  1853;  d.  Aug.  13,  1858.  2d,  Wilbert-D.,  b.  Jan.  7, 
1855;  d.  Aug.  11,  1858.  3d,  Arthur-C,  b.  Jan.  20,  1857.  4th, 
Martiia-E.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1861.  5th,  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  9,  1863.  6th, 
Daniel-H.,  b.  April  22,  1865.  7th,  John-W.,  b.  April  25,  1867. 
8th,  Jane-F.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1870. 

1304.  Rachel,  b.  Aug.  183-;  m.  John  Hegan,  Sept.  10,  1865;  res.  Boston, 

Mass.  Two  children:  1st,  William-J.,  b.  June  11,  1866.  2d, 
Martha-Louise,  b.  Dec.  28,  1867;  d.  Sept.  17,  1876. 

1305.  William,  b.  1832;  a  seafaring  man ;  d.  of  yellow  fever  when  mate  of 

barque  in  Cienfuegos,  iu  1857. 

1306.  Samuel-G.-A.,  b.   1836;  m.  Holmes,  1870;  res.  Londonderry, 

on  the  homestead;  a  justice  of  the  peace;  lives  by  farming, 
mining,  and  laud-surveying. 

1307.  Margaret^  (Davidson)  [881]  (Daniel  Morison*,  John^ 
John'-,  .Tolin^) ;  married  Thomas  Davidson,  of  Portipique,  N.  S., 
in  1821,  where  they  now  reside.  She  is  an  intelligent,  active 
lady,  in  her  84th  year.     Her  husband  is  a  hale,  hearty  old  man. 

CHILDUEX. 

1308.  Rachel,  b.  March  15,  1823;  d.  July  9.  1823. 

1309.  Wellington,  b.  June  1,   1824;  seamau ;  m.  Frances-S.  Thompson, 

Jan.  20,  1856;  he  d.  in  Island  St.  Thomas,  June  22,  1857.  Left 
one  son,  Weliington,  b.  Dec.  15.  1850. 

1310.  Armanella,  b.  July  6,  1826;  m.   George  Hill,  March  20,  1861;  rem. 

Onslow,  N.  S.,  where  she  d.  July  1,  1863.     Left  one  daughter, 
Margaret-M.,  res.  Portipique,  N.  S. 
1811.     John-A.,  b.  May  28,  1828;  d.  Sept.  4,  1867,  aged  39  yrs. 

1312.  David-A.,  b    ISlarch  6,   1830;  m.  Isabella,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 

Hannah-Morrison  Maiion,  Dec.  27,  1855;  was  collector  of  cus- 
toms for  the  port  of  Londouderrj^,  N.  S.,  from  1863  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  Nov.  1,  1873.  He  was  a  prompt,  fine  man,  respected 
by  all  and  admired  bv  many.  Six  children:  1st,  Clara,  b.  Nov. 
7,  1856;  d.  Oct.  25,  1878.  2d,  Margaret-Ann.  b.  Jan.  7, 
1859;  d.  Dec.  1875.  9d,  Hannah,  b.  March  17,  1861.  4th, 
Emma-Louise,  b.  June  13,  1863.  5th,  Joscph-A.,  b.  Nov.  26, 
1866.     6th,  Thomas,  b.  March  15,  1869;  d.  Sept.  25,  1875. 

1313.  Lavinia,  b.   Dec.   19,   1831;    m.   Robert   Davidson,  of   Portipique, 

N.  S.,  March  20,  1855;  d.  June  21,  1872,  aged  40  yrs.  Nine 
children:  1st,  Gordon,  b.  March  28,  1856;  d.  Halifax,  Oct.  10, 
1877.  2d,  Agues,  b.  Auir.  27,  1857;  d.  Dec.  7,  1871.  3d,  Ful- 
ton-J.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1859.  4th,  Thomas-W.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1861. 
5th,  Alice,  b.  Dec.  6,  1863.  6th,  David-A.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1866.  7th, 
Russell,  b.  Aug.  21,  1868.     8th,  Sarauel-E.,  b.  May  27,  1871  ;  d. 


178  CHARTER   JOHN-^;    JOHNS;    DANIEL*.  [1314 

June  1,  1872;  m.,  2d,  Augusta  Elderkin,  of  Horton,  Kings  Co., 
N.  S.,  who  wash.  March  15,  1831 ;  in.  Sept.  IG,  1873;  one  child. 
9th,  Lavinia,  b.  Dec.  G,  1874. 

1314.  Daniel-Smith,  b.  Dec.  24,  1833;  m.  Dec.  21,  1858,  Eliza  Fulton,  of 

Bass  River,  b.  April  15,  1836;  lived  in  California  several  years; 
house-ioiuer  and  farmer;  res.  Londonderrj',  N.  S.  Five  chil- 
dren :"lst,  Austin-G.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1859.  2d,  Ella,  b.  Feb.  14, 
1864.  3d,  Annie-L.,  b.  Jan.  10,  186G.  4th,  Charles-W.,  b.  Nov. 
5,  1869.     5th,  Julia-E.,  b.  July  20,  1871.  ' 

1315.  J_>evi,  b.  Jan.  4,   1836;   lives  on  the  homestead  in   Londonderry; 

farmer;  has  some  interest  in  vessels  and  a  furniture-factory;  a 
justice  of  the  peace;  m.  Margaret  Hill,  of  Highland  Village, 
Jan.  5,  1864.  Six  children:  1st,  Sarah-Jane,  b.  Nov.  10,  1864, 
2d,  Thomas-Luther,  b.  Sept.  4,  1866.  3d,  Maria-L.,  b.  Feb.  21, 
1869.  4th,  Lavinia-E.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1872.  5th,  Jaraes-H.,  b.  April 
9,  1875.     6th,  Robert-G.,  b.  April  11,  1877. 

1316.  Priscilla,  b.  July  12,   1844;    m.   Alexander  Hamilton;    res.   Porti- 

pique,  N.  S.,  where  she  d.  May  18,  1875,  aged  39  yrs.  Six  chil- 
dren :  1st,  Margaret-E.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1867.  2d,  Warren-H..  b. 
May  24,  18G8.  3d,  Mary-Eva,  b.  Sept.  3,  1869.  4th,  Isaac-M., 
b.  Jan.  3,  1871.  5th,  Clara-M.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1873.  6th,  Alexan- 
der-H.,  b.  July  18,  1874. 

1317.  Alexander-Dick^  [884]  (DanieP,  J«hn^  John^  Johni); 
his  natural  powers  were  large  ;  was  a  good  public  speaker,  and 
never  failed  to  detect  the  weak  point  in  an  ojiponent's  argument; 
was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  town  and  county,  and  in  affairs  of 
the  church  ;  was  collector  of  customs  and  measurer  of  shipping 
for  the  port  of  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  for  many  years,  and  a  justice 
of  the  peace.  He  led  the  choir  in  church  for  thirty  years ;  lived 
in  Londonderry,  N.  S.;  married  Margaret  McXutt,  in  1829;  she 
died  April  S,  1847,  aged  40  yrs.  They  had  nine  children.  He 
married,  '2d,  Mrs.  Sarah  Vance.     He  died  Feb.  26,  1863. 

CHILDRKN. 

1318.  Augusta  (1772),  b.  July  30,  1830. 

1319.  Arabella  (1777),  b.  Nov.  24,  1831. 

1320.  George-A.  (1788),  b.  Oct.  8,  1833. 

1321.  Mary-P.,  b.  Mav  15,  1835;  d.  Dec.  15,  1835. 

1322.  Martha-W.  (1791),  b.  Feb.  6,  1837. 

1323.  Pamelia,  b.  Jan.  10,  1839;  d.  Nov.  1849. 

1324.  Clara-B.,  b.  May  6,  1842;  d.  March,  1844. 

1325.  Joseph-Howe  (1800),  b.  May  5,  184). 

1326.  Daniel-Smith^  [887]  (Daniel-*,  John«,  John-,  John^) ; 
born  May  20,  1814  ;  he  received  a  common  school  education,  and 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  was  sent  to  Pictou  Academy,  IST.  S., 
taught  by  Prof.  McCulloch,  d.  d.  He  was  a  brilliant  scholar. 
He  completed  his  education,  and  entered  the  ministry,  but  soon 
differed  with  the  presbytery  of  which  he  was  a  member.  He  re- 
linquished his  profession,  and  again  became  a  teacher,  having 
charge  of  an  academy  for  several  years  at  St.  Andrews,  N.  B. 
While  there  he  married  a  Mrs.  Baxter,  who  lived  but  a  few  years. 
Then  he  went  to  London  to  collect  a  fortune  belonging  to  his 
wife's  relatives,  and  Avas  partially  successful.  Was  often  in  par- 
liament and  in  the  house  of  lords  listening  to  the  debates.     On 


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his  return  lie  rem.  to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  studied  law,  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  and  became  eminent.  He  possessed  too  much  con- 
science for  that  profession,  and  left  it  in  disgust ;  rem.  to  St. 
Louis,  and  became  a  teacher.  He  soon  received  a  position  as  sub- 
editor of  a  ])aper.  He  tired  of  that  and  again  went  to  teaching,, 
first  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  when  his  health  failed,  and  he  rem.  to 
Texas,  where  he  spent  two  years.  The  climate  did  not  suit  him, 
and  he  went  to  the  warm  climate  of  the  island  of  Jamaica,  and 
became  a  teacher.  Said  one  in  speaking  of  him,  "  He  was  well 
educated,  a  philosopher  of  no  mean  order,  quick  to  take  learning, 
and  had  a  very  retentive  memory  to  hold  it.  Shrewd  and  watty 
from  the  cradle,  he  became  dignified  under  the  refining  influence 
of  a  classical  education,  and  could  not  sit  patiently  and  hear  any 
one  talk  nonsense.  He  was  a  splendid  orator.  He  was  admitted 
by  his  friends  to  be  the  sharpest  and  most  clever  man  in  the  con- 
nection in  Xova  Scotia."  Is  now  principal  of  Church  of  England 
High  School,  Kingston,  Jamaica,  W.  I. ;  m.  in  St.  Louis.     One 

CHILD. 

1327.     Ada. 

1328.  John^  [890]  (Jonathans  JohnS  John',  John^) ;  res.  Five 
Islands;  shipwright  and  farmer;  built  and  owned  vessels;  married 
Miss  Corbett,  1821.     He  died  in  Five  Islands,  1867,  aged  72  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1329.  Daniel,  b.   Aug.  1,  1821;  farmer;  res.  Glouoise,  N.  S. ;  m.  Martha 

Taylor.  Six  children  :  1st,  Zeruiah.  2d,  John.  3d,  Giles.  4th, 
Joseph.     5th,  Luciuda.     Gth,  Priscilla. 

1330.  Martha,  b.  Feb.   13,   1823;  m.   Nathan  Clark,  ship-carpenter:  7-es. 

Five  Islands.  Seven  children:  1st,  Joseph-F.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1854. 
2d,  Mary-J.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1856.  3d,  Levi,  b.  Feb.  3,  1860.  4th, 
Margaret,  b.  April  26,  1861;  m.  Nelson  Surges;  res.  Trui'o,  X. 
S.  5th,  Olivia,  b.  Aug.  15,  1863.  6th,  Eleanor,  b.  Oct.  13,  1864. 
7th,  Emily,  b.  Oct.  9,"l866. 

1331.  Euby-Jane,  b.  Nov.  4,  1825 ;  ra.  John  McMickeu  ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

Six  children:  1st,  Janet,  b.  Jan.  18,  1857;  m.^  George  Cook;  res. 
Boston,  Mass.  2d,  Joseph,  b.  June  18,  18*59 ;  res.  Michigan. 
3d,  Jane,  b.  1861.  4th,  Margaret.  5th,  Susannah.  6th,  Mary- 
Louisa. 

1332.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  4,  1827;  ra.  George  Robertson,  carpenter;  res. 

N.  Y.  ;  she  d.  1855. 

1333.  David-Faulkner,  b.  March  12,  1829;  sea-captain;  res.  Five  Islands; 

m.  Elizabeth  Corbett.  Four  children:  1st,  Joanna,  b.  April  14, 
1865.  2d,  Elias,  b.  Jan.  31,  1871.  3d,  Laura-B.,  b.  Julv  19, 
1876.     4th,  David-F.,  b.  April  15,  1878. 

1334.  Andrew,  b.  July  27,  1831;  m.  Elizabeth  Nickles ;  fiirmer;  res.  Five 

Islands. 

1335.  Elisha-R.,   b.  Jan.   23,    1833;  carpenter;    res.   Boston,   Mass.;    m. 

Margaret  McMican. 

1336.  Margaret,  b.  May  4,  1835;  m.  Thompson  Bird;  captain  of  a  vessel. 

Two  children:  1st,  Martha-E.,  b.  June,  1858.  2d,  Margaret-J., 
b.  Dec.  5,  1860;  m. Ilobie;  res.  Boston. 

1337.  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  2,  1837;  captain  of  a  vessel;  d.  Port  au  Prince, 

San  Domingo,  May  12,  1867. 

1338.  John,  b.  Jan.  7,  1841;  farmer;  m.   Sarah-A.  Marsh;  went  to  Cali- 

fornia; is  supposed  to  have  died  there.  Three  children:  1st, 
Rose.     2d,  Ella.     3d,  Harriet. 

1339.  Sarah,  b.  June  4,  1842;  lives  in  Boston,  Mass. 


180  CHARTER   ,T0HN2  ;   J0HN3  ;   JONATHAN*.  [1340 

1340.  Edward^  [891]  (Jollathan^  John^  Jolin^  Johni)  ;  occu- 
pied a  part  of  the  homestead  in  Five  Islands,  K.  S. ;  married 
Agnes  Corbett,  in  1827 ;  he  died  in  1877,  aged  80  years. 

CHILDREN. 

1341.  William,  b.  April  30,  1829;  ftvrmer;  res.  Five  Islands;  m.  Elizabeth 

Wasou.  El2:bt  children :  1st,  James-E.,  b.  Sept.  6,1864.  2d, 
William-A.,"b.  Dec.  24,  1865.  3d,  Joseph-H.,  b.  April  9,  1868. 
4th,  Maagaret,  b.  March  4,  1870.  5th,  Frederick-P.,  b.  July 
15,  1872.  6th,  Elizabeth-J.,  b.  July  16,  1874.  7th,  M.-Louisa, 
b.  Nov.  20,  1876.     8th,  Agnes,  b.  Nov.  18,  1878. 

1342.  Harriet,  b.  April  5,  1831 ;  res.  Five  Islands. 

1343.  Martha,  b.  July  26,  1833  ;  m.  John  Covven  ;  res.  Five  Islands.     Two 

children:  1st,  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  13,  1874.  2d,  Agnes-J.,  b.  Dec. 
21,  1876. 

1344.  Jonathan,  b.  July  20,  1834;  farmer;  res.  Five  Islands;  m.  Margaret 

Morrison.     One  son,  Thompson-Deusmore,  b.  May  29,  1875. 

1345.  Margaret,   b.   Feb.    14,    1836;    m.   Henry  Corbett,  carpenter;    res. 

Five  Islands.  Seven  children  :  1st,  B. -Smith,  b.  Feb.  19,  1860. 
2d,  Laura,  b.  Jan.  3,  1862.  3d,  Ross,  b.  Sept.  15,  1864.  4th, 
John-J.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1866.  5th,  Berdan,  b.  Jan.  16,  1868.  6th, 
Caroline,  b.  March  10,  1870.  7th,  Margaret- A.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1872; 
d.  Dec.  17,  1872. 

1346.  Louisa,  b.  Oct.  31,   1839;  m.  Thompson  Densmore ;    sea-captain; 

res.  Economy,  N    S. 

1347.  Sarah,    b.  May  26,   1841;    m.   Andrew  Fulmore;    ship-carpenter; 

res.  Five  Islands.  Si-v  children  :  1st,  Ina,  b.  June  5,  1862.  2d, 
Clarabell,  b.  Feb.  6,  1866.  3d,  Thomas-B.,  b.  June  2,  1868. 
4th,  Harvey,  b.  Nov.  20,  1869.  5th,  Georgiauna,  b.  July  15,  1876. 
6th,  Harriet- A.,  b.  July  15,  1878. 

1348.  Edward,  b.  March  8,  1843;  farmer;  res.  Five  Islands. 

1349.  Archibald,  b.  Oct.  1,  1845;  farmer;  res.  Five  Islands;  m.  Margaret- 

I.  Corbett. 

1350.  Agnes,  b.  June  14,  1847;  res.  Five  Islands. 

1351.  Isaac,  b.  May  31,  1854;  mariner. 

1352.  Hannah^  (Corbett)  [892]  (Jonathan  Morison^  JohnS 
John'-,  John');  married  Andrew  Corbett,  1820;  res.  Five  Islands; 
died  in  1854,  aged  55  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1353.  Lucy,  b.  July  18,  1821;  ra.  Richard  Wadman;  res.  Five  Islands; 

farmer.  Five  children:  1st,  Edward,  b.  May  14,  1847;  d. 
March  9,  1848.  2d,  Hannah-J.,  b.  May  14,  1849;  m.  Thomas 
Durant,  ship-carpenter;  res.  Five  Islands;  children:  1.  Chas.- 
R.,  b.  1873;  2.  Ellen-Maud,  b.  Aug.  27,  1875;  3.  William-F.,  b. 
Jan.  10,  1878.  3d,  Joshua,  b.  Jan.  6,  1852;  farmer;  res.  Econ- 
omy. 4th,  Priscilla,  b.  June  30,  1858.  5th,  Margaret-E.,  b. 
Dec.  23,  1860. 

1354.  Edward-Morrison,  b.  March  6,  1823;  sea-captain;  perished  on  Lake 

Michigan,  Oct.  5,  1869;  m.  Margaret  Egan.  Four  children:  1st, 
Martha-E.,  b.  March  20,  1853;  m.  Thomas-E.  Barry;  farmer; 
res.  Economy.  2d,  Lucy-J.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1855;  dressmaker;  res. 
Boston,  Mass.  3d,  Richard-N.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1859;  d.  1859. 
4th,  Priscilla,  b.  Oct.  10,  1859 ;  res.  Five  Islands. 

1355.  Jonathan-Morrison,  b.  Aug.  6,  1825;  farmer;  res.  Economy,  N.  S.  ; 

m.  Eleanor  .Miller.  Nine  children  :  1st,  James-W.,  b.  March  31, 
1851.  2d,  Margaret-J.,  b.  June  1,  1853.  3d  &  4th,  George-\L, 
Lettice,  b.  Dec\  12,  1856.  5th,  Susan,  b.  June  16,  1859.  Gth, 
Osvvell,  b.  June  16,  1861.  7th,  Edward,  b.  Oct.  25,  1863.  8th, 
Joseph-M.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1866.     9th,  Rosiua-E.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1869. 


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1356.  Isaac-Faulkiier,  b.  Aug.  20,   1827;   m.   Catherine  Eagau ;    farmer; 

res.  Five  Islands.  Five  children  :  1st,  Minerva,  b.  March  10, 
1857;  d.  Jan.  9.  1877.  2d,  Thomas-M.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1858.  3d, 
Lucy-E.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1861.  4th,  Albert-G,,  b.  July  5,  1863.  5th, 
Isaac-A.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1867. 

1357.  Joshua,  b.  March  7,  1829;  sea-captain:  m.  Mary  Miller;  res.  Econ- 

omy, N.  S. ;  he  left  N.  S.  in  the  Brig  Theresa,  Nov.  22,  1867, 
and  was  never  heard  from.  Foiir  children  :  1st,  William,  b. 
July  10,  1859;  farmer.  2d,  Mel'iuda,  b.  April  26,  1861.  3d, 
Mary-E.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1863.     4th,  Agues,  b.  April  29,  1866. 

1358.  Samuel,  b.  May  17,  1833;  was  mate  of  the  Brig  Theresa  when  she 

was  lost ;  he  m.  Hannali  Broderick ;  the  family  lives  in  Economy. 
Four  children  :  1st,  Leslev,  b.  May,  1858.  2d,  Israel,  b.  Nov. 
1862.     3d,  Horatio,  b.  1864.     4th,  Samuel-F.,  b.  1867. 

1359.  Priscilla,  b.  April  9,  1835;  m.  George  McBurnie,  sea-captain;  he 

was  lost  at  sea;  his  family  lives  in  Economy,  N.  S.  One  child, 
Edwin,  b.  Nov.  1858;  d.  July  31,  1863. 

1360.  James,  b.  Feb.  14,  1839;  sea-captain;  home  in  Economy,  N.  S. ;  he 

m.  Louisa  Corbett.  Three  children  :  1st,  Theodore.  2d,  Ellen, 
3d,  Aubrie. 

1361.  Jane^  (Hill)  [893]  (Jonathan  MorisonS  John^  Jolin^ 
John^) ;  married  Charles  Hill,  of  Economy,  in  1828  ;  died  in  1876, 
aged  76  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1362.  John,  b.  July  31,  1829;  farmer;  res.  Loudonderry;  m.  Euphemia 

Vance.  Three  children  :  1st,  Georgianna,  b.  May,  1861.  2d, 
Ida,  b.  1867.     3d,  Charles-B.,  b.  1872. 

1363.  Daniel,  b.  July  80,  1831;   farmer:    res.  Five  Islands;   m.  Esther 

Davidson.  Five  children  :  1st,  Leander,  b.  March  8,  1853;  far- 
mer; m.  Elizabeth  Barrett;  res.  California;  one  child,  George- 
F.,  b.  Aug.  1875.  2d,  Charles,  b.  Mav  13,  1858;  farmer;  res. 
Five  Islands.  3d,  William-D.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1860.  4th,  Albert- 
R.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1868.     5th,  James-McKay,  b.  Oct.  27,  1871. 

1364.  Rubey-Ann,  b.  Aug.  22,  1833:  m.  Alexander-B.  McNutt,  of  Truro, 

N.  S.,  merchant;  d.  Aug.  2,  1864.  Two  children:  1st,  Jane, 
b.  Feb.  2,  1853;  m.  David  Laird,  merchant;  res.  Edinburgh, 
Scotland.     2d,  Christiana,  b.  Aug.  19,  1862. 

1365.  Oliver-Blair,  b.  Dec.  22,  1835;  m.  Mary  McLellan ;    farmer;  res. 

Economy,  N.  S.  Four  children:  1st,  Theodore,  b.  Dec.  1861. 
2d,  H. -Louisa,  b.  Feb.  19,  1863.  3d,  Samuel-M.,  b.  April,  1867. 
4th,  John,  b.  Nov.  20,  1868. 

1366.  Albert,  b.  July  27,  1840;  farmer;  res.  Economy;  m.  Agnes  Vance. 

Six  children:  1st,  Esther-E.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1861.  2d,  Alexander- 
B.,  b.  June,  1866.  3d,  Alonzo-P.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1869.  4th,  Howard, 
b.  May,  1871.     5th,  Ida,  b.  Oct.  Ih73.     6th,  James-A.,  b.  1875. 

1367.  Martha,  b.  Aug.  1848 ;  m.  Rev.  Thomas  Downie,  Presbyterian  min- 

ister in  Jamaica,  W.  I.  Two  children:  1st,  Charles-Hill,  b. 
June,  1863.     2d,  French,  b.  Sept.  1865. 

1368.  DanieP  [894]  (Jonathans  John^  John^  John^) ;  inher- 
ited half  of  his  father's  property,  and  lived  and  died  on  the  home- 
stead in  Five  Islands,  N.  S.  He  possessed  sound  judgment,  a 
strong  memory,  and  was  an  influential  man.  Was  a  justice  of 
the  peace  for  many  years.  He  married  Mary  Fulmore  in  1832  ; 
died  in  1873,  aged  71  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1369.  Martha,;  m.  Cyrus  Broderick ;  res.  California. 

1370.  Mary-J. ;  res.  Five  Islands,  N.  S. 


182  CHARTER   JOHNi;    JOHNS;    JONATHAN*.  [1371 

1371.  Margaret;  res.  Five  Islands. 

1372.  Rebecca;  res.  Five  Islands. 

1373.  Ellen;  m.  Gilbert  Broderick ;  res.  Sandwich  Islands.     One  child. 

1374.  Thomas-Reed;    m.   Maria   Alporn;    farmer   and   sea-captain;    res. 

Five  Islands. 

1375.  Isaac-B. ;  farmer;  res.  Five  Islands;  m.  R.  Geddes.     Three  chil- 

dren :  1st,  Julia.     2d,  Mary.     3d,  Clara. 

1376.  Priscilla;  m.  J.-G.  Peppard,  miller  and  farmer ;  res.  Londonderry, 

N.  S.     Two  childr(^n  :  1st,  George.     2d,  Bland. 

1377.  George-B. ;    farmer;    res.    Five  Islands;   m.  Rosa  Corbett.     One 

child,  Harrie-A. 

1378.  Margaret^  (Dewis)  [895]  (Jonathan  Morison*,  John^ 
John-,  John^)  ;  married  Samuel  Dewis  in  1827  ;  she  died  1842, 
aged  39  yrs, 

CHILDREN. 

1379.  David,  b.  1828;  d.  1853;   farmer. 

1380.  Martha,  b.  Oct.  28,  1831;  m.  John-W.  Fulmore,  farmer;  res.  Five 

Islands.  Six  children :  1st,  Daniel,  b.  1851 ;  mariner.  2d, 
Mark,  b.  1855;  farmer;  res.  Five  Islands.  3d,  (ieorge,  b.  1858; 
farmer;  res.  Five  Islands.  4th,  Berthel,  b.  1862.  5th,  Lawsa, 
b.  1867.     6th,  Isaac,  b.  1871. 

1381.  Naomi,  b.  1833;  res.  Shubenacadie,  N.  S. 

1382.  George,  b.  1835;  farmer;  res.  Shubenacadie. 

1383.  Hannah,  b.  1837;  res.  Shubenacadie. 

1384.  Samuel,  b.  1839;  farmer;  res.  Shubenacadie;  m.  Ann  McLee.     Five 

children :  1st,  George-Spencer.  2d,  Luella.  3d,  Ann.  4th, 
Edwin-Morrison.     5th,  Margaret. 

1385.  Louisa,  b.  1841;  m.  James  Faulkner,  farmer;  res.  Burncoat,  N.  S. 

Two  children:  1st,  Martin-Smith,  b.  1875.     2d,  George-Dewis, 
b.  1877. 
138G.     Isaac,  b.  1843;  farmer;  res.  Shubenacadie,  N.  S.  ;  he  m.  Charlotte 
Andrews. 

1387.  SamueP  [896]  (Jonathan^  John^  John"^,  John^)  ;  lived 
in  Portipique,  N.  S. ;  sold,  and  rem.  to  Five  Islands,  where  he 
lived  the  rest  of  his  life ;  was  a  seafaring  man,  also  shipwright 
and  farmer.  He  died  in  Five  Islands  in  1868,  aged  63  yrs.  He 
married  Jane  Fulton,  of  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

CniLDUEN. 

1388.  William-F.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1835;  farmer;  res.  Five  Islands;  m.  Susan- 

nah McCabe.  Seven  children  :  1st,  Howell,  b.  May  24,  1864. 
2d,  Isaac-Smith,  b.  April  3,  1806.  3d,  Margaret-E.,  b.  July  13, 
1868.  4th,  George-N.,  b.  June  14,  1870.  5th,  Mary-J.,  b.  Aug. 
11,  1872.  0th,  Rebecca- A.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1875.  7th,  Benjamin- 
Franklin,  b.  Aug.   13,  1877. 

1389.  Isaac,  b.  July  13,  1838;  d.  March  16,  1858. 

1390.  Martha-A.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1840;  d.  1861. 

1391.  Adeline,  b.  Dec.  9,  1842;  m.   Wra.  Randall,  ship-carpenter;   res. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Two  children  :  1st,  Edward.     2d,  Maria. 

1392.  Maria-C,  b.  Aug.  15,  1845;  ra.  Charles  Perry,  carpenter;  res.  in 

California. 

1393.  Sarah-J.,  b.  April  22,   1848;  m.  Robert  Corbett,  sea-captain;  res. 

Five  Islands.  Three  children  :  1st,  Ida-M.  2d,  Sarah-B.  3d, 
Louisa-M. 

1394.  David'^  [897]  (Jonathan*,  John^,  John'-,  John^)  ;  married 
Mary  Cameron,  in  1842  ;  she  died  in  1850  ;  ship-carpenter,  farmer, 
and  trader ;  res.  Five  Islands. 


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CHILDREN. 

1395.  Thomas,  b.  Aui?.  1845;   mariner;  res.  Five  Islands;  m.  Angeliue 

Alvord.  Three  children:  1st,  Margaret.  2d,  Thomas-li.  3d, 
Ida-May. 

1396.  Margaret;  m.  Jonathan  Morrison;  res.  Five  Islands.     One  child, 

Thompson. 

1397.  Hannah^  (Mahon)  [900]  (Joseph  A.  Morisoll^  Jolui^ 
John'-,  John^)  ;  married  Joseph  Mahon,  of  Great  Village,  London- 
derry, N.  S.,  in  1827;  she  died  Sept.  11,  1875,  aged  72  yrs.  He 
died  Aug.  13,  1855,  aged  51  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1398.  Isabella,  b.  May  24,  1828  (see  No.  1312). 

1899.  David,  b.  Aug.  8,  1830;  d.  Oct.  25,  1836. 

1400.  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  4,  1834;  d.  Oct.  21,  1836. 

1401.  Priscilla,  b.  April  12,  1M37 ;  d.  May  7,  1854. 

1402.  Mary-Ann,  b.  Aug.  21,  1839;  d.  Sept.  13,  1872. 

1403.  Logan,  b.   April,   1841:  farmer;  res.  Great  Village,  Londonderry, 

N.  S.  ;  m.  Lucretia  Fulton,  of  Bass  Kiver,  March,  1866;  she  d. 
April  8,  1868;  ni.,  2d,  Sarah-Jane  Faulkner,  of  Onslow.  One 
sou,  Joseph-Dimock,  b.  Nov.  20,  1867. 

1404.  Sarah- Jane;  m.  Joseph-H.  Morrison. 

1405.  John^  [901]  (Joseph-A.^  John^,  John-,  John^)  ;  married 
Margaret  Martin,  of  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  in  1834;  she  died  1868, 
aged  68  yrs.  He  sold  his  interest  in  his  father's  farm,  in  London- 
derry, N.  S.,  to  his  brother  Samuel,  and  purchased  another  farm, 
near  Folly  Village  in  the  same  town,  which  he  much  improved  by 
his  labors  of  twenty-six  years.  He  sold  this  farm,  purchased  a 
farm  on  the  Noell  Shore,  County  of  Hants,  where  he  now  res. 

CHILDREN. 

1406.  Daniel,  b.  Dec.  1837;  farmer;  lives  near  Noell,  Hants  Co.,  N.  S. 

1407.  Agatha,  b.  March,  1831;  lives  near  Noell. 

1408.  Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  4,  1843;  blacksmith;  res.  Folly  Village,  London- 

derry, N.  S. ;"  m.  Mary-A.  Fletcher,  of  Debert  River,  N.  S.,  Jan. 
16,  1872.  Four  cliildVen  :  1st,  Eva,  b.  March,  1873;  d.  young. 
2d,  Georgia-Etta,  b.  June  25,  1874.  3d,  Maggie-E.,  b.  Dec.  29, 
1875.     4th,  Homer-Crosby,  b.  Sept.  17,  1877. 

1409.  Rebecca,  b.  March  26,  1848;  m.  George-A.  Thompson,  of  Five  Mile 

River,  Hants  Co.  ;  farmer.     One  child,  Mary-E.,  b.  Oct.  1878. 

1410.  Martin,  b.  March  22,  1849;    farmer;  res.  Noell,  Hants  Co.;  he  m. 

Letitia  McColloch,  of  Noell,  Nov.  20,  1877. 

1411.  SamueP  [902]  (Joseph-A.-*,  John'^,  John'^,  John^) ;  occu- 
pied the  homestead  in  Londonderiy,  N.  S.;  sold  his  farm  in  1875, 
and  moved  to  Folly  Village,  Londonderry,  where  he  died  March 
19,  1877,  aged  70  yrs.  He  married  Eliza  Hamilton,  of  Onslow, 
N.  S.,  in  1839. 

CHILDREN. 

1412.  Heury-G.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1840;  farmer;  Little  Dyke,  N.  S. ;  now  res. 

Truro;  m.  Ellen  O'Brien,  of  Noell,  Hants  Co.,  N.  S.,  J:in.  24, 
1873.  Two  children:  1st,  Etiwiii-Milton,  b.  Feb.  15,  1874.  2d, 
Harry-Livingston,  b.  March  12,  1876. 

1413.  Isabel-A..  b.   Sept.  25,  1843;    m.   D.-T.  Layton,  of  Folly  Village, 

Sept.  16,  1867 ;  blacksmith ;  now  postmaster.     Eight  children  : 
13 


184  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;   J0HN3  ;    JOSEPH-A^.  [1414 

1st,  Frederick-C,  b.  June  27,  1868;  d.  July  5.  1868.  2d,  George- 
Stanley,  b.  July  26,  1S69.  3d,  Eda-Eliza,  b.  Dec.  12.  1870.  4th, 
Mary-F.,  b.  April  3,  1873.  5th,  Winburn-Laurie,  b.  Jan.  1,  1875. 
6th,  Anuie-Mabel,  b.  Nov.  9,  1876.  7th,  Henry-Ashleigh,  b. 
Oct.  29,  1877.     8th,  Lelia-L.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1878. 

1414.  Thomas-F.5  [903]  (Joseph-A.S  John^  John^  Johni). 
Hon.  Thomas-F.  Morrison  was  born  in  Londonderry,  X.  S.  His 
early  life  was  s]ient  on  his  father's  farm,  and  his  spare  time  was 
employed  in  making  bricks.  He  loved  the  water,  and  for  seven 
successive  seasons,  in  the  spring  of  the  year,  he  followed  cod- 
fishing  in  boats  in  the  Basin  of  Mines  and  along  the  Parrsboro' 
shore.  In  1829  he  engaged  in  mackerel-fishing  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Bay  of  Fundy.  In  1830  he  went  to  sea,  and  being  a  good 
navigator,  soon  became  master  of  a  vessel,  and  spent  his  summers 
on  the  water  for  many  years,  till  he  was  married,  Avhen  he  bought 
a  small  property  in  Londonderry,  N.  S.  At  this  time  he  was 
chosen  as  arbitrator  on  disputed  questions. 

In  1846  he  and  a  cousin  built  a  schooner,  which  he  sailed 
for  ten  years,  trading  between  ISTova  Scotia,  IS'ew  Brunswick,  and 
ports  of  the  United  States.  While  in  parliament  in  1859,  this 
vessel  was  lost  in  the  ice  through  the  carelessness  of  a  subaltern. 
There  was  no  insurance  on  her,  and  the  loss  was  a  heavy  blow  to 
him.  P^'rom  1836  to  1860,  he  was  often  engaged  in  rigging  new 
vessels.  He  was  very  minute  and  exact  in  his  calculations,  seldom 
making  mistakes.  He  never  required  figures  before  him  for  ordi- 
nary business  transactions,  as  calculations  were  carried  on  accu- 
rately and  quickly  in  his  mind.  He  is  a  massive  man,  intellectu- 
ally and  physically.  He  possesses  astuteness  of  mind,  keenness 
of  perception,  a  strong  musical  voice,  and  is  an  orator  of  no  mean 
order.  His  poAvers  of  imitation  are  great,  and  in  his  boyhood  it 
is  said  that  he  could  imitate  the  voice  of  man,  beast,  or  bird  so  as 
to  deceive  the  keenest  listener.  From  1850  to  1855  he  was  prom- 
inent in  management  of  affairs  of  the  church  and  the  town.  In 
1855  he  was  elected  member  of  the  parliament  of  Nova  Scotia 
from  the  north  district  of  Colchester  County.  In  1859  he  was 
again  elected.  In  1863  he  was  appointed  immigration  agent  for 
Nova  Scotia,  also  surveyor  of  ship]nng  for  the  port  of  London- 
derry. The  latter  position  he  still  holds.  His  friends  losing  con- 
trol of  the  Government,  he  was  dismissed  as  immigration  agent. 
He  was  again  elected  to  parliament  in  1867  and  in  1871.  In  1873, 
both  parties  desired  him  to  be  a  candidate  for  the  Dominion  par- 
liament. He  refused,  being  decidedly  opposed  to  the  financial 
arrangement  made  for  Nova  Scotia,  when  she  was  forced  into  the 
Dominion  against  the  wishes  of  her  people.  In  1874,  he  was 
again  a  candidate  for  parliament,  but  was  defeated.  In  1876  he 
Avas  appointed  to  the  legislative  council,  which  seat  he  holds  dur- 
ing life  or  good  behavior.  He  was  fifteen  years  in  parliament. 
He  introduced  and  carried  through  the  bill  for  voting  by  ballot. 
In  1864  he  was  one  of  seven  who  revised  the  provincial  statutes. 
When  in  parliament,  he  took  an  active  part  in  all  important  busi- 


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ness,  mingling  freely  in  the  debates.  He  would  never  attack  a 
fellow-member,  but  when  attacked,  he  was  very  aggressive,  not 
caring  who  his  opponent  was,  and  often  crossed  swords  with  the 
ablest  men  in  the  province.  Sarcasm  and  wit  were  powerful 
weapons  with  him,  and  he  often  made  the  house  and  galleries  ring 
with  laughter  at  the  expense  of  an  opponent.  He  is  quick  to 
detect  an  error  in  a  bill.  His  knowledge  of  common  law,  and 
correct  interpretation  of  statute  law,  make  him  a  formidable 
antagonist  of  legal  minds  in  the  house,  and  enable  him  to  carry 
a  measure  against  tlie  opposition  of  able  lawyers.  He  was  again 
appointed  immigration  agent  in  1868,  and  resigned  in  1870.  In 
1873  he  was  appointed  delegate  to  the  Dominion  government  at 
Ottawa,  in  company  with  the  provincial  secretary  and  premier, 
who  was  also  treasurer  of  Nova  Scotia.  In  the  winter  of  1879 
he  introduced  and  carried  through  the  legislative  council  of  Nova 
Scotia,  in  spite  of  strong  opposition,  a  bill  reducing  the  pay  of 
officers  of  the  government,  and  curtailing  the  expenses  of  the 
province. 

He  married  Hannah  Faulkner,  in  1838 ;  she  died  June  19,  1842. 
He  married,  2d,  Margaret-B.  Fletcher,  in  1844  ;  res.  Londonderry, 
N.  S. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   LOXDONDERRY,    N.    S. 

1415.  Melissa-.Jane,  b.  Feb.  25.  1839;  lives  in  Boston,  Mass. 

1416.  James-B.-H.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1845;  d.  Nov.  18,  186(5. 

1417.  Elizabeth-Ann.  b.  Auj?.  27,  1847;  d.  Jan.  28,  1871. 

1418.  Josepli-F.,  b.  May  6,  1850;  d.  Dec.  29,  1868. 

1419.  Samuel-F.,  b.  June  14,  1852;  trader  in  Foil}'  Village,  Londonderry. 

1420.  Alfred-G.,  b.  May  31,  1854;  studying  law  in  Halifax,  N.  S. 

1421.  Florence,  b.  July  2,  1857;  lives  at  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

1422.  Thoinas-W.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1859;  lives  at  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

1423.  Jane^  (Stamjier)  [904]  (Joseph  A.^  John^  John-,  Johni). 
She  married  Daniel  Stamper,  of  Economy,  in  1851.  She  died 
Dec.  18,  1858,  aged  44  years. 

CHILDREN. 

1424.  Isabella,  b.  June  22,  1852;  single. 

1425.  Eva-Eliza,  b.  Sept.  20,  1854;  sdngle. 

1426.  Mary-R.,  b.   Dec.   14,   1858;  ra.  April  15,   1879,   Angus  Mclver,  of 

Cumberland  Co.,  N.  S. 

1427.  IsabeP  (Stamper)  [905]  ( Joseph- A.^  John^,  John^ 
John^).  She  married  Daniel-R.  Stamper,  of  Portipique,  in  1839. 
She  died  in  1848,  aged  35  years.     He  lives  in  Halifax,  N.  S. 

CHILDREN. 

1428.  Robert-Henry,  b.  Aug.  12,  1840;  rem.  to  U.  S.,  and  volunteered  in 

U.  S.  army,  and  aided  in  crushing  the  rebellion;  was  wounded; 
drew  a  pension  from  the  U.  S.  Govt.  ;  d.  in  Conn,  in  1872. 

1429.  Ann-E.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1843;  lives  in  Halifax. 

1430.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  Sept.  19,  1846;  lives  in  P.  E.  I. 

1431.  Sarah^  (  McKenzie  )  [  907  ]  Joseph  A.^  John^,  JohnS 
John^) ;    married    Archibald   McKenzie,    of    Portipique,    N,    S., 


186     CHARTER  J0HN2  ;    JOHNS  ;    SAMUEL*  ;    MARIA^  (MOORE).   [1432 

Nov.  16,  1843 ;  she  died  Oct.  6,  1856.     He  now  lives  in  Tniro,  N. 
S.,  with  his  daughter. 

OHILDKEN,    BORN   AT    PORTIPIQUE. 

1432.  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  0,  1S44. 

1433.  Mary-Bell,  b.  Feb.  15,  1849;  m.  J.-W.  Black,  of  Halifixx;  res.  Truro, 

N.  S.     Three  cliikh'en  :  Lst,  James-Archibald,  b.  March  14,  1876. 

2d,  Frederick-William,  b.  April  11,  1877;  d.  Sept.  27,  1878.     3d, 

Harry,  b.  July  11,  1878. 
14,34.     James-A.,  b.  March  20,  1852;  lives  in  California. 
1435.     David,  b.  Oct.  5,  1856;  d.  Sept.  18,  18G2. 

1436.  Mavia^  (Moore)  [911]  (Samuel  Morison^  John'',  John", 
John^) ;  married  Henry  Moore,  and  removed  to  Economy,  N.  S. 
She  was  born  in  Londonderry,  jS".  S.     She  is  deceased. 

CHILDREN. 

1437.  Harriet,  b.  Feb.   19,  1835;  m.  Wm.  Marsh,  farmer;  res.  Economy. 

Nine  children:  1st,  Isabella,  b.  Dec.  27,  1855;  m.  S.-H.  Mc- 
Laughlin, farmer;  res.  Economy;  one  child,  Koderick-W.,  b. 
May  21,  1877.  2d,  Henry-F.,  b.  Au.n".  28,  1857;  m.  3d,  Sam- 
uel-C,  b.  Aug.  G,  18(il ;  farmer,  in  Economy.  4th,  Eva-J.,  b. 
May  9,  18G3.  5th,  Lydia-E.,  b.  April  24,  1865.  6th,  Lizzie-H., 
b.  Dec.  25,  1867.  7lh,  Susan-I.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1869.  8th,  Mary- 
D.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1871.     9th,  Harriet-M.,  b.  April  27,  1877. 

1438.  Martha-J.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1839;  m.  M.  Yual,  blacksmith;  res.  Economy, 

N.  S.  Three  children :  1st,  Ann-M.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1872.  2d, 
George-H.,  b.  April  4,  1874.     3d,  Frances,  b.  July  3,  1876. 

1439.  George- William,   b.    Sept.    16,   1849;   carpenter;    was  lost  at  sea, 

Nov.  30,  1871. 

1440.  Harriet'^  (Faulkner)  [912]  Samuel  Morison^  John\  John'^, 
John^) ;  married  Samuel  Faulkner;  res.  Economy.  Mr.  Faulk- 
ner died  Jan.  21,  1879,  aged  72  years. 

CHILDREN. 

1441.  Reuben,  b.  Jan.  11,  1838;  farmer;  res.  Economy. 

1442.  Frances-Eleanor,  b.  July  20,  184G;  m.  Samuel  Callaghan,  farmer; 

res.  Economy.  Two  children  :  1st,  Hattie-May,  b.  Sept.  28, 
1875.     2d,  Minnie-Flint,  b.  June  29,  1877. 

1443.  Mary5  ( Fennel)  [918]  (Martha*  (Williamson),  John 
Morison'',  John-,  John^)  ;  married  John  Fennel,  of  Antigonish, 
N.  S. ;  merchant ;  she  died. 

CHILDREN. 

1444.  John,  b.  1816;  res.  Antigonish,  N.  S.  ;  m.  1847.  Five  children: 
1st,  John,  b.  1848;  was  struck  by  lightning,  in  Chicago,  111., 
in  1868,  and  killed.  2d,  Catherine,  b.  1850.  3d,  Mary,  b.  1853. 
4th,  Thomas,  b.  1854.     5th,  llobert,  b.  1859. 

1445.  Louisa^  (Hill)  [927]  (Martha'*  (Faulkner),  John  Mori- 
son^,  John^  John^) ;  married  James  Hill,  of  Economy ;  died  in 
1875,  in  her  72d  year.     He  died  in  1853. 

CHILDREN. 

1446.  Charles-E.,  b.  1827;  f;irmer ;  re.s.  Economy ;  m.  Isabella  Hill.     One 

child.  Eliza,  b.  Feb.  14,  1853;  m.  llichard  Thomas,  farmer; 
res.  Economy. 

1447.  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  1,  1829;  carriage-maker;  res.  California. 


1462(/]  FIFTH    GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL    FAULKNER.  187 

1448.  William,  b.  March  5,  1831;  farmer;  res.  Economy;  m.  Margaret 

Murray;  shed.  Aug.  16,  1873.  Three  children  :  1st,  James-D. 
2d,  Walter-S.-ott.     3d,  Susauuah. 

1449.  Robert-J.,  b.  July  15,  1835;  res.  Brookfleld,  N.  Y. ;    m.  Mary-A. 

Johusou.  Four  children :  1st,  Tupper.  2d,  Maria-J.  3d, 
James.     4th,  Levi. 

1450.  Levi,  b.  Aug.  17,  1837;  former;  res.  Cal.  ;  m.  Harriet  Corbett ;  she 

d.  Aug.  1876.     Two  children  :  1st,  Floreuce.     2d,  Walter. 

1451.  Lucinda,  b.  Sept.  1,  1839;  ra.  A.  Lemont;  res.  California. 

1452.  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  27,  1846;  res.  California. 

1453.  Hannah- J.,  b.  March  15,  1850;  m.  Isaac  McDorman;  res.  London- 

derry, N.  S. 

1454.  Samuel  Faulkner^  [928]  (Margaret*  (Faulkner),  John 
Morison^  John"-,  John^) ;  (see  no.  1440).  One  says  of  him:  "He 
was  a  perfect  gentleman  in  his  every  movement.  The  sun  never 
shone  on  a  more  upright  and  honest  man."  He  made  a  new  farm 
in  the  back  settlements  of  Economy.  He  died  there,  Jan.  21, 
1877,  aged  72  years. 

1455.  Martha-A.s  (Hill)  [929]  (Margaret*  (Faulkner),  John 
Morison^,  John-,  John^) ;  married  Charles  Hill,  of  Economy,  in 
1829 ;  farmer  ;  died  June,  1879,  aged  70  yrs.     She  is  still  living. 

CHILDREN. 

1456.  James,  b.  May  2,   1830;  fiirmer;  lives  in  Economy;  ra.  Martha-J. 

Hunter.  Three  children:  1st,  Gordon,  b.  Dec.  1,  1858.  2d, 
Margaret,  b.  Oct.  4,  1865.     3d,  George-M.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1867. 

1457.  George,  b.  Oct.  11,   1832;    merchant;    res.   P.uTsboro',  N.  S.;   m. 

Sarah  McLellan.  Five  children:  1st,  Edgar,  b.  Oct.  11,  1857. 
2d,  Wellington,  b.  Jan.  1860.  3d,  Lucretia,  b.  March,  1863. 
4th  &  5th,  James,  Robert,  b.  Oct.  1875. 

1458.  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  15,   1836;  ni.  Robert  McLeod,  blacksmith;  res. 

Economy,  N.  S.  Six  children  :  1st,  Georgianua,  b.  Dec.  9,  1859. 
2d  &  3d,  Mary-S.,  Martha-H.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1863.  4th,  Williamson, 
b.  June  15,  1866.  5th,  Archibald,  b.  Oct.  1870.  6th,  Charles, 
b.  April  17,  1877. 

1459.  Almira,   b.  Aug.   29,  1838;    m.  William  McDorman,  farmer;    res. 

Londonderry,  N.  S.     One  child,  Laura-H.,  b.  Jan.  1868. 

1460.  Margaret,  b.  Nov.  10,  1844 ;  lives  in  Economy. 

1461.  John-Morrison  Faulkner^  [930]  (Margaret"  (Faulkner), 
John  Morison'',  John'^,  John^) ;  lived  in  Hants  Co.,  N.  S. ;  married 
Eleanor  Faulkner  (see  no.  1282). 

1462.  Jeremiah-Smith^  [936]  (EzekieP,  John^  John-,  John^) ; 
married  Susan  Mingo,  of  Pictou,  N.  S.  She  was  born  July  8, 
1817.  His  home  was  St.  Andrews,  N.  S,;  stevedore;  died  Jan. 
15,  1871 ;  she  died  Aug.  8,  1855. 

CHILDREN. 

1462a.  Charles,  b.  Dec.  27,  1836;  mariner;  lost  at  sea,  1856. 

14626.  William-P.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1838;  mariner;  was  mate  of  a  vessel  bound 
for  China   in  1862;  no  tidings  of  him  since  that  date. 

1462c.  Mary-J.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1840;  m.  Capt.  John  Coleman;  res.  Calais,  Me. 
Five  children  :  1st,  James,  b.  1865.  2d,  William,  b.  1867.  3d, 
Julia,  b.  1871.     4th,  Charles,  b.  1873.     5th,  George,  b.  1877. 

UG2d.  Catharine,  b.  Oct.  28,  1842;  m.  James  Quintou ;  res.  St.  Stephen's 
Ledge,  N.  B. ;  farmer.  Four  children  :  1st,  John,  b.  1869.  2d, 
Annibell,  b.  1871.     3d,  Mary-C,  b.  1873.     4th,  Jeremiah,  b.  1876. 


188  CHARTER  J0HN2;   J0HN3  ;   EZEKIEL^ ;   SAMUEL-S.^       [1462e 

1462e.  Isabella,  b.  Feb.  21,  1845;  m.  Capt.  Charles-H.  Millmau;  res.  St. 

Stephen's  Ledije.   N.   B.     Two  children :  1st,  Clifton,  b.   1877. 

2d,  Katie,  b.  1879. 
1462r.    John,  b.  Sept.  1,  1847;  d.  at  sea,  1869. 
m\2(j.  Jeremiah,  b.  April  22,  1850;  mariner. 
1462/i.  Elizabeth-Ann,  b.  Nov.  5,  1852;   m.  Henry  Wiggin,  a  stone-cutter ; 

res.   Soutii  Thomaston,  Me.     Three  children  :  1st,   William,  b. 

1873.     2d,  Henry,  b.  1875.     :3d,  Alvin,  b.  1878. 
1462J.    Martha,  b.  Feb.  2,  1855;  d.  Oct.  1,  18G5. 
1462J.    Susan,  b.  Jan.  6, 1858  ;  m.  Robert  Nason,  mechanic ;  res.  St.  Stephen's 

Ledge,  N.  B. 

1463.  John-Wallace^  [937]  (Ezekiel^  John^  John*,  Johni)  ; 
married  Sarah  McLellan,  Nov,  27,  1828 ;  seaman  in  early  life  ; 
lived  in  Cumberland  County,  N.  S.;  farmer, 

CHILDREN, 

1464.  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  6,  1830 ;  m.  Jemima-E.  Marsh,  April  10,  1855  ;  she  d. ; 

m.,  2d,  Mrs.  Berry,  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  where  they  res. ;  no  issue. 

1465.  Margaret,  b.  July  20,  1832;  m.   Sanuiel-P.  Feppard ;  he  d.  Nov.  6, 

1876;  they  res.  Londonderry,  N.  S.  Seven  children :  1st,  Her- 
bert. 2d,  Luella.  3d,  William-Wallace.  4th,  Mary-Alice.  5th, 
Sarah-J.     6th,  Naomi.     7th,  Charles-S.,  who  d.  in  infancy. 

1466.  Robert,  b.  Sept.  4,  1834;  m.  Achsah  Reid,  Oct.  30,  1855;  res.  Econ- 

omy, N.  S.  Eight  children:  1st,  Charles-A.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1856. 
2d,  Allison-C,  b.  April  10,  1858.  3d,  Sarah,  b.  March  15,  1860. 
4th,  Edwin-M.,  b.  April  3,  1862.  5th,  John-W.,  b.  June  9,  1864. 
6th,  Rufus-E.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1867.  7th,  Oliver-S.,  b.  April  23,  1869. 
8th,  Luella,  I).  Jan.  13.  1875. 

1467.  Charles,  b.  Dec.  3,  1836;  m.  Mary-Anna  Smith,  March,  1864;  res. 

Wallace,  N.  S.  Six  children:  1st,  Abner-S.  2d,  Eliza.  3d, 
Maggie-H.,  d.  inf.     4th,  Sarah.     5th,  Alvira-L.     6th,  Charles. 

1468.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  March  14,  1839 ;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

1469.  James-Albert,  b.  Oct.  19,  1850;  m.  Lottie  Young,  Sept.  1875;  res. 

P.  E.  I.  Two  children  :  1st,  Sarah,  b,  Nov.  18,  1876.  2d,  Johu- 
W.,  b.  June,  1878. 

1470,  Samuel-Steele^  [940]  (EzekieP,  John»,  John-',  John^) ; 
married  in  1834,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Simpson,  of 
Economy,  N,  S,  He  purchased  a  farm,  and  settled  in  Economy, 
Blacksmith,  seaman,  and  farmer ;  possesses  good  mechanical  abil- 
ity. Another  says  of  him  :  "He  is  a  man  of  great  memory,  sound 
judgment,  and  good  talking  talent ;  expresses  much  in  few 
words ;  is  honorable  in  his  dealings,  and  always  ready  to  give  a 
reason  for  the  faith  that  is  in  him,  on  morals,  politics,  or  religion," 

CHILDREN, 

1471.  James-Johnson,  b.  Nov.  11,  1834;    farmer;    ra.  Priscilla,   dau.   of 

Samuel-C.  Cochran,  of  Economy,  N,  S.  ;  res.  Economy.  Two 
children:  1st,  George-G.,  b.  June  21,  1862,  2d,  .Tosephine,  b. 
Jan.  16,  1866. 

1472.  William-Wallace  (1807),  b,  Aug.  20,  1836. 

1473.  Oliver-Omri  (1818),  b.  Nov.  2,  1838. 

1474.  Samuel-Smith,  b.  Aug.  5,  1840;  m.  Hannah-J.  McLellan.     He  was 

lost  at  sea,  Jan.  18,  1868 ;  his  widow  d.  Feb.  23,  1873, 

1475.  Charles-Crane,  b.  Sept.  23,  1841;  d.  Oct.  31,  1859, 

1476.  Hiram-Howe  (1823),  b.  Dec.  23,  1843. 

1476i,  Elizabeth-Jane,  b.  Nov,  10,  1845;  m.  Duncan  Robertson,  painter; 
lives  in  Boston,  Mass. ;  no  issue. 


1496]         FIFTH    GENERATION.  —  WILLIAM-M.    MORRISON.  189 

1477.  Martha-Ann,  b.  Dec.  19,  1850;  m.  Charles-P.  McLellan ;  res.  Econ- 

omy. ShedieclMay  4,  1874;  heel.  Aug.  5,  1869.  One  child,  Eus- 
tace, b.  July  3,  18G9. 

1478.  Floretta,  b.  Jan.  24,   18o4;  m.   William  Austen,  lumberman;  res. 

Economy.  Three  children  :  1st,  Martha- A.,  b.  March  11,  1874; 
d.  Feb.  12,  1875.  2d,  Edward-A.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1876.  3d,  Eliza- 
beth, b.  July  4,  1878. 

1479.  Williain-:M.^  [942]  (EzekieP,  John^  John^,  John^)  ;  mar- 
ried Letitia  J.  Shute  ;  teacher  in  early  life  ;  settled  in  Cumberland 
County,  N.  S.;  now  lives  in  Port  Phillips,  X.  S.  His  wife  died 
in  1878. 

CHILDREN. 

1480.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  March  14,  1841;    m.  James  Scott;  res.  Port- 

land, Me. 

1481.  Jacob,  b.  Oct.  14,  1842;  m.  Miss  Howe,  in  Dorchester  District, 

Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  now  lives. 

1482.  Nancy,  b.  June  23,  1846;  ra.  John  Pierce;  res.  Portland,  Me. 

1483.  Cyrus,  b.  1848. 

1484.  Timothy,  b.  1851;  m.  Miss  Porter. 

1485.  Robert-N.,  b.  1853;  m.  Miss  Porter. 

1486.  William-E.,  b.  1860. 

1487.  Joseph-Henry  Moore*^  [951]  (John  Moore*,  Elizabeth^ 
(Moore),  John  Morison-^,  John^) ;  he  was  born  in  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  25,  1800  ;  removed  to  Norwich,  N.  Y.  He  was  rich 
only  in  the  possession  of  youth,  health,  and  high  hojies,  at  the 
time  of  his  removal  West,  as  New  York  was  then  called.  He 
taught  school  for  a  time  ;  married  one  of  his  pupils,  Esther  Pellet, 
when  he  relinquished  teaching  and  went  to  farming.  He  was  a 
democrat  in  politics,  soon  became  active  in  political  affairs,  and 
filled  several  public  positions.  He  died  in  Feb.  1858,  aged  58  yrs. 
His  wife  survived  him  ten  years. 

CHILDREN. 

1488.  John,  b.  July  18,  1823;  hotel-keeper,  Morrisania,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Jane 

Cummings,  of  New  York  City.     Two  children  :  1st,  Esther-E. ; 
d.   in  infancy.     2d.   Sophia;    m.  Eli-N.   Wilcox;   merchant:  d. 
•     Aug.  5,  1856;  children:   1.  Frank;  2.  Henry;  3.  George,  d. 

1489.  Charles-Stuart,  b.  Nov.  30,  182'7;  res.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

1490.  Sarah,   b.   Sept.   23,    1829;  m.  B.  Frink,  merchant;   no  issue;  res. 

Norwich,  N.  Y. 

1491.  William,  b.  Oct.  1831 ;  d.  when  three  years  of  age. 

1492.  George,  b.  Aug.   1832;  merchant  in  Sherburne,"  N.  Y.  ;   m.  Annie 

Fowler,  of  Sherburne.  Three  children :  1st,  Ella.  2d,  Annie. 
3d,  John. 

1493.  Fannie,   b.   April  9,   1834;  music-teacher;  m.  Henry  Babcock:  no 

issue.     She  died  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  16,  1835." 

1494.  Esther,  b.  March,  1836;  m.  C.-K.  Frink,  ftirraer;  res.  Norwich,  N. 

Y.     Three  children  :    1st,  Joseph-Henry.     2d,  Charles-Richard. 
3d,  Christine. 
1494i.   William,  b.  1838 ;  d.  in  infiincy. 

1495.  Josephinc-H.,  b.  Nov.  25,    1844;  m.   Hon.  ,Tohn-F.    Hubbard;  res. 

Norwicii,  N.  Y.  Four  cliildren  :  1st,  John-F.  2d,  George-C. 
3d,  Reuben-J.     4th,  Mira-J. 

1496.     William  Moore,  Jr.^  [958]  (William  Moore^  Elizabath^ 
(Moore),  John    Morison'^,  John^)  ;   w\as  born  at  Frankfort,  JMe., 


190  CHARTER   JOHN-!  ;    HANNAHS  (TODD)  ;   JOHN    TODD*.     [1497 

May  1,  1790  ;  married  Joanna  Grant  in  Oct.  1814.     He  died  Oct. 
19,  1860. 

CHILDREN. 

Moody ;  res.  Wiuterport,  Me. 


1497. 

Barbary-H. : 

14'J8. 

Siineou-V. 

1491). 

Alblou-P. 

1500. 

BcUsey-Aun 

1501. 

Jiulitli. 

1502. 

Aramiuta. 

1503.  Hannah^  (Taggart)  [980]  (John  ToddS  Hannah''  (Todd), 
Jolm  Morison-^,  John^)  ;  born  in  Peterborough,  N".  H.,  Nov.  14, 
1783  ;  married  in  that  place,  Aug.  26,  1804,  to  Dr.  Robert-D.  Tag- 
gart. He  was  born  in  Coleraine,  Mass.,  May  21,  1781  ;  died  in 
Byron,  N.  Y.,  March  24,  1843.  She  died  Nov.  8,  1868,  at  Buffah) 
Grove,  la. 

CHILDRKN,    BOUN   IN    PREBLE,    N.    Y. 

1504.  Lucinda  (1829),  b.  Oct.  29,  1806. 

1505.  Marv-Wallis,  b.  March  29,   1809;  d.  July  1,  1811. 
150(5.     George-Dimcau,  b.  Aug.  6,  1811;  d.  Dec.  1,  1812. 

1507.  Gcorge-M.  (1835),  b.  Feb.  2,  1813. 

1508.  Elizabeth-Rachel  (1842),  b.  April  14,  1815. 

1509.  Sarah-McClellan  (1849),  b.  March  30,  1817. 

1510.  Samuel,  b.  Juue  19,  1819;  d.  July  25,  1819. 

1511.  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  23,  1820;  m.  Kate-A.  Allen,  Sept.  14,  1859. 

1512.  Esther-B.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1823;  d.  Jau.  29,  1870,  at  Buffalo  Grove,  la. 

1513.  Harriet-Ann  (1853),  b.  July  15,  1827;  m.  Nathaniel-L.  White,  Sept. 

22,  1852. 

1514.  James-B.  Todd'^  [982]  (John  ToddS  Hannah^  (Todd), 
John  Morison-,  John^) ;  married  Sarah  Appleton  in  1816,  and 
died  May  20,  1863,  aged  75  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

1515.  Infant;  died  young. 

1516.  Isaac-A.  (1857j,  b.'Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Dec.  18,  1816. 

1517.  Kachel-D.  (1867),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  May  3,  1819. 

1518.  Emilv-A.  (1871),  b.  April  17,  1823. 

1519.  Daniel  (1874),  b.  Dec.  17,  1827. 

1520.  Samuel  (1879),  b.  Byron,  N.Y.,  Aprils,  1832. 

1521.  James-Francis,    b.    Byron,    N.    Y.,    May    11,    1835;    res.    Texas; 

m.  Helen  Terry,  Oct.  8,  1857,  who  was  b.  July  30,  1837. 
Two  children:  "ist,  Addison-T.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1862.  2d,  Francis- 
L.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1867. 

1522.  Daniel  Todd^  [984]  (John  ToddS  Hannah^'  (Todd),  John 
Morison-,  John^)  ;  born  Aug.  14,  1791;  married  Mary  Taggart; 
he  died  in  Preble,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  18,  1826,  aged  35  yrs. 

CHILD. 

1523.  Samuel-J.,   b.    Preble,    Cortland   Co.,   N.   Y.,   Jau.    19.   1821;   res. 

Beloit,  Wis.,  where  he  m.  Mary-E.  Hazard,  Dec.  21,  1853,  b. 
New  York,  1832.  He  is  a  lawyer  in  extensive  practice,  and 
with  good  reputation.     Cliildren  : 

1524.  Mary,  b.  March  21,  1859;  d.  Sept.  10,  1861. 

1525.  Robert-H.,  b.  May  25,  1862. 

1526.  Alice-C,  b.  Dec.  3,  1863. 

1527.  Annie-C,  b.  March  26,  1867. 

1528.  Elizabelh-V.,  b.  March  17,  1869. 


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1529.  John  TodcP  [988]  (John  Todd\  Hannah^  (Todd),  John 
Morison^  John^) ;  after  attaining  his  majority,  he  spent  a  few 
years  in  New  York,  and  returned  to  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  in  1829. 
He  held  various  offices  in  Peterborough ;  Avas  selectman  in  1839, 
'40,  '41,  and  representative  in  1838-39.  After  the  death  of  his 
father  in  1846  or  '47,  he  removed  to  Wiscoy,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
now  resides.  He  married,  Dec.  4,  1828,  Mary  Taggart,  Avidow  of 
Daniel  Todd.     She  died  Jan.  14,  1869,  aged  76  yrs. 

GUILD. 

1530.  Frances,  b.  March  19,  1833;  m.  Nov.  26,  1856,  Chauncy-S.  Browu, 

Wiscoy,  N.  Y.     One  child,  John-C,  b.  Sept.  1,  1857. 

1531.  Moses^  [992]  (John*,  Moses^  John-,  John^)  ;  the  first 
forty  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  his  native  town  of  Bradford, 
N.  H. ;  in  1854  he  removed  to  Minnesota.  He  married  Mary-S. 
Cressey,  of  Bradford,  N.  H.,  in  March,  1841,  who  died  March  1, 
1860.  He  married,  2d,  Manda-F.  McCarey,  of  Ohio,  May  1,  1869, 
and  now  lives  in  Glencoe,  Minn. 

CHILDREN. 

1532.  Mary-J.  (1833),  b.  Bradford,  N.  H.,  May  25,  1842, 

1533.  Hannah- A.  (1889),  b.  Bradford,  N.  H.,  Dec.  13,  1813. 

1531.  Johu-F.  (1893),  b.  Bradford,  N.  H.,  Feb.  16,  1846. 
1535.  Ellen-E.,  b.  St.  Anthony,  Minn.,  Oct.  18,  1855. 

1536.  John-H.5  [993]  (John^  Moses^,  John-,  Johni)  ;  born  Jan. 
13,  1817;  died  March,  1877,  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  where  he  resided 
the  last  years  of  his  life.  He  married  EUen-B.  Davis,  of  Indiana. 
His  widow  and  children  live  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

CHILDREX. 

1537.  Sarah-E.,  b.  St.  Anthony,  Minn.,  Sept.  24,  1856. 

1538.  Henrietta,  b.  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  July  31,  1858. 

1539.  (Ada,  b.  Indiana,  Aug.  31,  1862. 

1540.  \Ida,  b.  Indiana,  Aug.  31,  1862;  d.  1863. 

1541.  Ellen,  b.  Indiana,  May  9,  1866. 

1542.  Cora,  b.  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Sept.  1873. 

1543.  Col.  Samuel  Patterson^  [997]  (Betridge*  (Patterson), 
Moses  Morison^,  John^,  John^) ;  born  at  Londonderry,  Vt.,  June 
24,  1787;  died  there  May  6,  1846.  He  married,  about  1808, 
Charity  Howard,  of  Londonderry,  Vt.  She  was  born  at  Taunton, 
Mass., "Dec.  13,  1788  ;  died  at  Londonderry,  Vt.,  April  2,  1850  or 
1853.  She  was  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Bethiah  (Cobb)  Howard. 
Col.  Samuel  Patterson  held  town  offices  at  Londonderry,  Vt. ; 
colonel  in  militia ;  large  man,  of  fine  personal  ap]>earance.  He 
had  red  hair,  as  did  his  wife  and  their  twelve  children. 

CHILDREN,    BOKX   IN    LONDONDERRY,    VT. 

1544.  Beatrix,  b.  April  4,  1809;  d.  Oct.  6,  1838;  m.  Dec.  29,  1830,  Joshua 
Parker,  of  Londonderry,  Vt.  ;  farmer.  Two  children :  1st, 
James,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  July  24,  1832;  in.  April  19,  1855, 
Caroline  Wait,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  June  3,  1832;  res.  London- 
derry, Vt.  ;  no  issue.  2d,  Betridge,  b.  Feb.  1838;  m.,  1st, 
Webster  Tucker;  he  d.  ;  she  m.,  2d,  Albert  Whitney;  res. 
Wiuchendou,  Mass. 


192         CHARTER   J0HN2  ;   MOSESs  ;   BETRIDGE^  (PATTERSON).   [1545 

1545.  James;  single;  b.  March  12,  1810;  d.  Feb.  13,  1831. 

1546.  Betsey,  b.  Oct.   10,   1811;  d.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Oct.  1,  1834;  she 

m.  Thomas  Faulkner,  farmer ;  res.  Londonderry,  Vt. 

1547.  Samuel- Almon,  b.  Sept.  13,  1813;  res.  Landgrove,  Vt. ;  m.  July  30, 

1839.  Mury-E.-P.  Hayes  (or  Haynes),  b.  Landgrove,  Dec.  3, 
1817;  d.  Aug.  19,  1864;  carpenter;  he  enlisted  in  Co.  11,  16th 
Vt.  Vols.  Three  children  :  1st,  Abel-Hayues,  b.  April  4,  1840, 
Landgrove,  Vt.  ;  res.  Springfield,  Mass. ;  m.  2d,  Betsey-H. ; 
single;  b.  Weston,  Vt.,  Jan.  3,  1842;  res.  Stafford,  Ct.  3d, 
Lncy-A.-Alletta,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  July  10,  1849;  m.  Orren- 
R.  Vesper,  of  Royaltou,  Vt.  ;  res.  Springfield,  Mass. 

1548.  Horace,  b.  Dec.   1,   1814;  d.  Taunton,   Mass.,   Aug.   10,   1873;    ra. 

Deborah-A.  Finney;  res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass.  Five  children: 
1st,  Roselle,  b.  Weston,  Vt.  ;  d.  2d  &  3d,  Alfred,  Albert,  b. 
Weston,  Vt.  4th,  Maria-Roselle,  b.  Baldwinsville,  Mass. ;  d. 
oth,  Henry. 

1549.  Bethiah-Arvilla,  b.  Nov.   15,  1816;  d.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Jan.  6, 

1871 ;  m.  Joseph-S.  Watson,  deputy  sherifl'  for  22  years  ;  coroner 
and  justice  of  the  peace  at  Winchendon,  Mass.  Five  children  : 
1st,  Samuel,  b.  Winchendon,  Mass. ;  d.  Londonderry,  Vt.  2d, 
Emily-Charity,  b.  Palmer,  Mass. ;  d.  aged  4  years.  3d,  John- 
S.,  b.  Winchendon,  Jan.  20,  1844;  d.  June  20,  1870;  mechanic 
at  Winchendon.  4th,  Abby-Ann,  b.  Winchendon,  April  1,  1849  ; 
m.  Charles-A.  Roberts;  res.  Detroit;  b.  Jaflrey,  N.  H.,  March 
14,  1849.  5th,  Frank-Joseph,  b.  Winchendon,  July  6,  1856; 
clerk,  musician,  and  composer. 

1550.  Hiram,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  April  17,  1818;  m.  Feb.  4,  1844,  Mary- 

A.  Tenney  ;  she  was  b.  Landgrove,  Vt.,  Oct.  21,  1824 ;  d.  June  27, 
1868;  he  res.  Londonderry^ Vt.,  till  1877;  rem.  Andover,  Vt. 
Nine  children  :  1st,  James- Augustus,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Dec. 
12,  1844;  mechanic;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass.;  m.  Nellie-M. 
Pitts,  of  Keene,  N.  H.  2d.  John-G.,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt., 
Sept.  28,  1846.  3d,  Charles-Newton,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt., 
March  16,  1848;  m.  April  6,  1869,  Abby-E.  Pierce,  of  Putney, 
Vt. ;  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  since  1873.  4th,  Abbie-E.,  b. 
Londonderry,  Vt.,  Oct.  1,  1850;  m.  James  Moran ;  res.  New- 
fiine  or  Brattleboro',  Vt.  5th,  Edwin- W.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1852.  6th, 
Emma-Ann,  b.  Dec.  22,  1855.  7th,  Clarrie-E.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1858. 
8th,  Nellie-M.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1860.     9th,  Lillian-F.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1863. 

1551.  Emily-Dorcas,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Feb.   24,  1820;  d.  Soraerville, 

Mass.,  May  22,1876;  m.  Sanmel-S.  Watson,  of  Winchendon 
Springs,  Mass.,  April  21,  1844;  mercliant;  b.  Warner,  N.  H., 
Feb.  8,  1822:  d.  March  2,  1853.  at  Winchendon.  Two  children  : 
1st,  Emily-C.  ;  single;  b.  Winchendon,  Aug.  12,  1846.  2d, 
Samuel-Dana,  b.  Winchendon,  Nov.  30,  1849;  clerk  at  Sturte- 
vant  Bros.,  Somerville,  Mass. 

1552.  John,    b.    Londonderry,    Vt.,    Dec.    21,    1821 ;  res.    Baldwinsville, 

Mass.  ;  m.  Lydia-A.  Norcross,  Aug.  14,  1855,  b.  at  Templeton, 
Mass.,  March  19,  1830.  Two  children:  1st,  Orlando-M..  b. 
Sept.  5,  1858  :  d.  Nov.  22,  1859.  2d,  Arthur-D.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1860; 
d.  Oct.  25,  1861. 

1553.  Abby  H.,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Aug.  26,  1823;  res.  Wier  St.,  Taun- 

ton, Mass.;  m.  Sumner-Willis  Rounds,  of  Rehoboth,  Mass., 
Feb.  17,  1852,  where  he  was  1).  Nov.  13,  1816.  Four  children  : 
1st,  Almadur-Summer,  b.  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  Jan.  11,  1853.  2d, 
Samuel-Patterson,  b.  Taunton,  Mass.,  April  19,  1855.  3d,  Fred- 
erick-Warren, b.  Taunton,  Mass.,  Sept.  25,  1856;  d.  July  15, 
1857.  4th,  Abby-A.,  b.  Taunton,  Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1860;  d.  Feb. 
1,  1861. 

1554.  Daniel-Warner,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  July  27,  1825;  res.  Detroit, 

Mich.  ;  macliinist. 


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1555.     Stephen-H.,    b.    Londonderry,    Vt.,    Jan.    29,    1827;    ui.    Clorinda 
Green;  res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass.;  mechanic. 

1556.  PollyS  (Martin)  [1001]  (Betridge*  (Patterson),  Moses 
Morison'*,  John',  John^) ;  born  at  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Nov.  23, 
1802;  res.  (1880)  Ludlow,  Vt. ;  widow;  married,  Jan.  12,  1826, 
Luther  Martin,  of  Weston,  Vt. ;  born  there  June  22,  1798  ;  died 
Londonderry,  Vt.,  June  3,  1869;  farmer;  son  of  Christopher  and 
Sarah  (Gray)  Martin,  of  Weston,  Vt.  Luther  Martin  res.  after 
marriage,  till  1866,  at  Weston;  after  that  at  South  Londonderry, 
Vt.  Mrs.  Martin  liyes  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary-J.  Chase, 
Ludlow,  Vt. 

CriILDREX,    BOUN    IX    WESTON,    VT. 

1557.  Mary-Jane,  b.    Sept.  2,   182G ;  m.  Albert-Allen  Chase,  of  Ludlow, 

Vt.,  Sept.  2,  1826;  b.  Jamaica,  Vt.,  Jan.  10.  1826;  carpenter; 
res.  Ludlow,  Vt.  One  child,  George-Herbert,  b.  Londonderry, 
Vt..  June  9,  1856;   single;    carpenter;  Ludlow,  Vt. 

1558.  John-Patterson,   b.    Oct.    19,    1829;   physician;    grad.    Burlington 

Med.  Coll.,  1866;  practised  his  profession  at  Derby,  Vt. ;  sin- 
gle; d.  of  consumption,  at  Ludlow,  Vt.,  April  30,  1871. 

1559.  John-Morrison  Patterson^  [1002]  (Betridge-*  (Patterson )» 
Moses  Morison'*,  John'-,  John^)  ;  born  at  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Feb. 
7,  1805,  and  died  at  Irvino-ton,  Kossuth  Co.,  la.,  Sept.  27,  1870  ; 
married,  Jan.  22,  1829,  Sarah  Calif,  of  Derry,  N.  H.  She  was 
born  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  Dec.  27,  1809,  and  was  daughter  of  David 
and  Mary  (Heselton)  Calif,  of  Londonderry,  Vt.,  formerly  of 
Derry,  N.  H.  She  now  lives  with  her  son  Henry  at  Irvington, 
la.  Mr.  Patterson  was  a  mechanic  and  farmer ;  res.  at  London- 
derry, Vt.,  till  1842  ;  removed  to  Wisconsin,  and  in  1860  rem.  to 
Irvington,  la. 

CHILDREX. 

1560.  Poll5'-Araelia,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Oct.  27,  1829;  m.,  1st,  Jan.  1, 

1847,  Charles-Vincent  Patterson,  of  Trenton,  N.  J.,  b.  at  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  March  24,  1824;  d.  Buena  Vista,  Wis.,  July  11, 
1856;  she  m.,  2d,  April  6,  1857,  James  Cross,  who  d.  in  U.  S. 
service  at  Madison,  Wis.,  Jan.  15,  1865;  she  res.  Tustin,  Wis. 
Five  children:  1st,  Charles-Byron,  b.  Trenton,  Dodge  Co., 
Wis.,  Oct.  12,  1847;  res.  Tustin,  Waushara  Co.,  Wis.;  m.  Jan. 
15,  1870,  Chloe-M.  Cornell,  of  Couhocton,  N.  Y. ;  b.  Sept.  10, 
1845;  one  child,  Metta-EIenora,  b.  Tustin,  Wis.,  Aug.  11,  1872; 
d.  Bloomfield,  Wis.,  April  9,  1875.  2d,  John,  b.  June  26,  1851; 
d.  Jan.  27,  1854.  3d,  Helen-A.,  b.  Eureka,  Winnebago  Co.,  Wis., 
Oct.  12,  1849;  m.  Jerome  Brewster,  of  Blooomfield,  Winnebago 
Co.,  Wis.  ;  b.  Feb.  15,  1845,  in  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  mechanic; 
res.  Tustin,  Wis.;  children:  1.  Eva-J.,  b.  Bloomfield,  Wis.; 
2.  Albert-M.,  b.  Bloomflehl :  3.  Mary-E.,  b.  Bloomfield. 
4th,  George-W. ;  single;  b.  July  3,  1853;  res.  Irvington,  la. 
5th,  Mary-C,  b.  April  2,  1855;  m.  July,  1871,  Hiram  Wright,  of 
Irvington,  la.;  res.  Irvington;  one  child,  Rose-E.,  b.  Irvington, 
July  6,  1872. 

1561.  Betsey-Ann,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  July  20,  1832;  res.  212  Daley  St., 

Milwaukee,  Wis.  ;  m.  July  16,  1847,  Orfeno  Reaves,  of  Roch- 
ester, Racine  Co.,  Wis.;  b.  Clarence.  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  9, 
1826;  blacksmith;  res.  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Three  children  :  1st, 
John-Morrison,  b.  Eureka,  Wis.,  Nov.  2,  1849;  d.  Monticello, 


194  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;   MOSESS  ;    SAMUEL*  ;    SAMUEI/.        [1562 

Wis.,  March  U,  1851.  2cl,  Sarah-Loretta,  b.  Fox  Lake,  Wis., 
Sept.  30,  1852;  res.  Zumbrata,  Goodhue  Co.,  Minn.;  m.  Feb. 
1,  1871,  John-G.  Rasche,  of  Dodge  Centre,  Wis.;  tiusmith;  b. 
Altenstat,  Voreuburg  Tival,  Austria,  July  IC,  1844;  res.  Zum- 
brata, Minn.;  children:  1.  Marion-Edna,  b.  Dec.  14,  1874;  2. 
Clarence-Mortimer,  b.  Feb.  20,  1877.  3d,  Mortimer- Washing- 
ton, b.  Buena  Vista,  Wis.,  Oct.  13,  1857. 

15G2.  Mary-Atlanta,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  Aug.  8,  1836;  d.  Buena  Vista, 
Portage  Co.,  Wis.,  Feb.  16,  1862  or  '63;  m.  George- Washington 
Kalloch,  being  his  2d  wife ;  no  children. 

1563.  Henry-Harrison,  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.,  May  15,  1840;  res.  Irving- 
ton,  Kossuth  Co.,  la.;  farmer;  m.  April  5,  1877,  Mary-Clarinda 
Burtis,  of  Irviugton,  la. ;  b.  Harrison,  Potter  Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  31, 
1854. 

1564.  Betsey^  (Huntley)  [1015]  (Samuel  Morison*,  Moses■^ 
John-,  John^)  ;  born  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Julie  1,  1805,  and  died 
Aug.  22,  1850.  She  married,  N^ov.  7,  1823,  Rufus  Huntley,  of 
Marlow,  N.  H. ;  he  died  March  25,  1830.  She  married,  2d,  Alonzo 
Hall,  of  Hancock,  N".  H.,  June  12,  1832;  farmer;  he  died  Aug. 
20,  1870. 

CHILDREN. 

1565.  Erastus  (Huntley),  b.  Oct   27,  1825;  d.  Dec.  15,  1855. 

1566.  George  (Hall),  b.  Sept.  20,  1835;  d.  Aug.  22,  1837. 

1567.  Jennie-B.   (Hall),  b.   Sept.  5,  1838;  m.  Aug.  23,  1859,  Porter  Wes- 

ton, of  Hancock,  N.  H. ;  res.  Hancock;  shoemaker  and  farmer; 
b.  Nov.  21,  1832;  one  child,  Lizzie-J.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1860. 

1568.  Capt.  Samuel-5  [1016]  (SamuelS  Moses\  John',  John^)  ; 
born  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Aug.  24,  1807  ;  res.  Alstead  ;  carpenter, 
pump-maker,  and  farmer.  He  possesses  a  keen,  strong  mind,  with 
much  originality  ;  is  intelligent  and  well  informed,  though  his 
early  advantages  for  education  were  few ;  has  represented  his 
town  for  three  years  in  the  legislature.  He  married  Jan.  30, 
1835,  Eliza-A.  Buss,  daughter  of  David  and  Anna  (Jones)  Buss, 
of  Marlow,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    ALSTEAD,    N.    H. 

1569.  Andrew  (1895),  b.  1835;  res.  Alstead,  N.  H. 

1570.  George-D.  (1898),  b.  Sept.  23,  1838;  res.  Marlow,  N.  H. 

1571.  Milaii-D.  (1899),  b.  Oct.  28,  1843. 

1572.  Benjamin-F.5  [1019]  (Samuel^  Moses^,  John-,  John^)  ; 
born  ill  Alstead,  N.  H.,  June  29,  1813  ;  he  was  a  machinist,  loco- 
motive engineer,  and  inventor;  res.  in  Illinois  a  number  of  years, 
then  located  at  Central  City,  Linn  Co.,  la.,  bought  230  acres  of 
valuable  land,  and  became  a  farmer.  He  resided  there  till  the 
death  of  his  wife,  in  1879,  when  he  left  his  once  pleasant  home  in 
the  beautiful  West,  and  returned  to  Marlow,  N.  H.  He  married 
Sophia-K.  Dodge,  of  Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  9,  1837  ;  she  was  born 
Oct.  21,  1816  ;  died  June  4,  1855.  He  married,  2d,  Mrs.  Laura 
(Kidder)  Hatch,  of  Downer's  Grove,  111.,  March  31,  1856.  She 
was  a  native  of  Alstead,  N.  H. ;  died  of  apoplexy  at  Central  City, 
Linn  Co.,  la..  May  25,  1879,  aged  61  yrs.  8  mos.  20  days. 


M.  J5^ 


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CHILDREN. 

1573.  Janies-H.  (1903),  b.  Marlow,  N.  II.,  Aug.  10,  1840;  res.  Marlow. 

1574.  Frances-A.,  b.  Antrim,  N.  H.,  July  9,  1845;  cl.  April  14,  1853. 

1575,  Dexter-B.^  [1020]  (SamueP,  Moses^  John-^,  John^) ;  born 
in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Jan.  16,  1816;  farmer;  res.  Marlow,  N.  H. ; 
died  there  March  29,  1872.  He  married,  Dec.  12,  1842,  Charlotte- 
Pi.,  daughter  of  Joel-T.  and  Mary  (Banks)  Mayo,  of  Acworth,  N. 
H.     Mrs.  M.  resides  in  Marlow,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   ALSTEAD,    N.    H. 

1576.  Infant,  d.  Dec.  5,  1850. 

1577.  Elisha,  b.  Dec.  18,  1852;  carpenter;  res.  Holyoke,  Mass. 

1578.  Lottie-A.  (1908),  b.  March  23,  1855. 

1579.  Hattie-E.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1857;  res.  Marlow,  N.  H. 

1580.  AVilliam-D.,  b.  June  21,  1859;  res.  Marlow. 


SIXTH   GENERATION. 

1581.  Charles-Grovenor  Hale«  [1022]  (Jane^  (Hale),  John 
Morison"*,  Thomas^,  John-,  John^)  ;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  is 
foreman  in  Rochester  Railroad  shop.  He  married  Sarah  Jones, 
born  in  Wales,  Europe,  April  1,  1829. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN  ROCHESTER,    N.  Y. 

1582.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  29,   1850:    music-teacher;    m.  Williara-E. 

McFarlane,  b.  Bedeque,  P.  E.  I.,  Oct.  9,  1844;  builder  and 
contractor.  Two  children:  1st,  Frank  Belford,  b.  Central 
City,  Col.,  Dec.  6,  1875.  2d,  Estelle,  b.  Central  City,  CoL, 
June  30,  1877. 

1583.  Benjamin-Franklin,  b.  June  IG,  1852;  d.  Jan.  24,  1856. 

1584.  Esther-Ann,  b.  Oct.  25,  1858 ;  school-teacher. 

1585.  Eliza-Holmes«  (Felt)  [1034]  (Nathaniel  Morison^  Rob- 
ert*, Thomas-^,  John-,  John^) ;  married,  Sept.  18,  1845,  Stephen 
Felt,  born  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  Sept.  15,  1798  ;  removed  to  Peter- 
borough in  1816  ;  was  a  machinist,  and  was  engaged  principally 
in  the  cotton  manufacture,  till  he  left  the  business  in  1845.  By 
his  second  wife,  Eliza-H.  Morrison,  he  had  one  son.  She  died 
Aug.  14,  1867,  aged  62  yrs. ;  he  died  May  3,  1879. 

CHILD. 

1580.  Edward-Morison,  b.  Nov.  27,  1847;  m.  Jan.  9,  1873,  Angeline- 
Josephine  Rolf,  of  Jaffrey.  N.  H.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1853.  Two  chil- 
dren: 1st,  Ehiier-Morison,  b.  Aug.  3,  1873;  d.  Sept.  9,  1873. 
2d,  Charles-Edward,  b.  April  19,  1877;  res.  South  Village, 
Peterborough,  N.  H. 

1587.  Rev.  John-Hopkins"  [1035]  (NathanieP,  Roberf, 
Thomas^,  John'-,  John^).  The  following  autobiography  of  Rev. 
John-Hopkins  Morison,  d.  d.,  was,  at  the  request  of  Dr.  Albert 
Smith,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  furnished  him  for  the  History  of 
Peterborough,  in  1876,  and  is  embodied  in  that  work, 

"I  was  born  in  Peterborough,  July  25,  1808,  and  was  the 
second  child  and  oldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary-Ann  Morison. 


196        CHARTER  J0HN2;    TH0MAS3  ;    ROBERT^  ;    NATHANIELS    [1587 

I  remained  at  home  till  April  15,  1820.  At  the  age  of  three,  I 
began  to  attend  school  in  the  summer,  but  after  I  was  six  years 
old  my  services  on  the  farm  were  thought  too  valuable  to  be  dis- 
pensed with,  and  from  that  time  forth  till  I  was  sixteen  I  went  to 
school  only  in  the  winter,  from  eight  to  twelve  weeks  in  a  year. 
In  the  autumn  of  1819,  my  father  died,  and  his  family  was  left  in 
great  affliction  and  in  very  straitened  circumstances.  From  1820 
to  1824,  I  lived  with  different  farmers  in  the  town,  working  hard, 
faring  as  well  as  they  did,  and  receiving  but  scanty  wages,  never, 
I  think,  more  than  (ifty  dollars  a  year,  even  when  I  did  neaily  a 
man's  work.  I  look  back  upon  those  four  years  as  the  most 
unhappy  pei'iod  of  my  life.  The  change  from  our  own  home  to 
a  place  with  strangers  was  a  painful  one,  not  because  I  was  treated 
unkindly,  but  from  a  feeling  that  I  Avas  fatherless  and  homeless, 
and  from  a  longing  for  a  better  companionship  and  better  means 
of  education.  My  principal  solace  was  to  spend  the  Sunday, 
once  in  a  month  or  two,  at  my  mother's  house.  My  greatest  hap- 
piness, intellectually,  was  in  reading,  often  by  fire-light,  with  my 
head  in  a  perilously  hot  place.  The  books  I  enjoyed  most  were 
the  Bible,  Rollin's  Ancient  History,  Gibbon's  Rome,  and  an  odd 
volume  or  two  of  Josephus. 

"In  October,  1824,  I  went  to  Exeter,  X.  H.  Before  leaving 
Peterborough,  I  had  for  six  weeks  attended  a  private  school  kept 
by  Mr.  Addison  Brown,  then  a  student  in  Harvard  College.  He 
had  very  rare  gifts  as  a  teacher.  I  felt  that  my  intellectual  nature 
was  then  for  the  first  time  waked  up,  and  life  assumed  for  me  a 
new  meaning.  During  the  winter,  in  Exeter,  I  attended  an  even- 
ing school  taught  by  Mr.  Richard  Hildreth,  a  man  of  fine  genius, 
who  took  great  interest  in  my  studies."  The  succeeding  summer 
he  entered  Phillips  Academy,  at  Exeter.  He  says ,  "  Hei'e  a  new 
world  was  opening  before  me  ;  every  branch  of  study  seemed  to 
offer  a  new  deliglit.  Even  the  ])rimary  elements  of  Latin  and 
Greek  had  for  me  a  singular  fascination,  and  every  step  was  an 
advance  into  a  sort  of  fairy-land.  I  shall  never  forget  the  sensa- 
tions of  keen  enjoyment  with  which  I  read  the  Odes  of  Horace, 
the  Iliad  of  Homer,  the  Bucolics  of  Virgil  and  of  Theocritus,  or 
the  utter  absorption  of  mind  with  which  I  went  through  the 
higher  branches  of  algebra  and  geometry,  and  most  of  all  the 
conic  sections.  I  remained  in  the  academy  four  years,  three  as  a 
scholar  and  one  mostly  as  a  teacher,  ])ursuing  my  sophomore 
studies  by  myself.  I  owe  a  great  debt  of  gratitude  to  the  teach- 
ers there,  especially  to  Dr.  Abbot  and  Dr.  Soule. 

"In  1827-8  I  had  become  acquainted  with  William  Smith,  a 
gifted,  accomplished,  generous  young  man.  He  introduced  me 
to  his  father,  the  Hon.  Jeremiah  Smith,  who,  in  brilliancy  and 
strength  of  mind,  in  accuracy  and  extent  of  learning,  and  the 
higlier  qualities  of  his  character,  was  fitted  to  take,  as  he  did,  an 
honorable  place  among  the  ablest  of  our  distinguished  men.  In 
August,  1828,  he  invited  me  to  become  a  member  of  his  family, 
and  I  remained  there  a  year,  during  which  time  his  daughter  died. 


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and  her  death  was  followed  by  that  of  his  son  the  next  winter. 
Their  illness  and  departure,  especially  the  rapid  and  fatal  decline 
of  his  daughter,  a  most  lovely  and  interesting  woman,  took  me 
through  a  wholly  new  experience.  This  life  could  never  again  be 
to  me  Avhat  it  had  been  before.  The  light  of  worlds  beyond 
had  been  let  in  upon  it. 

"In  August,  lb29,  I  was  admitted  to  tlie  junior  class  in  Harvard 
College.  Of  the  hundred  dollars  which  1  had  saved  from  my 
earnings  during  the  previous  year,  I  Avas  required  to  pay  ninety 
for  instruction  which  I  had  not  been  able  to  receive  during  the 
freshman  and  sophomore  years  of  my  class.  But  notwithstanding 
this  exaction,  which  always  seemed  to  me  unjust,  I  have  every 
reason  to  speak  of  my  Alma  Mater  with  grateful  affection  and 
respect.  The  last  generation  of  American  statesmen  numbered 
among  its  distinguished  men  no  grander  example  of  a  faithful, 
disinterested,  able  public  man  than  Josiah  Quincy,  then  president 
of  HarA'ard  University.  He  Avas  kind  to  me  from  the  beginning, 
and  his  kindness  continued  doAvn  to  the  last  year  of  his  useful 
and  honored  life.  I  taught  school  during  six  of  the  tAventy-four 
months  of  my  college  course,  so  that  1  Avas  really  in  college  a 
little  less  than  a  year  and  a  half.  I  earned  Avhat  little  I  could, 
and  practised  a  pretty  severe  economy.  My  ex])enses  Avere  small, 
and  Judge  Smith  had  generously  and  very  judiciously  so  arranged 
matters,  that  I  neA^er  felt  any  great  anxiety  in  regard  to  my  im- 
mediate Avants.  I  began  life  Avith  nothing.  I  never  haA^e  asked 
pecuniary  assistance  for  myself.  And  yet  I  have  never  been 
unable  to  meet  my  engagements.  Sometimes  I  could  not  see  a 
month  beforehand  hoAv  the  means  could  be  procured,  but  they 
always  came,  and  sometimes  from  the  most  unexpected  sources. 

"On  graduating  in  1^31,  I  concluded  to  study  hiAv,  having  en- 
gaged to  pursue  my  studies  Avith  a  A^ery  learned  lawyer  of  Balti- 
more, and  to  meet  my  expenses  by  instructing  his  children.  On 
account  of  this  engagement  I  declined  several  advantageous  offers 
of  emj^loyment  as  a  teacher.  After  Avaiting  several  Aveeks,  when 
the  time  for  such  offers  had  passed  by,  the  gentleman  sent  me 
Avord  that  he  had  engaged  another  young  man,  and  Avould  not 
need  my  services.  This  Avas  a  very  great  disapj)ointment  to  me. 
It  left  me  without  occupation  and  Avithout  means  of  support,  but 
it  taught  me  a  lesson  as  to  the  sacredness  of  engagements  that  has 
always  been  of  service  to  me.  I  remained  in  Cambridge  through 
the  fall  and  winter,  teaching  a  few  pujnls,  and  attending  some  of 
the  lectures  of  the  divinity  school.  At  that  time  I  became  ac- 
quainted Avith  Henry  Ware,  Jr.,  and  his  Avife,  and  had  a  room  in 
their  house.  In  a  social  and  religious  point  of  vieAv,  that  season 
Avas  a  very  profitable  one  to  me.  It  gave  me  time  to  reconsider 
my  choice  of  a  profession,  and  enabled  me  to  approach  the  sub- 
ject Avith  different  feelings  and  a  better  understanding. 

"In  March,  1882,  I  began  to  teach  a  small  ]irivate  school  for 
young  ladies  in  ISTcav  Bedford,  and  remained  there  a  year.  That 
year  Avas  perha])s  the  most  important  in  my  life.     I  Avas  then  for 


198        CHARTER   JOHN-^;    TH0MAS3  ;   ROBERT^  ;    NATHANIELS.   [1587 

the  first  time  a  man  among  men.  I  had  leisure  for  study,  and 
devoted  myself  to  it  with  the  utmost  intensity  and  enthusiasm. 
I  read  Cicero's  philosophical  writings,  Cousin,  Pascal,  Madame  de 
Stael,  Dante,  some  of  the  old  English  prose-writers,  Wordsworth, 
and  above  all  in  its  influence  on  my  mind,  Coleridge,  especially 
his  Friend  and  Biographia  Literaria.  In  the  winter  I  gave  a 
course  of  seven  lectures  on  literary  subjects  to  a  very  intelligent 
audience  of  perhaps  a  hundred  persons.  This  was  a  new  and 
exciting  experience.  It  made  me  feel  the  responsibility  of  acting 
on  theniinds  of  others.  But  I  had  overworked  during  the  win- 
ter, and  from  the  middle  of  March  till  the  last  of  August,  1833, 
spent  most  of  the  time  in  Peterborough,  in  a  state  of  physical 
exhaustion  which  I  did  not  understand.  Among  the  great  advan- 
tages which  I  enjoyed  in  New  Bedford,  especially  in  the  society 
of  very  intelligent  people,  that  which  I  valued  above  all  the  rest 
was  the  privilege  of  hearing  Dr.  Dewey  preach.  It  was  the 
most  quickening  and  uplifting  preaching  that  I  have  ever  heard, 
and  of  itself  made  an  epoch  in  my  life. 

"At  the  beginning  of  the  academical  year  1833,  I  joined  the 
middle  class  at  the  Cambridge  Divinity  School,  Avhich  was  then 
under  the  able  and  conscientious  charge  of  John-Gorham  Palfrey 
and  the  Henry  Wares,  father  and  son.  There  was  an  extraordi- 
nary vitality  and  and  enthusiasm  in  the  school  at  that  time, 
especially  in  regard  to  philanthropical  movements.  I  entered 
very  heartily  into  these  subjects,  and  took  an  earnest  part  in  the 
preparation  of  elaborate  papers  and  in  the  debates.  Both  my 
moral  convictions  and  my  philosophy  went  much  deeper,  and 
looked  to  a  much  more  thorough  and  radical  reform  than  was 
usually  contemplated  in  the  social  movements  of  the  day.  I  was 
perhaps  considered  too  conservative,  because  I  was  too  radical  to 
be  satisfied  with  the  superficial  measures  that  were  suggested  by 
the  most  zealous  reformers.  The  labor  question,  which  is  just 
beginning  to  cast  its  portentous  shadows  before  it  now,  was  one 
on  which  I  prepared  a  report  that  cost  a  vast  amount  of  labor,  and 
which  came  to  conclusions  that  are  now  beginning  to  engage  the 
attention  of  thoughtful  men.  During  a  temporary  vacancy  in 
the  department,  I  taught  political  economy  to  the  senior  class  of 
undergraduates,  and  read  nearly  everything  that  had  then  been 
published  on  that  great  but  still  incomplete  science.  I  prepared 
two  lectures  for  the  Exeter  Lyceum,  and  did  not  slight  my 
studies  in  the  Divinity  School.  In  this  way  I  overtasked  my 
physical  powers.  In  May,  1834, 1  had  a  slight  attack  of  typhoid 
fever,  with  a  determination  of  blood  to  the  head.  After  two  or 
three  weeks,  I  went  to  my  mother's  in  Peterborough.  But  the 
disease  did  not  leave  me.  I  spent  nearly  a  year  in  a  dark  room, 
unable  to  sit  up,  or  to  bear  the  presence  of  even  a  near  friend. 
A  strong  constitution  was  seriously  broken.  For  thirty  years 
afterwards  I  was  not  able  to  do  more  than  one  third  the  amount 
of  mental  labor  which  had  once  been  a  healthful  and  hapjiy  exer- 
cise.    This  was  a  constantly  recurring  grief  and  disappointment. 


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"For  five  years  I  was  able  to  do  very  little  hard  work.  I 
preached  but  seldom,  and  was  not  a  candidate  for  settlement  as 
a  minister.  I  supported  myself  as  a  private  teacher  in  New  Bed- 
ford, and  was  very  happy  in  the  home  that  was  open  to  me.  In 
May,  1838,  I  was  settled  as  associate  pastor,  with  Rev.  Ephraim 
Peabody,  over  the  First  Congregational  Society  in  New  Bed- 
ford. My  relation  to  him  and  to  tlie  society  was  a  happy  one.  I 
could  not  haye  been  associated  with  a  better  man.  He  had  a  lofty 
ideal  of  intellectual,  moral,  and  religious  culture.  He  was  of  a  most 
generous  and  guileless  nature,  and  was  as  much  interested  in  my 
success  as  in  his  own.  The  five  years  of  my  New  Bedford  min- 
istry Avere  years  of  great  enjoyment  and  improvement.  During 
that  time,  in  October,  1841,  I  was  married  to  Miss  Emily-Hurd 
Eogers,  of  Salem ;  and  in  December  of  the  following  year,  my 
eldest  son,  George-S.  Morrison,  was  born. 

"In  September,  1843,  I  gave  up  my  salary,  and  asked  leave  of 
absence  for  an  indefinite  time.  This  I  did  ])artly  because  Mr, 
Peabody's  health  was  then  such  as  to  enable  him  to  go  on  with 
his  work  alone,  and  partly  in  the  hope  that  change  of  scene  and 
entire  freedom  from  professional  care  for  a  year  or  two  might 
re-establish  my  own  health.  During  this  vacation  I  prepared  the 
life  of  my  early  benefactor  and  kinsman,  Jeremiah  Smith.  In 
the  autumn  of  1845,  I  resigned  my  office  in  New  Bedford,  and 
in  January,  1846,  became  the  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
Parish  in  Milton,  Mass.,  where  I  have  continued  to  this  day.  The 
society  is  small ;  the  duties  of  the  place  have  not  been  oppressive ; 
the  people  have  been  veiy  indulgent.  Among  them  I  have  found 
men  and  women  whom  it  has  been  a  great  joy  and  privilege  to 
know  as  friends.  I  could  ask  for  no  higher  or  more  exciting 
employment  than  to  do  everything  in  my  power  for  their  instruc- 
tion and  improvement.  If  there  has  been  little  to  feed  any  lower 
ambition,  there  has  been  a  great  deal  to  cherish  the  best  affections. 
The  highest  thought  that  I  have  been  able  to  reach  has  always 
found  a  hospitable  welcome.  My  one  aim  in  life  has  been  to  prove 
myself  in  all  things  a  faithful  minister  of  Christ ;  and  even  in  the 
apparently  narrow  sphere  in  which  my  lot  has  been  cast,  I  have 
found  abundant  op])ortunity  for  the  exercise  of  all  my  faculties. 
I  have  written  and  published  a  commentary  on  the  Gospel  of  St. 
Matthew,  and  had  hoped  to  extend  the  work  so  as  to  include  the 
other  evangelists.  At  different  times  I  have  edited  the  Christian 
Register  and  the  Religious  Magazine  or  Unitarian  Review.  But 
the  work  of  an  editor  was  never  to  my  taste.  The  pulpit,  the 
parochial  labors,  and  above  all,  the  studies  of  a  Christian  minister, 
have  had  for  me  greater  attractions  than  any  other  office  or  calling. 
They  have  been  to  me  always  a  sufficient  stimulus  and  reward. 
When  drawn  away  from  them  by  failing  health,  it  has  been  an 
unspeakable  happiness  to  come  back  to  them  again. 

"In  1870  I  asked  for  a  colleague,  that  I  might  be  able  to  com- 
plete my  work  on  the  Gospels.  But  other  duties  providentially 
U 


200        CHARTER   JOHN-2;    TH0MAS3  ;    ROBERT^  ;    NATHANIELS.   [1587 

put  u]ion  me  filled  xip  my  time.  After  nearly  three  years  of 
faithful  and  intelligent  labor  in  his  profession,  my  dear  friend  and 
associate,  Francis-Tucker  Washburn,  whose  short  ministry  had 
revealed  to  me  rare  qualities  of  mind  and  heart,  was  taken  from  us; 
and  with  a  sense  of  bereavement  and  loss  I  again  took  up  the  work 
which  had  fallen  from  his  hands.  I  never  engaged  in  my  profes- 
sion with  a  deeper  sense  of  personal  responsibility,  or  entered 
with  a  more  living  interest  or  a  keener  sense  of  enjoyment  into 
the  great  and  solemn  scenes  which  it  presents.  But  I  have 
readied  an  age  when  such  a  strain  upon  the  faculties  cannot 
long  be  continued  with  safety.  I  have  therefore  again  asked  to 
be  relieved  from  my  parish  duties ;  and  as  the  only  effectual  way 
of  accomplishing  this,  I  am  now  spending  a  year  in  Europe. 

"My  life  has  been  marked  by  few  events  of  any  special  interest. 
I  have  shrunk  from  prominent  positions,  and  have  been  happy  in 
the  secluded  labors  of  my  profession,  in  the  means  of  usefulness 
which  it  has  given,  in  the  literary  studies  and  pursuits  which  are 
closely  connected  with  it,  and  in  the  intimate  and  lasting  friend- 
ships it  has  helped  me  to  form  with  some  of  the  best  people  in 
the  world.  I  hope  still  to  live  among  the  people  with  whom  I 
have  lived,  giving  and  receiving  such  services  as  lie  within  our 
reach  to  smooth  the  pathway  of  life,  and  enable  us  to  look  for- 
ward with  a  stronger  faith  and  a  more  fitting  preparation  for 
what  lies  beyond.  With  every  new  year  I  have  had  a  richer 
experience  of  God's  goodness  and  of  his  universal  care,  and  it 
would  indicate  no  small  degree  of  intellectual  and  moral  obtuse- 
ness,  as  well  as  ingratitude,  if  I  had  any  fears  for  what  is  to  come. 
I  am  not  without  hope  that  I  may  yet  ]n-epare  a  small  work  on 
the  study  of  the  Gospels,  better  tlian  anything  I  have  yet  done. 
Most  of  it  is  in  my  mind,  the  result  of  many  years  of  thought 
and  study.  It  is  very  pleasant  to  think  of  the  occupation  Avhich 
it  may  give,  and  thus  to  indulge  the  desire,  perhaps  more  than  the 
hope,  to  be  still  of  some  service  to  my  fellow-men.  All  my  studies 
and  all  my  experience  go  to  strengthen  my  faith  in  the  substantial 
truthfulness  of  the  Gospel  narrative,  and  in  the  unspeakable  value 
of  the  life  and  the  truth  that  are  revealed  in  them. 

"I  have  had  many  disappointments.  But  as  I  look  back,  the 
predominant  feeling  in  my  mind  is  one  of  thankfulness.  My  life 
has  been  full  of  satisfactions  and  enjoyment.  I  have  not  attained 
to  heights  I  had  once  hoped  to  reach  in  intellectual  or  spiritual 
culture.  But  in  many  ways  life  has  been  a  rich  and  beneficent 
gift,  especially  in  my  home,  which  has  had  its  trials  and  shadows ; 
but  no  heart-rending  grief  has  ever  entered  it.  My  children,  two 
sons  and  a  daughter,  and  my  wife,  have  been  spared  thus  far,  so 
that  I  close  this  brief  outline  with  devout  gratitude  and  ]n-aise." 

He  still  holds  (1879)  the  office  of  senior  pastor  of  the  First 
Congregational  (Unitarian)  Society,  in  Milton,  Mass.;  but  on 
account  of  the  health  of  his  family,  he  moved  into  Boston,  in 
October,  1877,  where  he  still  resides,  spending  the  summer 
months  in  Peterborough,  N.  H, 


1591]  SIXTH   GENERATION.  —  HORACE    MORISON.  201 

CHILDREN. 

1588.  George-Shattuck  (1911),  b.  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Dec.  19,  1842. 

1589.  Robert-Swain  (1912),  b.  Milton,  Mass.,  Oct.  13,  1847. 

1590.  Mary,  b.  Milton,  Mass.,  April  30,  1851;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

1591.  Horace^  [1036]  (NathanieP,  Roberts  Thomas^  John^ 
John^).  Horace  Morisoii,  in  his  youth,  experienced  similar  hard- 
ships with  his  brothers,  and  was  made  early  to  earn  his  own 
support.  When  seventeen  years  of  age  he  learned  the  cabinet- 
maker's trade,  at  which  he  worked  till  he  was  twenty-one.  He 
entered  Phillips  (Exeter)  Academy  in  September,  1831,  to  prepare 
himself  for  college,  and  remained  there  till  August,  1834,  when  he 
entered  the  sophomore  class  of  Harvard  College.  In  college  he 
took  a  high  rank  as  a  scholar,  gained  the  highest  Bowdoin  prize 
for  English  composition,  belonged  to  the  best  college  societies, 
became  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  and  graduated 
in  1837,  the  eighth  scholar  in  his  class. 

"From  college  he  went  directly  to  Baltimore,  where  he  had 
been  appointed  an  instructor  in  mathematics  in  the  University  of 
Maryland,  which,  with  the  charter  of  a  college,  was  in  reality 
only  a  superior  high  school.  The  next  year,  1838,  he  was  ap- 
pointed professor  of  mathematics  in  the  same  institution.  He 
held  this  professorship  till  July,  1841,  when  he  was  chosen 
president  of  the  academical  department  of  the  university.  He 
remained  in  office  till  July,  1854,  when  he  resigned,  and  returned 
to  Peterborough,  to  live  on  the  old  homestead  of  the  family, 
Avhich  he  had  purchased  in  1852.  In  1841,  he  married  Mary- 
Elizabeth  Lord,  daughter  of  Samiiel  Lord,  of  Portsmouth,  and 
niece  of  jSTathan  Lord,  late  president  of  Dartmouth  College. 

"In  1856,  after  a  rest  of  two  years  on  his  farm,  he  returned  to 
Baltimore  and  opened  a  girls'  school,  which  he  continued  to  teach 
till  July,  1866;  when  his  brother  Nathaniel  gave  up  his  school,  in 
1867,  he  took  charge  of  it ;  and  he  remained  in  Baltimore  till 
February,  1869,  when  infirm  health  compelled  him  to  seek  relief 
from  all  serious  labor.  A  paralytic  affection  had  made  itself  felt 
in  his  limbs  as  early  as  1856.  By  careful  attention  and  active 
remedies,  he  had  succeeded  in  retarding  the  progress  of  the  dis- 
ease, but  he  never  got  entirely  rid  of  it.  He  returned  to  his  farm 
in  Peterborough,  in  1869,  where  for  a  time  he  seemed  to  improve, 
and  where  he  died,  August  5,  1870,  aged  59  yrs.  11  mos.  Mr, 
Morison  was  an  excellent  scholar,  especially  in  mathematics ;  and 
he  had  a  great  fondness  for  the  natural  sciences,  which  he  taught 
unusually  well.  Few  teachers  ever  surpassed  him  in  easy,  lucid, 
and  familiar  explanations  of  natural  phenomena.  Like  all  good 
teachers,  he  had  an  analytical  mind;  and  the  boy  must  have  been 
dull  indeed  whom  he  could  not  make  understand  the  subjects  or- 
dinarily taught  in  school.  He  Avas  one  of  nature's  own  teachers, 
l^eculiarly  fitted  to  impart  knowledge  to  the  young,  and  fond  of 
doing  so ;  but  the  government  of  a  school  wms  always  an  irksome 
task  to  him,  and  this  rendered  him  less  fond  of  his  profession 
than  he  otherwise  would  have  been." 


202        CHARTER  J0HN2;    TH0MAS3  ;    R0BERT4  ;   NATHANIELS.    [1592 

CHILDREN. 

1592.  Elizabeth-Whitriagc,  b,  Baltimore,  Dec.  8,  1842;  res.  Portsmouth. 

1593.  Mary-Ann,  b.  Oct.^24,  1844;  res.  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

1594.  Caroline-Augusta,  b.  Sept.  20,  1847;  res.  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

1595.  Samuel-Lord  (1915),  b.  Oct.  28,  1851. 

1596.  Caroline''  (Moore)  [1037]  (Nathaniel  Morison^,  RobertS 
Thomas^  John'-,  John^) ;  she  was  born  in  Peterborough,  N.  H., 
June  20,  1813;  married,  Aug.  29,  1837,  George-W.  Moore,  of 
Medina,  Mich.,  and  died  March  17,  1849.  "She  was  educated 
at  Adams  Academy,  in  Derry,  then  under  charge  of  Charles-C- 
P.  Gale.  She  was  a  woman  of  marked  ability,  of  a  refined  and 
sensitive  nature,  was  a  superior  scholar,  and  a  most  successful 
teacher.  Immediately  after  her  marriage,  she  went  to  inhabit  a 
log  cabin  in  the  wilderness  of  Michigan,  where  she  could  find 
none  of  the  luxuries  and  few  of  the  comforts  to  which  she  had 
been  accustomed.  She  bore  the  privations  of  her  lot  with  a 
brave,  uncomplaining  spirit ;  but  the  hard  life  to  which  she  was 
subjected  in  the  new  settlement  was  more  than  her  strength 
could  endure,  and  she  withered  and  died  at  the  early  age  of 
thirty-five,  beloved,  respected,  honored,  and  lamented  by  all  who 
knew  her." 

Mr.  Moore  was  born  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  April  3,  1814. 
He  married,  2d,  March  4,  1852,  Harriet-P.,  daughter  of  Daniel-P. 
Bigelow,  of  Barre,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  born  Dec.  29,  1821; 
died  April  15,  1880.  He  had  three  children  by  his  first  wife, 
and  two  by  his  second ;  res.  Medina,  Mich. 

CHILDREN,    BY   FIRST   WIFE. 

1597.  William-C,  b.  Nov.  1,  1841;  was  reared  upon  a  farm;  entered  the 
University  of  Michigan,  in  1860.  The  morning  after  the  attack 
on  Fort  Sumter,  he,  with  200  of  the  students,  tendered  their 
services  to  Governor  Blair,  but  the  offer  was  declined.  He 
enlisted  in  the  1st  Mich.  Infantry.  He  belonged  to  the  advance 
guard  of  the  regt.  under  Colonel  Wilcox,  which  entered  Alex- 
andria, May  24,  1861.  In  the  battle  of  Bull  Run,  when  the 
order  was  given  to  retreat,  he,  and  about  fifty  others,  carried 
off  their  wounded  colonel.  Not  being  able  to  escape,  they 
retreated  to  a  piece  of  woods,  and  defended  him  for  nearly 
three  hours,  till  most  of  their  party  were  killed  or  wounded. 
He  was  wounded  three  times  in  this  engagement,  and  was  left 
among  the  dead  upou  the  field ;  was  taken  prisoner,  and 
remained  in  Libbj'  Prison  till  Nov.  18G1  ;  then  sent  to  Columbia, 
S.  C,  and  returned  to  Libby  in  March,  1862;  paroled  May  15, 
1862,  and  exchanged  Aug.  9.  He  received  a  lieutenant's  com- 
mission in  the  18th  Regt.  Mich.,  Aug.  25,  1862;  assisted  in 
defence  of  Cincinnati ;  assisted  in  building  Fort  Mitchell,  at 
Covington,  Ky. ;  was  on  provost  duty  during  the  winter  of 
1862-63,  at  Lexington,  Ky.  ;  was  in  the  battle  of  Danville,  Ky., 
March,  1863,  and  was  on  provost  duty  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  from 
May,  1863,  till  May,  1864;  was  oflered  a  commission  as  lieut.- 
col.  in  4th  Tenn.  Regt.,  but  declined.  He  was  in  command 
of  the  18th  Regt.  of  Mich,  in  the  battle  of  Fox  Creek.  In  the 
siege  of  Decatur,  Nov.  1864,  with  40  men,  he  led  a  bayonet 
charge  against  the  rebel  sharp-shooters,  and  captured  114  pris- 
oners, among  them  five  com.  offlcers.     This  gallant  feat  was- 


^rzju-yi^ 


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203 


done  iu  front  of  General  Hood's  army  of  more  than  30,000 
men,  and  for  it  he  received  the  thanks  of  General  Thomas, 
in  an  open  letter  ordered  to  be  read  before  the  rej^t.  While 
in  command  of  a  fort  at  Whitesboro',  on  the  Tennessee  River, 
he  captured  75  horses,  and  mounted  his  company.  In  Feb. 
1865,  he  was  appointed  provost-marshal  at  Huntsville,  Ala.,  and 
held  this  position  till  the  close  of  the  war.  In  Oct.  1865,  he 
went  to  Texas  as  quartermaster  under  General  Custei',  against 
the  Comanche  Indians.  In  March,  1866,  he  purchased  a  drove 
of  cattle,  and  was  drowned  May  7,  1866,  while  attempting  to 
cross  a  stream  in  the  Indian  Tei-ritory,  when  on  his  way  from 
Texas  to  Kansas. 

1598.  Nathaniel-M.,  b.  April  18,  1843;  d.  April  5,  1850. 

1599.  Emily-C,  b.  Nov.  20,  1845;  m.  Oct.  30,  1866,  George-F.Phelps; 

he  was  b.  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  22,  1839;  merchant;  res. 
Ionia,  Ionia  Co.,  Mich.  Two  children:  1st,  William-Moore,  b. 
Aug.  23,  1868.     2d,  George-Morisou,  b.  Sept.  i,  1878. 

1600.  Nathaniel-Holmes«  [1038]  (NathanieP,  Robel•t^  Thomas^ 
John^  John^).  Nathaniel-Holmes  Morison,  ll.  d.,  was  born  in 
Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Dec.  14,  1815.  When  he  was  three  years 
old,  his  father  died  suddenly  of  yellow  fever,  at  Natchez,  Miss. 
He  lived  with  his  mother  till  he  was  eight  years  of  age.  The 
succeeding  nine  years  of  his  life  were  spent  on  a  farm,  in  a  woolen 
mill,  and  in  a  machine-shop,  though  he  attended  school  regularly 
in  the  winter.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1834,  he  entered  Phillips 
(Exeter,  N.  H.)  Academy,  where  he  remained  till  August,  1836, 
when  he  was  admitted  to  the  sophomore  class  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege, having  prepared  for  this  advanced  standing  in  two  years 
and  seven  months.  The  following  sketch  of  his  life  is  taken  from 
that  very  excellent  work,  Dr.  Albert  Smith's  History  of  Peter- 
borough, N.  H. 

"As  a  student,  young  Morison  was  obliged  to  practise  the 
most  rigid  economy  in  all  his  expenses, — in  dress,  in  board,  in 
books,  and  in  travelling.  He  once  walked  on  the  frozen  ground, 
in  December,  from  Peterborough  to  Exeter,  a  distance  of  sixty 
miles,  the  .entire  journey  costing  but  the  two  cents  paid  for  cross- 
ing the  Merrimack  at  Thornton's  Ferry.  He  carried  a  lunch  in 
his  pocket,  and  spent  the  night  at  the  Rev.  Jacob  Abbot's,  iu 
Windham.  Like  most  country  boys  of  the  period,  he  sought  to 
increase  his  scanty  means  by  teaching  school  in  winter.  He 
began  his  career  as  a  schoolmaster  in  Peterborough,  during  his 
sophomore  year.  During  the  next  winter  he  taught  the  village 
school  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  and  in  1838-9  he  had  charge  of  the  high 
school  at  Scituate  Harbor.  His  life  at  school  and  college  was  a 
laborious  one,  but  it  was  extremely  pleasant.  He  was  on  terms 
of  easy  and  agreeable  intercourse  with  all  his  schoolmates  and 
classmates,  joining  most  of  their  societies  and  social  gatherings. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Golden  Branch,  at  Exeter  ;  and  in  col- 
lege he  joined  the  Institute  of  1770,  the  Harvard  Union,  the 
Hasty  Pudding  Club,  and  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society.  Very 
early  in  life  he  had  shown  a  fondness  for  poetic  composition,  and 
he  was  chosen  by  his  schoolmates  to  write  the  ode  for  the  ex- 


204        CHARTER  J0HN2  ;    THOMASS  ;    ROBERT^  ;    NATHANIELS.    [1600 

hibition  at  Exeter  in  1835,  and  a  song  for  the  celebration  of  the 
Fourth  of  July  by  the  students  in  1836.  At  the  annual  exhibition 
of  the  academy  in  1835  he  was  appointed  to  deliver  an  original 
English  poem,  and  in  1836  an  original  Latin  poem.  In  college 
he  was  chosen  by  his  classmates  to  write  the  song  for  the  class 
supper  at  the  end  of  their  sophomore  year,  and  the  ode  for  class- 
day  at  the  end  of  their  senior  year.  He  also  delivered  the  poem 
before  the  Hasty  Pudding  Club  in  1838 ;  and  he  gained  one  of 
the  Bowdoin  prizes  for  English  composition  the  same  year.  He 
graduated  in  1839,  the  third  scholar  in  his  class,  having  one  of 
the  orations  for  his  part  at  commencement.  Immediately  after 
graduating,  he  went  to  Baltimore,  to  become  the  principal  teacher 
in  a  fashionable  girls'  school  which  had  just  been  opened  in  that 
city,  and  he  remained  in  this  position  for  nearly  two  years.  In 
May,  1841,  he  opened  a  girls'  school  on  his  own  account.  In 
1840,  he,  with  his  brother  Horace,  began  the  study  of  divinity 
with  the  Rev.  Dr.  G.-W.  Burnap,  an  accomplished  biblical  scholar 
and  critic,  under  whom  he  continued  until  he  had  completed  the 
full  course  of  three  years  in  theology.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Cheshire  Pastoral  Association,  which  met  at  Keene  in  the 
summer  of  1843.  On  the  22d  of  December,  1842,  he  married 
Sidney-Buchanan  Brown,  of  Baltimore.  She  belonged  to  the 
same  Scotch-Irish  race  from  which  he  was  descended,  her  ancestors 
having  settled  near  Carlisle,  Penn. 

"  His  school,  which  for  an  entire  term  consisted  of  two  pupils, 
soon  became  so  prosperous  that  he  gradually  gave  up  all  idea  of 
devoting  himself  to  the  ministry.  He  had  preached  only  a  few 
times  and  at  irregular  intervals.  In  a  few  years  his  school  became 
the  largest  in  the  city,  numbering  at  one  time  a  hundred  and 
forty  pupils.  For  twenty  years,  including  the  war,  when  there 
was  a  great  falling  off  of  pupils,  the  average  number  of  his 
scholars  was  110,  the  largest  private  girls'  school  ever  kept  in  the 
city  for  so  long  a  j^eriod.  Nearly  a  thousand  ladies  from  the  most 
intelligent  families  of  Baltimore  have  received  their  education 
from  him  ;  and  five  of  its  private  schools,  among  them'its  leading 
girls'  school,  are  now  (1875)  taught  by  his  pupils.  His  school 
had  the  reputation  of  being  unusually  strict  in  its  government 
and  rigorous  in  its  requirements  of  serious  study  from  its  juipils. 
It  therefore  attracted  few  of  those  who  were  not  disposed  to 
learn.  He  was  fond  of  his  ])rofession,  and  devoted  to  it  all  his 
energy  and  all  the  best  powers  of  his  mind ;  and  he  was  amply 
rewarded  and  cheered  by  constant  manifestations  of  the  respect 
and  affection  of  his  pupils,  among  whom  he  has  formed  some  of 
the  warmest  friendships  of  his  life. 

In  1867  he  was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  Peabody  Institute 
of  Baltimore,  which  had  been  founded  by  George  Peabody,  of 
London,  in  1857,  and  which  has  received  from  him  an  endowment 
of  $1,240,000.  His  school  was  still  in  the  full  tide  of  success,  and 
he  long  hesitated  before  he  accepted  this  important  but  wholly 
unsolicited  charge.     He  received  his  appointment  as  provost  of 


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the  institute  in  April,  and  entered  upon  his  new  duties  in  Sep- 
tember, 1867.  He  devoted  himself  at  once  to  the  library,  which 
then  consisted  of  about  15,000  volumes  of  miscellaneous  books, 
among  which  were  very  few  of  the  great  works  which  such  a 
library  should  contain.  Under  his  administration  nearly  $200,000 
have  been  spent  in  the  purchase  of  books.  The  library  now  con- 
tains over  70,000  volumes,  and  is  everywhere  among  scholars 
regarded  as  one  of  the  best  reference  libraries  in  the  country. 

"Dr.  Morison  has  for  many  years  been  a  trustee  of  the  First 
Independent  Church  of  Baltimore.  For  twenty-seven  years  he 
was  a  member,  and  most  of  that  time  the  superintendent,  of  its 
Sunday-school.  He  is  one  of  the  board  of  governors  and  visitors 
of  St.  John's  College  at  Annapolis,  from  which,  in  1871,  he 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D.  When  a  volume,  beau- 
tifully printed  and  illustrated,  was  issued  in  1871,  describing  the 
representative  men  of  Baltimore,  he  was  selected  as  the  "repre- 
sentative teacher"  of  the  city,  and  a  short  sketch  of  his  life,  with 
a  portrait,  was  placed  in  the  book. 

"In  1857,  he  piirchased  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  the  place  now 
known  as  Bleak  Hoixse,  and  fitted  it  up  as  a  summer  residence. 
His  affection  for  his  old  home  drew  him  back  to  the  place  of  his 
birth,  and  for  more  than  twenty  years  he  and  his  family  have 
spent  at  least  three  months  of  each  summer  amid  the  scenes  so 
familiar  and  dear  to  his  boyhood.  When,  in  1872,  he  gave  up 
all  interest  in  the  school  which  he  had  established  in  Baltimore, 
and  over  which  he  had,  presided  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  he 
sent  all  his  philosophical  apparatus,  which  cost  originally  about 
$2,000,  as  a  gift  to  the  high  school  of  his  native  town.  In 
1843  he  published  Three  Thousand  Questions  in  Geography, 
which  passed  throiigh  three  editions,  and  is  still  used  by  some 
of  the  best  schools  in  Baltimore.  He  also  published  a  small 
book  on  Punctuation  and  Solecisms,  of  which  an  enlarged  edition 
was  pi'inted  in  1867,  under  the  title  of  a  School  Manual.  In 
1871  he  wrote  a  pamjihlet  on  the  management  and  objects  of  the 
Peabody  Institute.  Besides  these,  he  has  written  twelve  annual 
reports  of  the  Peabody  Institute,  which  have  been  printed  for 
distribution  among  similar  institutions  elsewhere." 

In  company  with  his  wife  and  daughter  Alice  and  his  son  John, 
who  had  spent  nearly  a  year  in  study  in  Germany,  he  made  an 
extensive  trip  to  Europe  in  the  spring,  summer,  and  autumn  of 
1879,  visiting  all  the  im])ortant  cities,  libraries,  and  art  galleries 
in  France,  Italy,  Switzerland,  Germany,  Belgium,  England,  Scot- 
land, and  Ireland. 

CniLDRRN. 

1601.  Frank  (1918),  b.  March  18,  1844;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

1602.  George-Brown,  b.  Jan.  5,  1846;  d.  May  11,  1850. 

1603.  Ernest-Nathaniel  n919),  b.  Nov.  14,  1848. 

1604.  Robert-Brown  (1924),  b.  March  13,  18J1. 

1605.  William-Geor.u'e,  b.  May  31,   1853;  d.  very  snddenly  at  Exeter,  N. 

II.,  where  he  was  fitting  for  college,  Oct.  30,  1809,  aeed  16  yrs. 

1606.  John-IIolmes,  b.  Jan.  21,   1856;  membft'- of  Harvard  College  Law 

School,  1879. 


206        PHARTRR  J0HN2  ;    TH0MAS3  ;    ROBERT^  ;    NATHANIELS.   [1607 

1607.  Alice-Sidney,  b.  Jan.  24,  1850.  , 

1608.  George-B.,  b.  May  9,  1861 ;  member"(1880)  of  the  Freshman  class  of 

Harvard  College. 

1609.  Samuel-Aclaiiis^  [1039]  (NathanieP,  Roberts  ThomasS 
John-,  John^) ;  moved  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  in  1849,  where  he 
now  res.  He  married,  Nov.  9,  1847,  Ellen  Smith,  of  Bodega, 
Cal.,  born  Jmie  6,  1820. 

CHILDRKN. 

1610.  James-Henry,  b.  Jan.  20,  1851. 

1611.  William-C,  b.  Jan.  11,  1855. 

1612.  Wallace,  b.  Dec.  29,  1861. 

1613.  James"  [1040]  ( Nathaniel'^,  Robert*,  Thomas^  John^ 
John^).  James  Morison,  m.  d.  After  the  death  of  his  father, 
when  hardly  a  year  old,  he  remained  with  his  mother  till  he  was 
ten  years  of  age ;  the  next  seven  years  he  was  employed  on  a  farm 
and  in  a  woolen  factory,  attending  school  during  the  winters. 
In  the  autumn  of  1836,  he  entered  Phillips  (Exeter)  Academy. 
In  the  spring  of  1839,  illness  compelled  him  to  suspend  his 
studies  at  the  academy.  He  returned  to  Peterborough,  and 
began  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  office  of  Drs.  Follansbee  and 
Smith.  He  soon  regained  his  health,  and  returned  to  Exeter, 
where  he  remained  until  1841,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the 
sophomore  class  of  Harvard  University.  He  graduated  in  1844, 
and  left  immediately  for  Baltimore,  where  he  resumed  the  study 
of  medicine,  and  received  his  medical  degree  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland,  in  1846.  He  received  the  appointment  of 
resident  physician  of  the  Baltimore  Infirmaiy,  a  position  which 
he  retained  until  he  left  for  California,  in  the  latter  ])art  of  1849. 
He  went  to  California  in  a  British  steamship,  by  way  of  the  Straits 
of  Magellan,  arriving  at  San  Francisco  early  in  the  summer  of 
1850,  where  he  remained  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until 
the  spring  of  1^54,  when  he  returned  to  the  Eastern  States,  and 
went  to  Europe  in  the  following  October.  He  remained  abroad 
until  the  summer  of  1856.  He  si)ent  most  of  his  time  in  Paris, 
where  he  attended  medical  lectures  and  the  clinics  of  the  hos])itals. 

He  married  Mary-S.  Sanford,  of  Boston,  Jan.  29,  1857,  the 
daughter  of  Philo  and  Martha  (Druce)  Sanford,  born  March  8, 
1821.  He  returned  to  San  Francisco  in  the  following  spring. 
His  wife  died  Jan,  17,  1866,  aged  44  yrs.  10  mos.,  leaving  two 
children.  He  returned  to  New  England  in  1867,  and  married 
Ellen  Wheeler,  of  Keene,  June  16,  1868,  daughter  of  Sumner 
and  Catherine  (Vose)  Wheeler,  born  June  18,  1837. 

In  1858  he  assisted  in  the  oi-ganization  of  the  first  medical 
school  established  on  the  Pacific  coast,  under  the  charter  of  the 
University  of  the  Pacific.  He  was  appointed  professor  of  the 
theory  and  practice  of  medicine  and  pathology  in  this  school,  a 
position  which  he  held  for  five  years.  He  was  for  several  years 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  University  of  the  Pacific,  and  1858 
vice-president  of  the  California  Medical  Society.  He  has  been 
an  active  member  of  the  followino-  medical  and  scientific  societies 


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and  associations :  California  Medical  Society ;  California  Academy 
of  Natural  Sciences ;  Franco-American  Medical  Society,  Paris  ; 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society;  Norfolk  District  Medical  Society; 
Dorchester  Medical  Club,  and  American  Medical  Association.  In 
June,  1869,  he  removed  to  Quincy,  Mass.,  where  he  now  res.  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  is  a  member  of  the  N.  E. 
Hist,  and  Gen.  Society,  and  of  the  Mass.  Medico-Legal  Society. 

CHILDREN. 

16U.     Sanford,  b.  Oct.  26,  1859,  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  now  (1879)  member 

senior  class.  Harvard  University. 
1615.     Emily,  b.  Jan.  20,  1864,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

1616.  Josiah-S.«  [1043]  (Robert^  Roberts  Thomas^  John', 
John^) ;  res.  South  Acworth,  N.  H.,  and  with  his  son  Robert 
is  engaged  in  the  grain  and  lumber  business.  Lived  in  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  many  years,  and  was  representative  in  1845-48, 
and  selectman  1845-50.  A  large  portion  of  his  life  has  been  spent 
in  building  machinery.  He  married,  Sept.  4, 1831,  Phoebe  Knight, 
born  June  19,  1807. 

CHILDREN. 

1617.  Sarah-T.  (1925),  b.  Lowell,  Mass.,  Aug.  5,  1832. 

1618.  Lizzie-M.  (1931),  b.  March  23,  1836. 

1619.  Ellen  (1937),  b.  June  29,  1840. 

1620.  Sylvia-S.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1842;  d.  Sept.  13,  1844. 

1621.  Ilobert-S.  (1944),  b.  Oct.  25,  1845. 

1622.  Edgar-K.,  b.  May  6,  1848 ;  graduate  of  Bridgewater  Normal  School. 

1623.  Phoebe,  b.  March  2,  1852  ^d.  April  13,  1852. 

16-24.  Eobert-Holmes«  [1044]  (RobertS  RobertS  ThomasS 
John"^,  John^) ;  lived  many  years  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  when  he  re- 
turned to  his  native  town,  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  bought  a  farm, 
where  he  still  lives.  He  married,  June  '27,  1855,  Emily  Johnson, 
born  Nov.  4,  1819. 

CHILDREN. 

1625.  Elmer-Leland,  b.  June  20,  1857. 

1626.  Hermon-R.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1859. 

1627.  Stella-Edwina,  b.  Nov.  25,  1863. 

16-28.  Nathaniel  [1045]  (RobertS  RobertS  ThomasS  John^, 
John') ;  lived  many  years  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  but  returned  to  his 
native  town,  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  subsequently  bought  a 
farm  in  Greenfield,  N.  H.,  where  he  res.  He  married,  Oct.  8,  1839, 
Mary  Knight,  born  Oct.  18,  1815. 

CHILDREN. 

1629.  Edgar-David,  b.  Jan.  17,  1842;  d.  Aug.  16,  1843. 

1630.  Henry-Baker,   b.    Nov.    18,    1845;    m.    April   21,    1870,    Madora-A. 

AVeston,  b.  Jan.  15,  1847;  res.  Townsend  Harbor,  Mass.     One 
child,  Mabel-Dora,  b.  March  11,  1870. 

1631.  Willie-Aldo,  b.  May  10,  1855;  d.  Oct.  9,  1856. 

1632.  Myro-Almon,  1).  June  21,   1859;    m.  Nellie-A.  Atherton,  Nov.   11), 

1876;  res.  Hancock,  N.  H. 

1633.  Elizabeth-A.«  (Bassett)  [1046]  (Robert  MorisonS 
Robert*,  Thomas^  John^,    John^) ;    was   born    in    Peterborough, 


208  CHARTER   JOHN^  ;    THOMASS  ;   EZEKIEL*  ;   EZEKIEL5.      [1634 

N.  H.,  Dec.  23,  1814;  married,  od  w.,  Goodyear  Bassett,  Nov.  21, 
1849,  born  East  Montpelier,  Vt.,  May  22,  1801.  They  live  in 
Peterborough,  N.  H. 

CHILD. 

1G34.  Eli-G.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1850;  m.  Feb.  13,  1877,  Florence-A.  Blood,  of 
Wilton,  N.  H.,  where  they  now  live. 

1G35.  Mary-Ann«  (Wilcox)  [1047]  (Robert  Morison^  Robert*, 
Thomas'',  John'-,  John^) ;  she  married.  May  18, 1848,  George  Wilcox. 
He  was  born  at  Stanstead,  Can.,  Aug.  5,  1806;  res.  Antrim,  N.H. 

CHILDREX. 

1()3G.  Charles-Franklin,  b.  Hancock.  N.  H.,  Feb.  25,  1849  ;  m.  Feb.  25,  1869, 
Theresa  Blake.  Two  children:  1st,  H. -Clifton,  b.  Sept.  19, 
1871.     2d,  George-F.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1875. 

1637.     Mary-Ellen,  b.  Peterborongh,  N.  H.,  July  24,  1852. 

1638.  David«  [1048]  (Robert^  Robert^  Thomas^  John-,  John^) ; 
born  in  Greenfield,  N.  H.,  July  31,  1819;  res.  Lowell,  Mass.  He 
married,  Sept.  21,  1841,  Mary- Ann  Sargent,  of  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 
She  was  born  March  15,  1819. 

CHILDREN. 

1639.  Emilv-Eliza,  b.  June  3,  1842;  d.  Sept.  11,  1843. 

1640.  David-Edwin,  b.  Oct.  9,  1844;  d.  Oct.  14,  1844. 

1641.  Mary-Emma,  b.  April  7,  1846. 

1642.  Susan-Ella,  b.   Aug.   25,   1848;  m.   Nov.  27,   1867,   Charles-Henry 

Collins,  b.  Bangor,  Me. ;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H.  Three  chil- 
dren :  1st,  Gertrude-Ellen,  b.  May  7,  1869.  2d,  Charles-F.,  b. 
Mav6,  1872;  d.  July  19,  1872.     3d,  Alice-Mabel,  b.  Jan.  20,  1874. 

1643.  Frederick-David,  b.  Aug.  21,  1854. 

1644.  Robert-S.*'  [1071]  (EzekieP,  EzekieP,  Thomas^,  John'^ 
Johni) ;  was  born  Dec.  20,  1837,  at  La  Porte,  Ind.  In  1861  he 
located  at  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  and  engaged  in  banking,  in  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Cyrus  Roberts,  under  the  name  of  Roberts  & 
Morrison.  In  Jan.  1864,  he  was  elected,  a  director  and  cashier 
of  the  First  National  Bank  in  La  Porte,  Ind.  He  returned  to 
La  Porte  at  that  time,  and  accepted  the  position,  which  he  still 
holds.  In  1877  he  became  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  coal  trade 
with  Mr.  W.  Wilson,  under  the  firm-name  of  W.  Wilson  &  Co. 
He  man-ied  Jenette-S.  Frey,  at  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  Oct.  6,  1863. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    h\   PORTE,    IND. 

1645.  Kobert-Ezekiel,  b.  Aug.  10,  1864. 

1646.  Johu-Frey,  1).  Feb.  2,  1867;  d.  Jan.  31,  1868. 

1647.  Samuel-Andrew,  b.  March  23,  1870. 

1648.  Charles-IIenrv,  b.  Jan.  23,  1876. 

1649.  Margaret,  b.  July  8,  1878. 

1650.  Ella-Jane«  (Cobb)  [1072]  (Ezekiel  Morrison^  Ezekiel*, 
Thomas'*,  John'-,  .John^);  was  born  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Aug,  14, 
1840,  and  married  at  La  Porte,  Oct.  16,  1861,  Cyrus-B.  Cobb, 
born  Aug.  1,  1838;  res.  Chicago,  III.  He  worked  up  from  tele- 
graph boy,  to  head  of  supply  dept.  in  Western  Union  Office, 
Chicago,  111.    He  started  lime  works,  which  were  destroyed  in  the 


1663]  SIXTH    GENERATION.  —  HENRY-D.    MORRISON.  209 

Chicago  fire.  Subsequently  went  to  Canada,  as  division  supt.  on 
Canada  Southern  R.  R.  Is  now  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  charge  of 
Northern  Division  of  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   CHICAGO,    ILL. 

1651.  Hattie-Morrison,  b.  July  31,  186.?. 

1652.  Frederick-Emery,  b.  Dec.  18,  1866. 

1653.  Almira-Bridge,  b.  Aug.  9,  1874. 

1654.  Henry-D.«  [1073]  (EzekieP,  EzekieP,  Thomas^,  John^, 
John^) ;  res.  La  Porte  Co.,  Ind,  near  the  city  of  La  Porte.  Is 
extensively  engaged  in  farming,  and  raising  fine  stock,  having  a 
farm  of  between  700  and  800  acres.  He  married  Mary-A.  Hidg- 
way,  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Dec.  15,  1864. 

CniLDREN,    BORN  IN  LA   PORTE,   IND. 

1655.  Francis-Henry,  b.  Sept.  6,  1866. 

1656.  Auuie,  b.  Jan.  13,  1876. 

1657.  Florietta-IsabelP  (West)  [1074]  (Ezekiel  Morrison^  Eze- 
kiel^,  Thomas^  John'-,  John^) ;  married,  Oct.  9,  1867,  at  La  Porte, 
Ind.,  Charles-E.  West,  of  Pittsfield,  ]\Iass.,  who  was  born  at  Pitts- 
field,  Nov.  4,  1838.  Entered  Williams  College  in  1857,  but  on 
account  of  ill  health  gave  up  study.  In  1860  Avent  to  Sandusky, 
O.,  where  he  S])ent  two  years;  returned  to  Pittsfield,  and  went 
into  manufacturing  business,  then  in  full  flood  of  prosperity.  In 
1865,  he  bought  a  site  in  Dalton,  Mass.,  and  built  a  mill,  and  (1880) 
under  the  firm  of  West  &  Glennon,  does  a  large  business  in  manu- 
facturing dress  goods  and  cassimeres,  employing  over  100  persons, 
and  turning  out  1300,000  worth  of  goods  annually.  His  life  has 
been  too  busy  to  hold  public  office,  with  exception  of  school 
committee.  Has  been  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school 
of  Congregational  church  for  several  years. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   DALTON,    MASS. 

1658.  Kate,  b.  Jan.  8,  1872. 

1659.  Isabella-Morrison,  b.  May  15,  1879. 

1660.  Charles-B.«  [1075]  (EzekieP,  EzekieP,  Thomas^  John'^ 
John^) ;  was  born  at  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Nov.  29,  1851 ;  rem.  Hebron, 
Porter  Co.,  Ind.,  in  1873.  Is  extensively  engaged  in  farming;  at 
present  time  farms  one  thousand  acres.  He  married  Mary-Ann 
Billings,  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  April  27,  1875. 

CHILDREN,   BORN  IN   HEBRON,    IND. 

1661.  Harry-Ezekiel,  b.  Aug.  22,  1876. 

1662.  Thomas,  b.  June  8,  1878. 

1663.  Thomas-Henry«  [1079]  ( Thomas-A.^  EzekieP,  Thom- 
as"', John'-,  John^).  Hon.  Thomas-H.  Morison  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Morison  &  Hutchinson,  of  Norwalk, 
Conn.,  where  he  res.  He  went  into  the  store  of  his  father  in 
1853,  and  was  admitted  to  the  firm  in  January,  1868,  at  the  age 
of  18  yrs.  The  firm  carries  on  a  large  manufacturing  business, 
of  collars  and  various  kinds  of  goods,  and  was  established  by 


210       CHARTER. J0HN2;  TH0MAS3;  EZEKIEL*;  THOMAS-AMESS.  [1664 

Thomas-Ames  Morison  in  1845.  Their  New  York  office  is  at 
593  Broadway.  They  do  a  Large  business  on  the  Pacific  coast, 
and  established  a  branch  office  in  San  Francisco,  CaL,  in  1861, 
which  is  still  in  successful  operation.  Mr.  Morison  is  also 
engaged  in  the  gas  business,  banking,  railroads,  and  fire  insur- 
ance. He  was  elected  one  of  the  three  Avater  commissioners  of 
Norwalk,  and  aided  in  establishing  the  water-works  of  that  city, 
at  an  expense  of  $250,000.  He  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Norwalk  in  November,  1877,  and  re-elected  in  1878,  a  position 
he  holds  in  1879.  He  married  Julia-Anna  Sheffield,  at  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  17,  1863. 

CHILDREN. 

1GG4.     Thomas-Sheffield,  b.  June  22,  1865. 

1C65.     Charles-Henry,  b.  Nov.  10,  1868 ;  d.  Sept.  26,  1869. 

1666.     Frederick-Allies,  b.  Sept.  3,  1870 ;  d.  May  24,  1879. 

1667.  Arianna^  (Hutchinson)  [1080]  (Thomas-Ames  Morison^ 
EzekieP,  Thomas^,  John-,  John^) ;  married,  Dec.  1,  1863,  Gardiner- 
Spring,  son  of  Richard  and  Martha  (McCalla)  Hutchinson,  of  the 
city  of  iSTew  York,  where  he  was  born  Dec.  21,  1832.  Was  a  stu- 
dent at  the  New  York  University,  but  left  before  the  completion 
of  the  course.  Studied  law  with  John  Cleaveland,  Esq.,  in  New 
York  City;  afterward  graduated  at  Harvard  University  Law 
School,  and  practised  his  profession  for  ten  years.  He  then 
entered  the  old  business  firm  of  Morison,  Son  &  Hoyt,  which 
was  changed  to  Morison,  Son  &  Hutchinson,  and  now  styled 
Morison  &  Hutchinson.     Res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1668.  Thoraas-Morison,  b.  June  1,'1865. 

1669.  Henrietta,  b.  May  30,  1869. 

1670.  Gardiner-Spring,  b.  Nov.  o,  1871. 

1670a. .  Mary-Elizabeth«  (Wright)  [1106]  (Jesse  Smith^  Robert 
Smith^,  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John-Morison-,  John^)  ;  married  John- 
K.  Wright,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  a  capitalist  of  that  city. 

CHILDREN. 

16706.  J.-Gordou-R.,  b.  March  13,  1852;  m.  Oct.  26,  1876,  Celia-L.  Dough- 
erty. He  is  pres.  of  the  La  Porte  Gas  and  Coke  Co. ;  res.  La 
Porte,  Ind.  Two  children:  1st,  Marv-Loiiise,  b.  Aug.  23,  1877. 
2d,  Isabel-May,  b.  May  23,  1S79;  d.  May  24,  1879. 

1670c.  Jessie-Smith,  b.  March  25,  1854;  m.  June  13,  1878,  Alfred-Purdy, 
sonof  Bp.  K.-S.  Foster,  of  the  M.  E.  Church;  res.  Des  Moiues, 
la.     One  child,  Helen,  b.  Nov.  19,  1879. 

1670(Z.  Clifford-Bailey,  b.  Nov.  4,  1855 ;  is  in  the  bank  of  Hughes,  Wright 
&  Co.,  Cincinnati,  0. 

1670e.   Cornelius-Bramhall,  b.  April  9,  1857;  d.  Sept.  21,  1858. 

1670/".    Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  May  6,  1859. 

1670^.  Annie-Brarahall,  b.  April  14,  1861. 

1670/i.  William-Sumner,  b.  May  18,  1866;  d.  May  10,  1868. 

1670i.    Lelie-Belle,  b.  Sept.  22,  1867;  d.  May  13,  1868. 

1670J.    Glenn-Herbert,  b.  June  22,  1869. 

1671.  Betsey'"'  (Bigelow)  [1140]  (James  Smith^  James  SmithS 
Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John')     was  born   Jan.   30, 


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1826;  married,  April  20,  1845,  Norman-C.  Bigelow.     He  was  born 
in  Reading,  Vt.,  Jan,  16, 1819;  res.  Cavendish,  Vt. 

CHILDREN. 

1672.  Frank-Lander,  b.  Oct.  16,  1864. 

1673.  Sarah-Isabel,  b.  Sept.  13,  1867. 

1674.  Sarah*^  (Flagg)  [1141]  (James  Smithy  James  Smith", 
Elizabeth^*  (Smith),  John  Morison"^,  John^) ;  was  born  Jan.  22, 
1828;  married,  Feb.  13,  1S56,  Willard-C.  llao-g;  res.  Maro,  111. 
He  died  March  30,  1878. 

CIIILDKEX. 

1675.  Bessie,  b.  May  4,  1857;  d.  June,  1859. 

1676.  Jennie,  b.  Feb.  13,  1860;  d.  Aug.  1860. 

1677.  Belle,  b.  June,  1861. 

1678.  Mary-W.,b.  Feb.  1863. 

1679.  Willard-G.,  b.  Marcli,  1864;  d.  Dec.  1864. 

1680.  Norman-G.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1867. 

1681.  Marcia«  (Thomas)  [1143]  (James  Smithy  James  Smith", 
Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison''^,  John^)  ;  was  born  at  Caven- 
dish, Vt.,  Ang.  5, 1831;  married,  Oct.  24,  1850,  Dr.  N.-D.  Thomas. 
He  was  born  in  Logan  Co.,  O.,  March  5,  1827 ;  res.  Little  Prairie 
Roude,  Cass  Co.,  Mich.;  rem.  to  Michigan  in  1847;  commenced 
the  practice  of  medicine  in  1850  ;  relinquished  his  profession  in 
1870,  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  is  now  farming. 

CHILDREX. 

1682.  Marcus-Smith,  b.  Aug.  8,  1851;  member  of  Mich.  Agric.  Coll. 

1683.  Jessie,  b.  Jan.  16,  1853;  member  of  Normal  School,  Ypsilauti,  Mich. 

1684.  Willard-Louis,  b.  Jan.  11,  1855;  member  of  Agric.  Coll. 

1685.  Lillian,  b.  June  22,  1856;  d.  Aug.  13,  1857. 

168C.     Isabel,  b.  March  26,   1859 ;  grad.  of  Normal  School  at  Ypsilanti, 

Mich.,  June  25,  1879. 
1687.     May,  b.  Dec.  16,  1865. 

1688.  Cynthia-Augusta«  (Church)  [1164]  (Hannah^  (Jewett), 
Hannah"  (Barker),  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison",  John^) ; 
was  born  Rindge,  IST.  H.,  Oct.  12,  1827;  married,  Aug.  20,  1863, 
Alfred-B.  Church  ;  res.  Woonsocket,  R.  I.  He  was  born  Cranston, 
R.  I.,  Oct.  29,  1831 ;  is  chief  of  police. 

1689.  Mary-E.8  (Wheeler)  [1168]  (Hannah^  (Jewett),  Hannah" 
(Barker),  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^) ;  was  born 
Oct.  9,  1835;  married,  March  12,  1863,  Otis-Adams  Wheeler; 
res.  Webster,  Mass.;  upholsterer  and  painter.  He  was  born  at 
Brookline,  X.  H.,  Xov.  1,  1820. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   FITCHBURG,    MASS. 

1690.  Charles-Cushing,  b.  May  18,  1864;  d.  March  18,  1868. 

1691.  Ellen-Louise,  b.  March  29,  1866;  d.  April  25,  1866. 

1692.  Fanny-Maria,  b.  Sept.  26,  1867. 

1693.  Walter-Otis,  b.  June  25,  1871. 

1694.  Edward  Jewett«  [1169]  (Hannah"  (Jewett),  Hannah" 
(Barker),  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison"-,  John^) ;  was  born 
Dec.  30,  1837;    married,   Dec.  21,  1855,  Phebe-A.,  daughter    of 


212        CHARTER  JOHN-^;  ELIZABETHS  (SMITH);  JONA.  SMITH*.     [1695 

Reuben   Rarasdell,   of    Rindge,  N.  H.     She  was  born  Dec.  19, 
1839;  res.  East  Kindge,  N.  H. 

CniLDREN. 

1695.  Alfred-Edward,  b.  Sept.  20,  1856;  m.  Dec.  25,  1877,  Mrs.   Sarab-0. 

(Savvtell)  Spear,  of  Templeton,  Mass.     She  was  b.  Waltham, 
Mass.,  June  26,  1847. 

1696.  Frank-Eugene,  b.  Nov.  24,  1860. 

1697.  Stephen-Percy,  b.  Oct.  22,  1862;  d.  Feb.  21,  1864. 

1698.  Ernest-Clifton,  b.  Oct.  7,  1864. 

1699.  Charles-Ranisdell,  b.  May  26,  1866. 

1700.  William-Henry,  b.  April  8,  1871. 

1701.  Florence-Henrietta,  b.  April  19,  1373. 

1702.  AndreAV  JeweW^  [H^l]  (Hannah^  (Jewett),  Hannah* 
(Barker),  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John^) ;  was  born 
Feb.  21,  1842;  married,  May  12,  1875,  Martha-E.  DuBois,  She 
was  born  Bridgeton,  N.  J.;  lie  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  and  is  clerk 
in  a  savings-bank. 

CHILD. 

1703.     Durell,  b.  April  3,  1876;  d.  Jan.  9,  1877. 

1704.  Samnel  Gordon*^  [1187]  (Betsey^  (Gordon),  Jonathan 
Smith^,  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison'',  John^) ;  res.  Hamil- 
ton, Hancock  Co.,  111.  He  rem.  to  111.  with  his  parents  in  1831, 
and  located  at  Montebello,  Hancock  Co.,  "when  that  part  of 
the  counti-y  was  an  almost  unbroken  wilderness."  In  1833,  he 
moved  upon  the  place  he  now  occupies,  twenty-five  years  before 
the  city  of  Hamilton  was  founded.  He  held  the  office  of  town 
clerk  of  Montebello  township  for  fourteen  years.  After  the  organ- 
ization of  the  city  of  Hamilton,  he  was  city  clerk  two  years,  city 
treasurer  six  years,  two  years  a  member  of  the  city  council,  and 
in  1879  was  elected  police  magistrate  of  the  city.  He  rendered 
valuable  service  in  the  cause  of  his  country,  and  also  the  cause 
of  liberty,  by  aiding  in  the  overthrow  of  the  late  unholy  rebellion 
against  the  IJ.  S.  Govt.  In  Aug.  1862,  he  enlisted  as  member  of 
Co.  C,  118th  Regt.  111.  Vols.,  and  served  in  the  army  till  he  was 
discharged,  Oct.  1,  1865;  participated  with  his  regiment  in  the 
important  army  movements  at  Vicksburg,  New  Orleans,  and 
many  other  places  of  the  South.  He  and  the  regiment  were 
often  in  the  "imminent  deadly  breach" ;  many  were  the  "battles, 
sieges,  fortunes,"  through  which  he  and  the  regiment  passed, 
having  "participated  in  eight  of  the  great  battles  of  the  war,  and 
scores  of  skirmishes."  The  regiment  lost  over  half  its  original 
number,  and  had  marched  over  ten  thousand  miles.  Mr.  G.  mar- 
ried, April  3,  1851,  Parmelia-A.  Alvord,  who  was  born  Warren 
Co.,  Pa.,  Aug.  3,  1832. 

CHILDRKN,    BORX   IX   HAMILTON,    HANCOCK   CO.,    ILL. 

1705.  Ella-Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  1,  18.-)2. 

1706.  John-.A.,    b.    Auij.    21,    1855;    teleirraph    operator;    res.    Sciota, 

McDonough  Co.,  111.;  m.  Dec.  ^24,    1878,    M.-J.    Goodeuoiigh, 
of  Farraington,  la.     She  was  b.  Dec.  16,  1800. 

1707.  Allce-A.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1858. 


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1708.  Asjnes-C,  b.  Dec.  17,  1860. 

1709.  Robert-Smith,  b.  Dec.  10,  1866. 

1710.  Mabel-B.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1870. 

1711.  Moses-P.  Smith®  [1191]  (Jonathan  Smithy  Jonathan 
Smith'',  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^) ;  res.  Norwalk, 
O. ;  is  fuel  agent  on  Ohio  division  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Rail- 
way. He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Dr.  Albert  Smith,  of 
Peterborough,  N.  H.     (See  No.  1258.) 

CHILDREN. 

1712.  Anna-P.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1871,  at  Marion,  Ind. 

1713.  Albert,  b.  March  3,  1873,  at  Marion,  Ind. 

1714.  Edith,  b.  March  IG,  1876;  d.  Aug.  -i,  187G. 

1715.  Charlotte-Smith'5  (Whitemarsh)  [1200]  (Mary^  (Fox), 
Jonathan  Smith'*,  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison'-^,  John^)  ; 
was  born  Nov.  20, 1826 ;  married,  Aug.  7,  1845,  Charles  E.  White- 
marsh  ;  res.  Denmark,  la. 

CaiLDllEN. 

1716.  Timotliy-Fox,  b.  Aug.  28,  1816;  m.  Miss  A.  Hart,  Oct.  4,  1868. 
Two  children:  1st,  John-C,  b.  Nov.  24,  1869.  2d,  Ariadna,  b. 
May  IG,  1878. 

1718.  Edward,  b.  June  29,  1851. 

1719.  Eva-Ariauua,  b.  Aug.  21,  1857. 

1720.  Mary-Frances,  b.  Sept.  4,  1867. 

1721.  Harriet-F.«  (Fayerweather)  [1207]  (Mary«  (Fox),  Jona- 
than* (Smith),  Elizabeth'^  (Smith),  John  Morison"-^,  John^) ;  was 
born  Nov.  17,  1836;  man-ied  James-R.  Fayerweather,  Dec.  31, 
1858;  res.  Denmark,  la. 

,         CHILDREN. 

1722.  Mary-E.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1859. 

1723.  Francis-L.,  b.  March  G,  1861;  d.  April  18,  1863. 

1724.  Frederic-E.,  b.  May  30,  1862;  d.  Oct.  6,  1863. 

1725.  Willie-F.,  b.  July  28,  1878;  d.  Jan.  6,  1879. 

1726.  John-Stearns  Smith''  [1220]  (John  Smithy  Jonathan 
Smith*,  Elizabeth'^  (Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John^)  ;  was  born  in 
Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Nov.  27,  1837;  teacher  by  profession;  en- 
rolled in  6th  Regt.  N.  H.  Inf.  Oct.  14,  1861  ;  promoted  to  1st 
sergeant,  July  1,  1862;  to  2d  lieut.  Nov.  1,  1862;  to  1st  lieut. 
and  adjutant,  March  20,  1863,  and  mustered  out  of  U.  S.  service, 
1865.  Was  appointed  1st  lieut.  in  9th  Regt.  U.  S.  Army,  June  10, 
1865  ;  promoted  to  a  captaincy,  Nov.  10,  1865  ;  and  mustered  out 
of  service  June  19,  1866,  his  "  services  being  no  longer  required." 
The  so-called  confederacy  had  expired.  Founded  upon  an  insti- 
tution which  was  the  greatest  sin  of  any  age,  it  went  down  in 
darkness  and  in  blood.  From  its  ashes  came  forth  a  purified 
nation,  and  four  millions  of  bondmen  stood  forth  as  freemen, 
clothed  in  their  "unalienable'   and  natural  rights. 

The  following  account  of  Mr.  Smith's  niilitary  services  and 
experience,  I  copy  from  his  discharge  papers.  He  participated 
in  the  following; 


214       CHARTER  JOIIN-2;    ELIZABETHS  (SMITH);   JONA.  SMITH^.   [1727 


"  Camden,  N.  C,  April  19,  1862. 
Bull  Klin,  Va.,  Aug.  29  and  30,  1862  (wounded). 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Vicksburg,  1  Miss.,  July  4-13,  1863. 
Jackson,       J  ^       j  i 

Spottsylvania  Court  House,  Va.,  May  18-24,  1864. 
North  Anna  River,  Va.,  May  25-26,  1864. 
Tolopotomy  Creek,  Va.,  May  30-31,  1864. 
Bethesda  Church,  Va.,  June  3,  1864. 
Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  9,  1864. 
Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  17,  18,  1864. 
Cemetery  Hill,  Va.,  July  30,  1864  (wounded). 
Weldon  R.  R.,  Va.,  Aug.  19,  1864. 
Poplar  Grove  Church,  Va.,  Oct.  1,  1864. 
Hatcher's  Run,  Va..  Oct.  27,  1864. 

SKIUMISHES. 

Columbia,  N.  C,  March,  1862. 
Elizabeth  City,  N.  C,  March,  1862. 
Amesville,  Va.,  Nov.  1862. 
"White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  Nov.  1862. 
"  During  his  entire  term  of  service  he  ever  showed  himself  to  be  a  brave 
and  efficient  officer,  as  well  as  gentleman  of  the  highest  character. 

Samuel  D.  Quarles,  Major  Commanding  Begt.'" 

He  is  (1879)  in  the  U.  S.  postal  railway  service;  res.  Wright's 
Grove,  Cook  Co.,  111.  He  married.  May  3,  1871,  Emily-S.  Cana^ 
van,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.     She  was  born  July  29,  1846,  at  Buffalo. 

CHILD. 

1727.     Eva,  b.  April  24,  1872. 

17-28.  Jonathan  Smith"  [1222]  (John  Smithy  Jonathan  Smith^ 
Elizabeth*^  (Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John^) ;  was  born  at  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  Oct.  21,  1842.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1871;  studied  law,  and  admitted  to  Hillsborough  County 
(N.  H.)  bar  in  Jan.  1875;  was  city  solicitor  of  Manchester,  N. 
H.,  1876,  '77,  '78;  res.  in  Clinton,  Mass.  He  assisted  in  the  over- 
throw of  the  rebellion ;  was  a  private  in  6th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols., 
and  participated  in  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  Aug.  28,  29, 
30,  1862,  and  Chantilly,  Sept.  1,  1862,  and  was  discharged  Dec. 
20,  1862,  for  disability.  He  enlisted  in  1st  N.  H.  Cavalry,  rank 
as  sergeant,  and  served  till  close  of  the  war.  He  married  Tirzah- 
A.-K.  Dow,  of  Canterbury,  N.  H.,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Hannah 
(Drake)  Dow,  Dec.  13,  1876. 

CHILDREN. 

1729.  Theodore,  b.  Sept.  25,  1877;  d.  Oct.  25,  1877. 

1730.  Susan-Pearl,  b.  May  24,  1879. 

1731.  Clara*=  (Bass)  [1228]  (Nancy'^  (Foster),  Jonathan  Smithy 
Elizabeth''  (Smith),  John  Morison'-,  john^);  married,  Oct.  5,  1861, 
Perkins  Bass,  a  native  of  Williamstown,  Vt. ;  is  a  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  College,  and  a  lawyer  by  profession  ;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

1732.  Gertrude,  b.  May  14,  1863. 

1733.  John-Foster,  b.  May  8,  1866. 

1734.  Robert-Perkins,  b.  Sept.  1,  1873. 


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1735.  Julia«  (Porter)  [1229]  (Nancy^  (Foster),  Jonathan 
Smith*,  Elizabeth'^  (Smith),  John  Morison-,  John^) ;  married, 
Oct.  10,  1866,  Rev.  Edward-C.  Porter,  an  Episcopal  clergyman. 
He  was  a  native  of  Hadley,  Mass.,  and  a  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege; res.  Racine,  Wis.     He  died  Jan.  8,  1876. 

CHILDREN. 

1736.  Maurice-Foster,  b.  March  19,  1868. 

1737.  James-Foster,  b.  Jan.  15,  1871. 

1738.  Adele«  (Adams)  [1232]  (Nancy^  (Foster),  Jonathan 
Smith*,  Elizabeth^  (Smith),  John  Morison'^,  John^) ;  married,  Nov. 
30,  1871,  George-E.  Adams,  a  native  of  Keene,  N.  H,  He  is  a 
graduate  of  Harvard  College,  and  a  lawyer  by  profession  ;  res. 
Chicago,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

1739.  Franklin-Everett,  b.  March  10,  1873. 

1740.  Isabel,  b.  June  8,  1876. 

1741.  Marion,  b.  Oct.  25,  1878;  d.  Feb.  27,  1879. 

1742.  Mary-Ellen«  (Harper)  [1238]  (Jeremiah  Smith^  Jona- 
than Smith*,  Elizabeth^*  (Smith),  John  Morison^,  John^)  ;  was 
born  July  23,  1848 ;  married,  Sept.  18,  1870,  Warren  Harper,  of 
Dallas  City,  Hancock  Co.,  111. ;  farmer ;  res.  Dallas  City,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

1743.  Abraham,  b.  July  9,  1871. 

1744.  Flora,  b.  Sept.  17,  1873. 
1746.  Charles,  b.  March  6,  1876. 
1746.  Fannie,  b.  Feb.  28,  1879. 

1747.  Samuel-Abbot  Smith*^  [  1252  ]  ( Samuel-G.  Smithy 
Samuel  Smith*,  Elizabeth^'  (Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John^).  "He 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  1849,  and  was  prepared 
for  the  ministry  at  the  Cambridge  Divinity  School,  and  settled 
over  the  Unitarian  Society  at  Arlington,  Mass.,  June  27,  1854, 
where  he  remained  till  his  death.  He  died  of  malarious  fever 
contracted  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he  had  gone  on  missionary 
service  to  the  army.  He  returned  with  the  fever  upon  him,  and 
died  May  20,  1865,  aged  36  yrs.  He  was  a  man  of  rare  excellence 
of  character,  and  was  greatly  esteemed  as  an  able  and  sympathizing 
pastor.  His  people  manifested  the  most  sincere  sorrow  and  regret 
at  his  death,  and  look  back  to  him  as  one  of  the  sainted  ones  of 
tlie  earth.  He  was  cut  off  in  his  prime,  and  in  the  midst  of  his 
greatest  usefulness.  Soon  after  his  death,  a  beautiful  volume, 
entitled  '  Christian  Lessons  and  a  Christian  Life,'  containing  an 
extended  biography  and  numerous  extracts  from  his  writings, 
was  published  by  Prof.  E.-J.  Young."  He  married,  June  27,  1859, 
Maria,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Maria  Edes,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

1748.  Abbot-E.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1855. 

1749.  Maria-Ellen,  b.  E'eb.  13,  1857. 

1750.  George-A.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1861. 

1751.  Samuel-H.,  b.  April  5,  1864. 

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216    CHARTER  JOHN^;  ELIZABETH'  (SMITH);  SAMUEL  SMITH*.  [1752 

■  1752.  Sarah- AblMjf^  (Dearborn)  [1254]  (Samuel-G.  Smithy 
Samuel  Smith"',  Elizabeth*  (Smith),  John  Morison'^,  John^) ; 
married,  iSTov.  13, 1862,  in  Exeter,  iST.  H.,  John-L.  Dearborn.  He 
was  born  in  Exeter,  Dec.  24,  1835  ;  graduated  at  Harvard  College, 
1857.     He  is  in  the  railroad  business;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

1753.  Samuel-S.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1863,  Exeter,  N.  H. 

1754.  Elizabeth-King,  b.  April  4,  1865,  Boston,  Mass. 

1755.  Williani-L.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1867,  Boston,  Mass. 

1756.  .lolin,  b.  March  27,  1868,  Dorchester,  Mass. 

1757.  George-K.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1872,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1758.  Ednah-Dow«  (Cheney)  [1255]  (Samiiel-G.  Smithy 
Samuel  Smith"*,  Elizabeth*  (Smith),  John  Morison",  John^) ; 
married  Knight-Dexter  Cheney,  June  4,  1862.  He  was  born  at 
Mt.  Healthy,  O.,  Oct.  9,  1837.  He  is  a  silk  manufacturer;  res. 
South  Manchester,  Conn. 

OrilLDKEN. 

1759.  Ellen-W.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1863,  Hartford,  Conn. 

1760.  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  18,  1865,  Hartford,  Conn. 

1761.  Harriet-Bowen,  b.  Feb.  4,  1867,  Hartford,  Conn. 

1762.  Helen,  b.  March  7,  1868,  Hartford,  Conn. 

1763.  Knight-De.xter,  b.  June  1,  1870,  Soutli  Manchester,  Conn. 

1764.  Ednah-Porker.  b.  Feb.  3,  1873,  South  Manchester,  Conn. 

1765.  Theodora,  b.  Sept.  12,  1874,  South  Manchester,  Conn. 

1766.  Cliftbrd-Dndlej',  b.  Jan.  3,  1877,  South  Manchester,  Conn. 

1767.  Philip,  b.  May's,  1878,  South  Manchester,  Conn. 

1768.  Elizabeth-Ellen«  (Reader)  [1264]  (AVilliam-S.  Smithy 
Samuel  Smith"*,  Elizabeth*  (Smith),  John  Morison'-,  John^) ; 
married  Samuel- J.  Reader,  at  La  Harpe,  111.,  Dec.  17,  1867,  who 
was  born  Jan.  25,  1836,  at  Greenfield,  Washington  Co.,  Pa. 
Located  in  La  Harpe,  111.,  in  1841 ;  rem.  to  Indianola,  Kan.  Ter., 
May,  1855.  He  aided  in  making  Kansas  a  free  State,  by  serving 
as  a  private  under  Gen.  James-H.  Lane,  in  the  "  Free  State  Army  " 
during  the  "Border  Ruffian  War"  of  1856;  also  aided  in  the 
overthrow  of  the  slaveholders'  rebellion,  and  was  commissioned 
as  regimental  quartermaster  of  2d  Regt.  Kansas  State  Militia, 
Nov,  4,  1863;  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Big  Blue, 
Jackson  Co.,  Mo.,  Oct.  22,  1864,  and  escaped  from  the  rebels  Oct. 
25,  1864;  farmer. 

CniLDRKX. 

1769.  Ruth,  b.  Sept.  25,  1868. 

1770.  Bessie-Smith,  b.  Oct.  9,  1871. 

1771.  Frederick-Augustine,  b.  Jan.  19,  1873;  d.  Aug.  6,  1873. 

1772.  Augusta*'  (Flemniing)  [1318]  (Alexander-Dick  Morrison^ 
DanieP,  John*,  John'-,  John^) ;  born  July  30,  1830  ;  married  James- 
W.  Flemming,  March,  1854;  res.  Halifax,  N.  S. 

CHILDREN. 

1773.  Horace-A.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1856;  clerk  in  Bank  of  N.  S.,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

1774.  Margaret-Elizabeth,  b.  April  24,  1859 ;  teacher  in  Halifax. 

1775.  Annie-Bell,  b.  May  24,  1861 ;  music-teacher  in  Halifiix. 

1776.  David-Flenuuing,  b.  Nov.  27,  1865. 


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1777.  Arabella*^  (Faulkner)  [1319]  (Alexander-Dick  Morrison^ 
DanieP,  Jolin^,  John"-^,  John^) ;  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  S., 
Nov.  24, 1831 ;  married  Thomas  Faulkner,  of  Londonderry,  IST.  S., 
Jan.  1,  1852 ;  res.  Londonderry. 

CniLDREX. 

1778.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  Jan.  31,  1853;  d.  March  28,  1854. 

1779.  George-Everett,  b.  Jan.  31,  1855;  res.  Haliftix,  N.  S. 

1780.  David-Franklin,  b.  Nov.  14,  185G  ;  is  second  mate  of  Barque  Romeo, 

built  by  his  father,  and  still  owned  in  part  by  him. 

1781.  Alexander-Dick,  b.  Oct.  22,  1858. 

1782.  Cornelia-Augusta,  b.  Aug.  24,  1861. 

1783.  Melinda-Louisa,  b.  May  9,  1865. 

1784.  Charles-Uniache,  b.  April  17,  1867. 

1785.  Allen,  b.  May  22,  1872. 

1786.  E.-Ross,  b.  Jan.  28,  1876. 

1787.  Infant  son,  b.  Nov.  28,  1878;  d.  Jan.  15,  1879. 

1788.  George-A.«  [1320]  (Alexander-Dick^  Daniel^  John^ 
John'-^,  John^) ;  was  born  Oct.  8,  1833,  in  Londonderry,  N.  S. 
In  March,  1853,  he  went  to  sea,  which  he  followed  for  many 
years ;  was  shipwrecked  on  the  Falkland  Islands ;  was  a  ship- 
master; then  went  to  Monte  Video,  Uruguay,  S.  A.,  where  he 
still  res. ;  was  for  a  time  in  the  employ  of  the  Uruguay  gov't ;  he 
mai-ried,  April  28,  1860,  Carmelitta  Garlero,  a  Spanish  lady. 

CniLDIIEN. 

1789.  George-A.-D.,  b.  ^March  1,  1861. 

1790.  Carmelitta-Margarita,  b.  Jan.  31,  1863. 

1791.  MarthcvW.''  (Shute)[1322]  (Alexander-Dick  Morrison^, 
DanieP,  John^,  John^,  John^) ;  married  Charles-F.  Shute,  of  Mai- 
den, Mass.,  Dec.  30,  1860.  He  was  born  June  17,  1838 ;  res. 
Maiden. 

CHILDREN. 

1792.  Emma-Frances,  b.  April  13,  1863. 

1793.  Charles-Sumner,  b.  Nov.  14,  1864. 

1794.  /  Georgie-Anna,  b.  April  24,  1867. 

1795.  \  George-Henry,  b.  April  24,  1867. 

1796.  Alice-Gertrude,  b.  Aug.  6,  1869;  d.  Aug.  1,  1871. 

1797.  Grace-Edith,  b.  June  4,  1871. 

1798.  Ernest-Morrison,  b.  Dec.  30,  1872. 

1799.  Jennie-Ethel,  b.  June  25,  1876. 

1800.  Joseph-Howe«  [1325]  (Alexander-Dick^  DanieP,  John^ 
John-,  John^) ;  was  born  Feb.  25,  1845 ;  res.  Londonderry,  IST.  S. 
He  inheirited  the  large  farm  of  his  father,  and  is  interested  in 
shipping;  is  a  justice  of  the  peace.  He  married,  Jan.  23,  1868, 
Sarah-Jane  Mahon  (see  No.  1404).  He  is  an  active  and  useful 
member  of  society. 

CHILDREN. 

1801.  Margaret-Gertrude,  b.  Aug.  26,  1869. 

1802.  Mary-Arabella,  b.  Jan.  19,  1871. 

1803.  Josephine,  b.  June  28,  1872. 

1804.  Alexander-Davidson,  b.  Jan.  20,  1874. 

1805.  Thomas-Franklin,  b.  March  30,  1876. 

1806.  Clara-Blanche,  b.  Nov.  9,  1878. 


218  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;    JOHNS  ;    EZEKIEL4 ;    SAMUEL-S.s        [1807 

1807.  Williara-Wallaee*''  [1472]  ( Samuel-Steele^  EzekieP, 
Jolm^,  John^,  John^) ;  farmer ;  res.  Economy,  N.  S. ;  married 
Sarah  Trenholm,  of  Point  De  Bute,  Westmoreland  Co.,  N.  B. 

CHILDREN. 

1808.  Alonzo-Edgar,  b.  Nov.  18,  1862. 

1809.  Charles-Albert,  b.  Aug.  22,  1SG4. 

1810.  Ivanetta,  b.  June  27,  18(36. 

1811.  Eudirella,  b.  April  19,  1868. 

1812.  Sarah-Ann,  b.  Feb.  1,  1870. 

1813.  Adareua,  b.  Aug.  15,  1871. 

1814.  Lawrence-Ellsworth,  b.  Aug.  6,  1873. 

1815.  Sabrina,  b.  April  13,  1875. 

1816.  Deviae,  b.  March  25,  1877;  d.  Jan.  18,  1878. 

1817.  Alzina,  b.  Dec.  4,  1878. 

1818.  01iver-0mri«  [1473]  (Samuel-Steele^  EzekieP,  John^ 
John-,  John^)  ;  was  born  Nov.  2,  1838,  at  Economy,  K.  S. ;  black- 
smith. He  married  Isabella  Robertson,  of  Economy,  N.  S.,  where 
he  lives.  She  died  April  18,  1875.  He  married,  2d,  Mrs.  Jane 
Campbell. 

CHILDREN. 

1819.  James,  b.  Feb.  5,  1869. 

1820.  Thompson-Smith,  b.  July  10,  1870. 

1821.  George,  b.  Jan.  23,  1873. 

1822'.     Martha-Isabell,  b.  April  14,  1875. 

1823.  Hiram-Howe«  [1476]  (Samuel-Steele^  EzekieP,  John», 
John^,  John^)  ;  born  Dec.  23,  1843;  carpenter  and  builder;  res. 
Boston,  Mass. ;  married  Helen-A.,  daughter  of  Joshua  McLellan, 
of  Economy,  N.  S. 

CHILDREN. 

1824.  Joshua-Steele,  b.  April  22,  1869;  d.  July  17,  1870. 

1825.  Emerson-Wellington,  b.  July  25,  1871. 

1826.  Alexauder-II.,  b.  Oct.  1873. 

1827.  Margaret-Jane,  b.  May  19,  1875. 

1828.  Florence-Augusta,  b.  Jan.  17,  1879. 

1829.  Lucinda«  (AValker)  [1504]  (Hannah^  (Taggart),  John 
Todd^,  Hannah''  (Todd),  John  Morison^,  John^) ;  married  Nelson- 
A.  Walker,  in  Byron,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  8,  1835  ;  died  at  Racine,  Wis,, 
Oct.  14,  1876. 

CHILDREN. 

1830.  Mosely-R.,  b.  Byron,  N.  Y.,  June  7,   1836;  m.   Minerva  Secor,  at 

Racine,  Wis.^  Dec.  19,  1867.  Three  children,  b.  Mt.  I'leasant, 
Wis.  :  1st,  Nelson-A.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1868.  2d,  Mortimer,  b.  June 
25,  1872.     .3d,  Mabel-Emma,  b.  June  19,  1876. 

1831.  Mary-Jane,  b.  Yorkville,  Wis.,  May  13,  1838;  m.  D.-S.   Cotton,  at 

Racine,  Wis.,  Sept.  27,  1855.  Two  children,  b.  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Wis.  :  1st,  Alice-Louisa,  b.  Nov.  20,  1859.  2d,  Helen-May,  b. 
May  22,  1861.     She  m.,  2d,  Milo  George,  May  7,  1866. 

1832.  William-H.,  b.  Racine,  Wis.,  Jan.  19,  1841;  m.  Nov.  9,  1869,  Rosa- 

lee-N.  Secor.  One  child,  Lucinda-Winifred,  b.  Chicago,  111., 
Oct.  13,  1876. 

1833.  Louisa,  b.  Mt.  Pleasant,  Wis.,  March  2,  1843;  m.  James-B.  Apple- 

ton,  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  March  31,  1867.  Four  children:  1st, 
Helen-L.,  b.  Chicago,  111.,  June  7,  1868.     2d,  Ernest- W.,  b.  Chi- 


1852] 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  —  GEORGE-M.   TAGGART.  219 


cago,  Dec.  18,  1870.    3d,  Harry,  b.  Chicago,  Juue  15,  1874.    4th, 
George-S.,  b.  Osage,  la.,  Oct.  3,  1876. 
1834.     George-Nelsou,  b.  Mt.  Pleasant,  Wis.,  Aug.  2,  1847;  d.  Jan.  1850. 

1835.  George-M.  Taggart«  [1507]  (Hannah^  (Taggart),  John 
Todd*,  Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison-,  Johu^) ;  boru  at  Preble, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  22,  1813;  married  Eunice-L.  Fulton,  at  Ypsilanti, 
Mich.,  Oct.  16,  1837.  He  is  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  "general 
claim  and  collecting  agent";  res.  Weyauwega,  Wis. 

CHILDREN. 

1836.  Mary-Louisa,   b.  Byrou,  N.  Y.,  July  13,  1838;  ni.  Nov.  21,  1861, 

Columbus  Caldwell,  at  Weyauwega,  Wis. ;  she  d.  Jau.  6,  1867, 
at  Liud,  Wis.  Two  children  :  1st,  Minuie-L.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1862. 
2d,  Ida-S.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1865. 

1837.  Hanuah-Eliza,   b.  Rochester,  Wis.,  Aug.  22,   1840;   m.   Melviu-B. 

Patchine,  in  Weyauwega,  Wis.,  Juue  22,  1863.  One  child,  Mel- 
viu-T.,  b.  New  Loudon,  Wis.,  Sept.  12,  1872. 

1838.  George- W.,  b.  Rochester,  Wis.,  March  14,  1842. 

1839.  Heleu-R.,  b.  Rochester,  Wis.,  May  27,  1845;  d.  March  16,  1848. 

1840.  Ida-Jane,  b.  Rochester,  Wis.,  Nov.  24,  1848;  ra.  May  11,  1868,  Co- 

lumbus Caldwell,  in  Waupacee,  Wis.  Three  children  :  1st,  Geo.- 
T.,  b.  Waupacee,  Wis.,  May  13,  1869.  2d,  Warner-F.,  b.  Liud, 
Wis.,  June  16,  1873.     3d,  Otis-L.,  b.  Liud,  Wis.,  Feb.  5,  1876. 

1841.  Robert-Fulton,  b.  Liud,  Wis.,  March  16,  1851. 

1842.  Elizabeth-R.«  (Wells)  [1508]  (Hannah^  (Taggart),  John 
Todd*,  Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison'-^,  John*)  ;  married  Daniel- 
N.  Wells,  at  Byron,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28,  1834;  res.  Virginia. 

CHILDREN. 

1843.  Frances-Esther,  b.  Byron,  N.  Y.,  April  23,  1836;  d.  Oct.  6,  1844. 

1844.  Franklin-H.,  b.  Byron,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  4,  1838;  m.  Dec.  13,  1859,  Sarah 

Sissous.  Two  children:  1st,  George-R.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1868.  2d, 
Jenuie-E.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1871. 

1845.  Daniel-Newton,  b.  Byron,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1841;  m.  Emma  Sissous, 

April,  1862;  he  d.  in  Virginia,  Aug.  25,  1877.  Three  children: 
Ist,  Franklin,  b.  Pembroke,  N.  Y.,  March  30,  1864.  2d,  George- 
Nelson,  b.  Buffalo  Grove,  la.,  Aug.  22,  1866.  3d,  Elizabeth,  b. 
Buffalo  Grove,  la.,  Sept.  3,  1868. 

1846.  Charlotte-B.,  b.  Byron,  N.  Y.,  June  22,  1846. 

1847.  Gilbert-Crawford,  b.  Byron,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  12,  1848;  m.  Sarah  Jewett, 

in  Iowa.  Five  children:  1st,  Marinette,  b.  Iowa,  April  4,  1870. 
2d,  Carrie-E.,  b.  June  29,  1871.  3d,  Delia,  b.  May  6,  1873.  4th, 
Calvin-L,  b.  July  10,  1875.  5th,  Daniel,  b.  London,  Va.,  Jan. 
28,  1877. 

1848.  Alfred,  b.  Nov.  4,  1851;  d.  Nov.  16,  1855. 

1849.  Sarah-McClellan«  (James)  [1509]  (Hannah'^  (Taggart), 
John  Todd*,  Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison-,  John^) ;  born  at 
Preble,  IS".  Y.,  March  30,  1817;  married  William  James,  at  Byron, 
N.  Y.,  Aug.  28,  1838.  She  married,  2d,  J.-C.  Maxfield,  at  Lind, 
Wis.,  April  30,  1874. 

CniLDUEN,    BORN   IN    BYKON,    N.    Y. 

1850.  Robert,  b.  Aug.  7,  1839. 

1851.  Daniel-N.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1842;  d.  Hebron,  Ind. 

1852.  Erasmus,  b.  May  14,  1846. 


220  CHARTER  J0HN2  ;   HANNAHS  (TODD)  ;   JOHN  TODD*.      [1853 

1853.  Harriet-A.«  (White)  [1513]  (Hannah^  (Taggart),  John 
Todd"',  Hannah'^  (Todd),  John  Morison^,  John^) ;  married  Nathaniel- 
L.  White,  Sept.  22,  1852;  res.  Wisconsin. 

CHILDREN. 

1854.  Georse-N.,  b.  Williarasville,  N.  Y.,  April  10,  1853;  d.  Weyauwega, 

Wis.,  Dec.  4,  1858. 

1855.  Hattie-A.,  b.  Newstead,  N.  Y.,  March  4,  1857;  m.  Alien  Goetscliius, 

at  Lind,  Wis.,  June  21,  1877. 

1856.  Frances-H.,  b.  Lind,  Wis.,  Aug.  22,  1868. 

1857.  Isaac-A.  Todd«  [1516]  (James-B.  Todd^  John  ToddS 
Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison^,  John^) ;  born  in  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  18,  1816;  married,  Nov.  3,  1847,  Frances  Dewey,  of 
Byron,  N.  Y,  She  was  born  Oct.  26,  1825.  He  occupies  the 
homestead  in  Byron,  N.  Y. 

CHILDKEN. 

1858.  Isaac-A.,  b.  May  17,  1849;  d.  Feb.  13,  1855. 

1859.  J.-Grandison,  b.  Nov.  30,   1850;  m.  Feb.  15,  1877,  Ellen  Merrill; 

she  was  b.  June  30,  1857. 

1860.  Sarah-F.,  b.  May  1,  1852;  m.  March  7,  1878,  Seth-C.  Hall;  he  was 

b.  Aug.  9,  1842.     One  child,  Charles-T.,  b.  March  2,  1879. 

1861.  Ida-J.,  b.^April  4,  1854;  d.  April  29,  1856. 

1862.  Hattie-L.,  b.  March  16,  1856. 

1863.  John-P.,  b.  May  25,  1857. 

1864.  William-G.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1859. 

1865.  Emily-A.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1862. 

1866.  J.-Dewey,  b.  Dec.  2,  1863. 

1867.  Rachel-D.«  (Moore)  [1517]  (James-B.  Todd^  John 
Todd^  Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison-,  John^)  ;  born  in  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  May  3,  1819;  married  Thomas-F.  Moore;  res. 
Adrian,  Mich.  He  was  born  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Oct.  2, 
1819;  married  May  28,  1840. 

CHILDREN. 

1868.  James-N.,  b.   Sept.  3,   1844;  m.   Sept.  27,   1864,  Delaphine  Smith; 

she  was  b.  in  Adrian,  Mich.,  April  21,  1845.     One  child,  Maude, 
b.  June  2,  1873. 

1869.  Harriet-N.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1853;  m.  Oct.  2,  1876,  Warren-M.  Beals,  b. 

in  Ohio,  Sept.  11,  1850;  farmer;  res.  Madison,  Mich. 

1870.  Samuel-A.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1859;  d.  Jan.  14,  1878. 

1871.  Emily-A.«  (Hall)  [1518]  (James-B.  Todd^  John  ToddS 
Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison'-,  John^)  ;  born  in  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  April  17,  1823;  married  Alfred-D.  Hall,  Sept.  9,  1851. 
He  was  born  in  Kew  York,  Jan.  6,  1h24.  She  died  Feb.  21,  1862. 
He  res.  Tecumseh,  Mich.;  farmer,  and  in  1879  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature. 

CHILDREN. 

1872.  Daniel-T.,  1).  May  15,  1852;  m.  July  27,  1873,  Dora  Dorrell.    Three 

children :  1st,  Alfred-D.,  b.  July  26.  1874.    2d,  Clara-D.,  b.  Aug. 
12,  1876.     3d,  Oscar-S.,  b.  April  1,  1878. 

1873.  Sarah-A.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1854;  m.  Dec.  11,  1873,  Edward-J.  Stevenson, 

b.  Nov.  5,  1849.     One  child,  George,  b.  Oct.  23,  1876. 


1895]  SIXTH    GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL    TODD.  221 

1874.  Dr.  Daniel  Todd«  [1519]  (James-B.  TodcP,  John  Todd^ 
Hannah'^  (Todd),  John  Morison'-,  John^) ;  born  in  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  17,  1827;  married,  March  22,  1854,  Julia-S.  Welch, 
who  was  born  Jan.  1,  1833 ;  res.  Adrian,  Mich. 

CHILDREN. 

1875.  James-Frederick,  b.  Adriiin,  Mich.,  Sept.  12,  185G. 

1876.  Helen,  b.  Feb.  26,  1858. 

1877.  Laura-Emily,  b.  May  12,  1861. 

1878.  William-Webb,  b.  May  6,  1866. 

1879.  Samuel  Todd«  [1520]  (James-B.  Todd^  John  Todd*, 
Hannah^  (Todd),  John  Morison'^,  John^)  ;  farmer ;  born  in  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  April  5,  1832 ;  died  in  Madison,  Mich.,  Jan.  4, 
1871.  He  married,  Feb.  12,  1855,  Marion-N.  Douglass.  She  was 
born  March  4,  1835,  in  Byron,  jST.  Y.;  res.  Adrian,  Mich. 

CHILDREX. 

1880.  EUa-E.,  b.  Feb.  26,   1856;  m.  William   Holloway,    Sept.    17,    1878; 

merchaut;  res.  Adrian,  Mich. 

1881.  Carrie-]).,  b.  Sept.  1861. 

1882.  Douglass-E.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1863:  d.  March  14,  1871. 

1883.  Marv-J.«  (March)  [1532]  (Moses  Morrison^  John^ 
Moses^,  JohnVjohn^);  born  in  Bradford,  N.  H.,  May  25,1842; 
married.  May  13,  1862,  Jonathan-N.  March,  of  Ac  worth,  N.  H. 
He  was  son  of  George  March,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  who  settled 
in  Acworth  in  1809;  res.  Litchfield,  Minn. 

CHILDREN. 

1884.  Frauk-Morrison,  b.  Oct.  22,  1863,  St.  Paul,  Miuu. 

1885.  Nelson-D.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1866,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

1886.  George-K.,  b.  Jaly  26,  1868,  Leeds  Mills,  Minn. 

1887.  Charles-H.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1870,  Leeds  Mills.  Minn. 

1888.  Mary-N.,  b.  July  1,  1874,  Litchfield,  Minn. 

1889.  Hannah-A.6  (Reed)  [1533]  (Moses  Morrison^,  JohnS 
Moses^,  John'-,  John^)  ;  married,  April  15,  1869,  Axel-H.  Reed,  of 
Hartford,  Me.;  res.  Glencoe,  Minn. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    GLENCOK,    MINN. 

1890.  Cora-L.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1871. 

1891.  Nellie-A.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1873;  d.  in  Bradford,  N.  H.,  Oct.  4,  1875. 

1892.  Axel-H.,  b.  April  12,  1876. 

1893.  John-F.«  [1534]  (Moses^  John\  Moses^  John'^  Johni) ; 
born  in  Bradford,  iST.  H.,  Feb.  16,  1846;  married  Kate-W. 
Appleton,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  March  16,  1871 ;  res.  Glencoe,  Minn. 

CHILD. 

1894.     Frank-B.,  b.  Glencoe,  Minn.,  Dec.  24,  1871. 

1895.  Andrew^  [1569]  (SamueP,  Samuel^  Moses^  John-, 
John^)  ;  born  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  1835;  farmer;  res.  Alstead,  N.  H. ; 
married  Julia-V.,  daughter  of  Nelson  Kidder,  of  Alstead,  N.  H., 
May  15,  1861,  born  1836. 


222  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;    MOSES^  ;    SAMUEL*  ;    SAMUEL^.         [1896 

CHILDREN. 

1896.  Eliza-J.,  h.  March  24,  1862;  d.  Jime  24,  1877. 

1897.  Nettie-S.,  b.  Jau.  18,  1865. 

1898.  George-D.«  [1570]  (SamueP,  SaraueP,  Mo8es^  John^, 
John^) ;  born  in  Alstead,  N,  H.,  Sept.  23,  1838;  farmer;  res. 
Marlow,  N.  H.;  married,  March  20,  1866,  Lucy-Ann,  daughter 
of  Da^-id  Knight,  of  Alstead,  N.  H.  She  was  born  in  Alstead, 
X.  H.,  July  11,  1838. 

1899.  Milan-D.«  [1571]  (SamueP,  Samuel*,  Moses^  John', 
John^) ;  born  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Oct.  28,  1843;  farmer;  res. 
Alstead,  N.  H. ;  married,  June  18,  1868,  Olive-P.,  daughter  of 
John  Hosley,  of  Livermore,  Me.  She  was  born  May  26,  1848, 
in  Livermore,  Me. 

CHILDREN. 

1900.  Freddie-W.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1869,  Dlxfleld,  Me. 

1901.  Stella-A.,  b.  June  11,  1873,  Dixtield,  Me. 

1902.  Effle-M.,  b.  Jau.  3,  1878,  Alstead,  N.  H. 

1903.  James-H.*'  [1573]  (Benjamin-F.^,  Samuel^  Moses'^  John^ 
John^) ;  born  in  Marlow,  N.  H.,  Aug.  10,  1840 ;  res.  Marlow,  N. 
H. ;  married,  July  4,  1864,  Sylvia-M.,  daughter  of  Nathan  Corey, 
of  Washington,  N.  H.  She  was  born  in  "Washington,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
14,  1838;  died  Aug.  20,  1872.  He  married,  2d,  Mrs.  Frances-M. 
(Harris)  Gould,  May  15,  1873. 

CHILDREN. 

1904.  Frank-E.,  b.  March  16,  1865. 

1905.  Clareuce-E.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1867. 

1906.  f  Leslie-J.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1869;    d.  Aujif.  9,  1869. 

1907.  tuilie-J.,  b.  Jau.  6,  1869;    d.  Aug".  2,  1869. 

1908.  Lottie-A.''  (Pickering)  [1578]  (Dexter-B.  Morrison^ 
SamueP,  Moses^,  John-,  John^)  ;  born  in  Alstead,  N.  H,,  March 
23,  1855;  married,  Jan.  14,  1873,  John-Q.  Pickering,  of  Gilsum, 
N.  H. ;  carpenter;  res.  Holyoke,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

1909.  lua-L.,  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Sept.  7,  1874. 

1910.  Leou-Q.,  b.  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  April  30,  1876. 

SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

1911.  George-Shattuck^  [1588]  (Rev.  John-Hopkins^  Nathan- 
ieP,  Robert*,  Thomas'^,  John-,  John^);  graduated  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, 1863,  LL.  B. ;  Harvard  Law  School,  1866;  civil  eng'neer, 
1867;  engaged  in  building  Kansas  City  Railroad  bridge,  1867-69; 
built  iron  viaduct  234  feet  high  for  Erie  Railway,  at  Portage,  N. 
Y.,  1875;  has  published  important  papers  on  bridges  and  other 
professional  subjects  ;  holds  several  very  important  and  responsi- 
ble trusts  in  the  management  of  railways.  As  a  consulting  engi- 
neer, he  has  an  office  in  New  York  ;  is  now  (1880),  as  chief  engi- 
neer, building  a  bridge  across  the  Missouri  River,  at  Plattsmouth, 


1924]       SIXTH    GENERATION.  —  ROBERT-SWAIN   MORISON.  223 

for  the  Burlington  &  Missouri  River  Railroad  in  Nebraska ;  res. 
New  York. 

1912.  Robert-Swain^  [1589]  (Rev.  John-Hopkins«,  Nathan- 
ieP,  Robert\  Thoraas^  John'^  Johni).  Rev.  Eobert-S.  Mor- 
ison  graduated  at  Harvard  University,  1869,  and  at  Divinity 
School  (B.  D.),  1872  ;  studied  in  Berlin  and  Tubingen,  Germany, 
1872-73;  ordained,  1874;  settled  in  Meadville,  Pa.,  1874.  On 
account  of  ill  health,  brought  on  by  severe  and  continuous  labor 
in  his  profession,  he  gave  up  his  Meadville  parish  in  May,  1878, 
and  is  now  (1879)  res.  temporarily  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.  He 
married,  Feb.  21,  1877,  Annie-Theresa,  daughter  of  George-Jacob 
Abbot,  formerly  of  Windham,  N .  H.,  and  son  of  Rev.  Jacob  Abbot, 
of  Windham.     She  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Aug.  15,  184G. 

CHILDREN. 

1913.  Ruth,  b.  Meadville,  Pa.,  Nov.  24,  1877. 

1914.  George-Abbot,  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Aug.  5,  1879. 

1915.  Samuel-Lord"  [1595]  (Horace'',  NathanieP,  Robert^ 
Thomas^,  John^,  John^) ;  graduated  at  Harvard  University, 
1873  ;  res.  New  York,  engaged  in  business  ;  married  Nancy-Olive, 
daughter  of  David-W.  Williams.  She  was  born  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  Nov.  4,  1853 ;  died  Oct.  13,  1878. 

CHILDREN. 

1916.  Olive-Williams,  b.  Sept.  24,  1876. 

1917.  Horace,  b.  Oct.  1,  1878. 

1918.  Frank^  [1601]  (Nathaniel-Holm es«,  NathanieP,  Robert^ 
Thomas^,  John"^,  John');  married,  Oct.  10,  1865,  Lucy-Ann  Fisk, 
of  Boston,  Mass.  She  was  born  June  25,  1843;  died  May  25, 
1846,  at  Florence,  Italy.  He  married,  2d,  Leslie  McGregor, 
descendant  of  Rev.  James  JMcGregor,  first  minister  of  London- 
derry. He  studied  law,  and  is  now  (1880)  practising  his 
profession  in  Boston.     One  child,  Isabel,  born  Feb.  13,  1880. 

1919.  Ernest-NathanieF  [1603]  (Nathaniel-Holmes«,  Nathan- 
ieP, Robert^  Thomas**,  John-,  John^) ;  graduated  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, 1870;  married,  Oct.  31,  1871,  Priscilla-Ridgely  White,  of 
Baltimore,  Md. ;  born  Dec.  13,  1850.  He  is  engaged  in  business 
in  Baltimore. 

CHILDREN. 

1920.  Nathaniel-Holmes,  b.  Sept.  24,  1872. 

1921.  Charles-Ridgely-White,  b.  Jau.  21,  1874. 

1922.  Sidney-Brown,  b.  Dec.  16,  1875. 

1923.  Rebekah- Angelica,  b.  Dec.  11,  1877. 

1924.  Robert-Brown"  [1604]  (Nathaniel-Holmes«,  Nathaniel'', 
Robert*,  Thomas'*,  John'^  John').  Robert-Brown  Morrison,  m.  d. 
(University  of  Maryland,  1874).  He  entered  Harvard  College  in 
1869,  but  left  in  the  middle  of  his  sophomore  year,  and  went  to  Ger- 
many, where  he  remained  three  years.  He  spent  a  year  each  at 
the  universities  of  Gottingen  and  Berlin,  in  the  study  of  his 
profession.  Is  now  a  practising  physician  in  Baltimore;  married, 
Nov.  27,  1878,  Elizabeth-Hawkins  Williams. 


224  CHARTER   J0HN2  ;    THOMASS  ;    ROBERT*  ;    ROBERTS.        [1925 

1925.  Sarah-T."  (Holmes)  [1617]  (Josiah-S.  Morisun*;  Robert^ 
Robert*,  Thomas^  John",  John^) ;  married,  July  4,  1854,  John- 
Dickey  Holmes,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H. ;  res.  Alstead,  X.  H., 
and  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  grain  business,  under  the 
firm  of  Holmes  &  Buxton. 

CHILDREN. 

1920..  ,Tames-M.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1855:  d.  Nov.  10,  1856. 

1927.  Frederick-A.,  b.  April  6,  1857. 

1928.  Ella-F.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1858. 

1929.  George-E.,  b.  July  16,  1864. 

1930.  Williara-M.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1868;  d.  March  18,  1874. 

1931.  Lizzie-M.'  (Buxton)  [1618]  (Josiah-S.  Morison^,  Robert^ 
Roberts  Thomas^  John-,  John^) ;  married,  Nov.  29,  1860,  Melville- 
S.  Buxton  ;  res.  Alstead,  N.  H.     He  was  born  March  23,  1836. 

CHILDREN. 

1932.  Mary-Ellen,  b.  Nov.  4,  1864;  d.  July  5,  1872. 

1933.  Charles-Cooke,  b.  May  22,  1870;  d.  April  11,  1875. 

1934.  Kate-Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  16,  1872. 

1935.  Alice-E.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1876. 

1936.  George-Sumner,  b.  March  23,  1879. 

1937.  Ellen"  (Wells)  [1619]  (Josiah-S.  Morison«,  Robert^ 
Robert*,  Thomas^  John"-,  John^)  ;  she  married,  Nov.  27,  1861, 
Moses-B.  Wells,  of  Sheldon,  Vt. ;  res.  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. 

CHILDREN. 

1938.  Mary-C,  b.  Sept.  19,  1862. 

1939.  Clinton-F.,  b.  Sept.   14,  1864. 

1940.  Edgar-Morrison,  b.  Jan.  10,  1866;  d.  Oct.  14,  1867. 

1941.  Beruard-A.,  b.  June  29.  1868. 

1942.  Melville-R.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1873. 

1943.  Nora-Ella,  b.  Aug.  21,  1875. 

1944.  Robert-S."  [1621]  (Josiah-S.«,  Robert^  Robert*,  Thomas^, 
John'-,  John^) ;  res.  South  Acworth,  N.  H.  He  married  Sarah-A. 
Washburn,  born  May  1,  1844. 

CHILD. 

1945.     Jessie-Ethel,  b.  Sept.  16,  1869. 


1946]      SECOND  GENERATION.  —  DEA.  HALBERT  MORISON.  225 


CHAPTER    VII. 

Second  Generation.  —  History  of  Dea.  Hai.beut  Morison,  Son  of 
John  Morison,  who  died  in  1736,  and  his  Descendants. 


SECOND   GENERATION. —  DEA.   HALBERT    MORISON. 

1946.  Dea.  Halbert^  [4]  (John^) ;  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1685, 
and  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  June  6,  1755.  He  lies  buried  in 
tliat  beautiful  cemetery,  so  elevated  as  to  overlook  a  large  extent 
of  territory,  and  situated  near  Derry  East  Meeting-House.  This 
was  the  spot  the  first  settlers  of  Londonderry  chose  for  their 
"  long,  last  rest " ;  and  there,  in  the  peaceful  bosom  of  mother- 
earth,  many  of  them  rest,  in  that  sleep  which  shall  be  unbroken 
till  the  reveille  call  of  the  final  morning. 

Deacon  Morison  evidently  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1718, 
with  his  brothers  James  and  John,  and  the  early  Londonderry 
settlers,  though  he  does  not  appear  in  Londonderry  till  1735. 
Many  of  the  first  emigrants,  of  the  flock  of  Rev.  James 
McGregor,  after  their  arrival  in  Boston,  went  to  Casco  Bay, 
intending  to  settle  in  that  locality.  But  circumstances  were  not 
propitious  for  the  success  of  the  undertaking.  They  embarked 
from  Boston  late  in  the  season,  and  the  vessel  on  its  arrival  was 
frozen  in  for  the  winter,  and  the  emigrants  endured  great  suffer- 
ing. Not  pleased  with  the  situation,  and  finding  no  place  for 
settlement  which  suited  them,  most  of  the  emigrants  re-embarked 
in  the  spring.  They  sailed  along  the  coast,  and  entered  the 
Merrimack  River,  which  they  ascended  as  far  as  Haverhill,  Mass. 
The  men  of  the  expedition,  leaving  their  families  at  this  place, 
went  and  viewed  the  land  in  Nutfield,  and  made  arrangements 
for  settling  there.  They  then  returned  to  Haverhill  for  their 
families,  Avhich  they  took  to  Londonderry  (then  iSTutfield),  and 
formed  the  settlement,  April  11,  1719,  O.  8.  I  will  here  state 
that  the  only  possible  connection  on  this  side  of  the  water 
between  the  Londonderry  Morisons,  and  the  Morisons  who  set- 
tled in  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  is  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  which  is  the 
point  to  which  that  branch  can  be  traced.  That  branch  is  now  a 
large  and  very  respectable  family,  of  the  same  Scotch  stock,  and 
its  ancestors  probably  came  at  or  near  the  same  time  (1718)  from 
Ireland  or  England,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that  some  one  of 
the  Morison  clan  branched  off  at  Haverhill,  and  became  the 
ancestor  of  the  Sanbornton  Morisons. 


226  DEA.    HALBERT   MORISON.  [1947 

Deacon  Morison  did  not  return  from  Maine  with  the  other  emi- 
grants, for  the  first  we  hear  of  him,  lie  is  located  not  far  from 
Casco  Bay,  at  a  place  then  called  "  Sheep-Cott,"  now  "  Sheepscotts 
Bridge,"  in  Lincoln  Co.,  Me.  Here  he  remained  till  Oct.  18, 
1735,  when  he  appeared  upon  the  scene  in  Londonderry,  and 
bought  122  acres  of  land,  for  "  200  pounds,"  of  John  and  Chris- 
tian McNeal.  His  name  occasionally  appears  on  the  records  of 
Londonderry.  May  8,  1746,  Halbert  Morison  and  his  wife  Jean 
deeded  50  acres  of  this  land  to  their  son  John ;  consideration, 
"Love,  and  good  Avill,  and  affection."  March  2,  1750,  the  high- 
way was  laid  out  by  his  house.  Jan.  27,  1755,  he  deeded  to  his 
son  David  Morison  all  his  personal  estate ;  consideration, 
"  300  pounds,  new  tenor."  Jan.  27,  1755,  he  deeded  all  his  real 
estate  to  his  son  David  ;  consideration,  "  500  pound  bills  of  Pub- 
lick  Credit."  This  farm  which  he  owned,  and  on  wdiich  he 
passed  the  closing  years  of  his  life,  is  situated  in  Derry  ("  Dock"), 
and  is  the  nearest  house  and  farm,  on  the  northeast  side,  to  the 
station  on  the  Nashua  &  Rochester  R.  R.,  the  house  being  situ- 
ated on  the  highway.  It  is  stated  that  he  was  married  three 
times.  His  last  wife's  name  is  reported  to  be  Jean  Steele.  She 
died  Oct.  19,  1753,  aged  53  yrs.  He  died  June  6,  1755,  aged  70 
yrs.  (not  1753,  as  appears  on  his  tombstone) ;  and  side  by  side 
they  rest  together,  in  the  old  cemetery  on  the  hill. 

Below  is  given  a  fac-simile  of  his  autograph  :  — 


?0^^7t7^ 


CHILDKEN,    PROBABLY    ALL    BORN   IN    SHEEPSCOTT,    ME. 

1947.  John  (1953)  ;    d.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  between  dates  of  Oct.  27, 

1753,  and  Jtiu.  30,  1754. 

1948.  Jenny:  m.  Hopkins.     (See  extract  of  John  Morison's  will.) 

1949.  Catrine;    m.    McNeal.     (See    extract   of   her    brother   John 

Morison's  will.) 

1950.  Rebecca  (1955)  ;  m.  William  Archibald,  about  175G;  d.  N.  S. 

1951.  Jean;  unmarried;  lived  with  her  brother  David  on  the  old  home- 

stead in  Londonderry,  where  she  d. 

1952.  David  (19G3),  1).  Sheepscott,   Me.,  1730;  d.  Londonderrj^  N.  H., 

Feb.  23,  1825,  aged  95  yrs.* 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

1953.  John^'  [1947]  (Dea.  Halbert'-^,  John^).  He  emigrated  to 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  with  his  father  in  1735,  and  was  a  farmer. 
He  received  by  deed  from  his  parents,  May  8,  1746,  fifty  acres  of 
land.     "  Quarter  Mile  Range  "  is  now  a  path  running  on  one  side 

*  To  show  the  connection  between  the  past  and  the  present,  between  that 
expedition  to  Casco  Bay  and  the  first  settlers  of  Londonderry,  I  will  state 
that  probably  other  Morisons  located  there  with  Dea.  Halbert  Morison, 
as  there  are  many  Morisons  at  the  present  time  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  where  he  lived,  and  whose  families  have  been  there  for  several  gener- 


1955]  THIRD    GENERATION.  —  JOHN   MORISON.  22T 

of  the  farm,  to  the  farm  his  fatlier  occupied.  The  farm  John 
Morison  occupied  is  not  accessible  by  any  public  highway.  A 
"bridle  road"  leads  past  the  house.  It  lies  back  from  his  father's 
farm,  and  is  the  place  lately  occupied  by  Mr.  Henry  Taylor,  of 
Derry,  N.  H.  "Being  sick  and  indisposed  in  body,"  he  made  his 
Avill  Oct.  27,  1743,  and  did  appoint  as  executor  his  "good  friend, 
Samuel  Morison,  of  Windham"  (Lieut.  Samuel  Morison).  The 
will  was  j^robated  Jan.  30,  1754.  In  certain  contingencies,  his 
"beloved  sisters,  Jenny  Hopkins,  Catrina  McNeal,  Rebecca 
Morison  and  Jean  Morison,"  are  to  receive  a  portion  of  his  prop- 
erty.    The  real  estate  was  sold  to  Fulton,  Jan.  25,  1755 ; 

and  the  business  was  finally  settled  by  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison, 
July  26, 1769,  he  charging  nothing  for  a  large  part  of  his  services, 
as  appears  from  his  papers.    John  Morison  married  Susannah . 

CHILD. 

1954.     John ;  passes  from  view  in  1769. 

1955.  Eebecca^  (Archibald)  [1950]  (Dea.  Halberf-',  John^)  ;. 
rather  a  romantic  incident  occurred  in  connection  with  her  mar- 
riage. While  living  in  Londonderry,  X.  H.,  she  became  acquainted 
with  Capt.  John  Moore.  This  acquaintance  grew  into  a  deeper 
and  stronger  attachment  on  his  part  than  that  of  friendship.  He 
wooed,  won,  and  engaged  to  marry  her.  They  were  "published," 
as  the  law  then  required ;  but  before  the  arrival  of  that  fair 
auspicious  day  which  was  to  unite  their  destinies  for  life,  "  a 
change  came  o'er  the  sj)irit  of  her  dreams."  She  became  ac- 
(piainted  with  James  Archibald .  It  was  evidently  "  foreordained  " 
that  she  should  marry  him.  One  bright  moonlight  night  she 
eloped  with  Mr.  Archibald,  while  her  lover,  Mr.  Moore,  was  at  a 
neighbor's,  dancing.  The  company  heard  the  sound  of  swiftly 
passing  steeds.  It  was  Rebecca  Morison  and  James  Archibald, 
going  to  Chester  to  be  married.  They  rode  nearly  twelve  miles 
to  Chester,  were  married  by  license,  and  returned  to  Londonderry 
the  same  night.  On  account  of  her  action,  her  relatives  were 
much  chagrined,  to  say  nothing  of  her  lover. 

This  Capt.  John  Moore  Avas  born  May,  1723,  and  subsequently 
married  Mary-Ann  Clendennin,  and  became  the  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Betsey-Moore  Davis  (No.  2202).  He  was  a  man  of  ability  ; 
he  lived  and  died  on  the  farm  adjoining  the  "Gen.  Reid  place," 
latterly  known  as  the  John-B.  Taylor  farm  in  Londonderry,  now 
Derry,  N.  H.  He  commanded  a  company  of  Londonderry  men 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war  of  1756. 

Mr.  Archibald  and  his  romantic  wife  lived  in  the  house  oppo- 
site that  of  her  father,  and  which  stands  back  a  number  of  rods 
from  the  highway.     This  was  the  home  of  the  Archibalds.     Here 

atious.  Other  Morisons  of  Londonderry  had  interest  in  lands  there. 
Joseph  and  Samuel  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  conveyed  land  in  vicinity 
of  Sheepscott  in  1769.  John  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  conveyed  laud 
in  Lincoln  Co.,  Me.,  in  1779,  to  Timothy  Dexter,  of  Nevvburyport,  Ma'ss. 
(Lincoln  and  York  Co.  Records,  Me.) 


228  DEA.    HALBERT   MORISON^  ;    DAYID3.  [1956 

they  lived  till  17G2,  when  they  removed  to  Kova  Scotia.  They 
landed  at  Fort  Belcher,  in  Onslow,  N.  S.,  Dec.  13,  1762,  and  set- 
tled in  Truro,  he  being  one  of  the  grantees  of  that  township. 
They  lived  in  Truro  till  about  1790,  when  he  took  up  a  "block  of 
land"  in  Upper  Stewiacke,  and  was  among  the  first  settlers  there. 
They  sold  their  property  there  about  1800,  and  he  is  supposed  to 
have  died  in  Truro,  X.  S.,  at  that  time.  She  removed  to  Ohio, 
lived  with  her  daughters,  and  died  there. 

CHILDREN. 

1956.  Rebecca  (1971),  b.  Londouderry,  IST.  H.,  Dec.  23,  1761. 

1957.  Hannah  (1977),  b.  Truro,  N.  S.,  1763. 

1958.  Elizabeth,  b.  Truro,  N.  S. ;  m.  Mr.  McElheuney,  and  rem.  to  U.  S. 

soon  after  their  marriage. 

1959.  Jane,  b.  Truro;  m.  Richard  Sudricks;  rem.  Ohio,  U.  S.,  about  1790. 

1960.  Margaret,  b.  Truro,  N.  S. ;  m.  William  Long;  rem.  Ohio  about  1790. 

1961.  Eleanor,  b.  Truro ;  m.  Adam  Boyd ;  d.  Truro,  May  15,  1790. 

1962.  David-Morison  (1989),  b.  Truro,  N.  S.* 

1963.  Dea.  David^  [1952]  (Dea.  Halbert^  John^)  ;  he  lived  on 
the  homestead  in  Derry,  N.  H. ;  married,  Jan.  25,  1763,  Eliz.abeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Boyes,  who  was  a  teacher  in  Londonderry  in 
1735,  and  who  taught  tlie  first  singing  school  ever  taught  in  the 
old  township.  She  died  Dec.  1,  1816,  aged  77  yrs.;  he  died  Feb. 
23,  1825,  aged  95  yrs. 

CniLDREX,    BORN    IX    LOXDONDERRY,    N.    H. 

1964.  Mary,  b.  May  16,  1764;  d.  Derry,  N.  H.,  Dec.  3,  1847,  aged  83  yrs.  ; 

single. 

1965.  Samuel  ri993),  b.  Sept.  21,  1766:  d.  Dunbarton,  June  20,  1843. 

1966.  Jane  (2001),  b.  July  2,  1768;  d.  Derry,  March  27,  1854. 

1967.  John  (2003),  b.  May  13,  1770;  d.  Derry,  March  13,  1851. 

1968.  David  (2005),  b.  Feb.  5,  1772;  d.  Langdon,  N.  H.,  May  15,  1857. 

1969.  Rebecca,  b.  Feb.  25,   1773;  lived  with  her  brother  John  in  Derry, 

and  d.  July  2,  1828 ;  single. 

1970.  Elizabeth  (2015),  b.  March  14,  1775;  d.  Derry,  July  23,  1834. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 

1971.  Rebecca^  (Taylor)  [1956]  (Rebecca^  (Archibald),  Dea. 
Halbert  Morison-*,  John^)  ;  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  (now 
Derry),  Dec.  23,  1761 ;  married  in  Truro,  N.  S.,  Feb.  6,  1733, 
Matthew  Taylor,  Jr.,  of  Truro,  N.  S.  He  was  born  in  London- 
derry, N.  IL,  June  28,  1755,  and  was  the  son  of  Matthew  Taylor, 
Sen.,   and  Elizabeth    (Archibald)  Taylor,  also  of  Truro,  N.  S.t 

*  This  information  is  from  a  very  old  lady,  Mrs.  Kenty,  a  granddaughter 
of  Rebecca-Morison  Archibald,  and  one  who  has  seen  her  and  remembers 
her  well.     Mrs.  Kenty  lives  (1879)  at  Acadia  Mines,  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

t  Matthew  Taylor,  Sen.,  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  30,  1727. 
His  wife  was  sister  of  James  Archil)ald,  who  married  Rebecca  Morison. 
Matthew  Taylor,  Sen.,  of  Truro,  was  the  son  of  Matthew  Taylor  and 
Janet  his  wife,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  (now  Derry).  They  came  from 
the  vicinity  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1722,  and  settled  on  the  farm 
now  (1880)  in  possession  of  James-Calvin  Taylor,  of  Derry,  N.  H.  See 
Map  of  Londonderry,  N.  H. 


1998]    FOURTH  GENERATION. DAVID-MORISON  ARCHIBALD.     229 

He  lived  on  a  farm  in  Truro,  N.  S.,  till  about  1792,  when  he  rem. 
to  the  United  States,  and  settled  at  or  near  Chillicothe,  O. 

CHILDREN,    BOKX   IN  TRURO,    N.    8. 

1972.  Johu-Archibald,  b.  Feb.  9,  1784. 

1973.  James,  b.  Feb.  19,  1786. 

1974.  Matthew,  b.  June  IG,  1787. 

1975.  David,  b.  Oct.  22,  1788. 

1976.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  2,  1790. 

1977.  Hannah-*  (Cummings)  [1957]  (Rebecca^  (Archibald), 
Dea.  Halbert  Morison",  John^)  ;  born  in  Truro,  K.  S.,  in  1763; 
married  John  Cummings,  in  1783.  He  was  born  in  the  Korth 
of  Ireland,  and  settled  in  Truro,  N^.  S.;  was  an  attorney-at-law. 
He  died.  She  married,  '2d,  her  cousin,  Maj.  John  Archibald, 
born  in  Londonderry,  X.  H.,  1747;  died  in  N.  S.,  1813. 

GHILDRKN,    BORN   IN   TRURO,    N.    S. 

1978.  John  (2018),  b.  Jan.  13,  1784. 

1979.  James;  rem.  to  Manchester,  N.  S.  ;  m.  there,   where  his  children 

still  i-es. 

1980.  Matthew  ;  enlisted  in  the  British  service,  and  left  Truro  about  1811  ; 

was  killed  in  Canada,  in  the  war  of  1812. 

1981.  David-Morison  (2029),  b.  Feb.  14,  1798. 

1982.  Daniel  (2037),  b.  1800. 

1983.  William;  rem.  to  New  Brunswick. 

1984.  Joanna;  m.  William  Rude,  of  Onslow,  N.  S.,  where  some  of  her 

children  still  res. 

1985.  Eleanor ;  m.  George  Goodwin,  of  Truro,  who  enlisted  in  British 

service  in  1811  or  '12. 

1986.  Rebecca  (2044)  ;  d.  Truro,  N.  S.,  March  5,  1861. 

1987.  Rachel;  m.  John  Keuty,  of  Halifax  Co.  ;  hed. ;  she  now  (1879)  res. 

Londonderry,  N.  S. 

1988.  Hannah;  m.  Jencks,  of  Shubeuacadie  River,  N.  S. ;  have  ch. 

1989.  David-Morison  Archibald^ [1962]  (Eebecca^  (Archibald), 
Dea.  Halbert  Morison'-,  John^) ;  married,  in  1798,  Rachel,  daughter 
of  James  Archibald,  2d,  and  Margaret  (Fisher)  Archibald;  res. 
Truro,  N.  S.     They  died  when  their  children  were  young. 

CHILDREN. 

1990.  Margaret,  b.  1799;  m.  April  4,  1815,  David  Dean,  of  Musquodoboit, 

N.  S. ;  eleven  children. 

1991.  Ruth,  b.  1801;   ra.  Oct.  1818,  Barnabas  Lyude,  of  North   River, 

N.  S. ;  she  d.  Nov.  18, 1853,  leaving  three  sons  and  five  daughters. 

1992.  Rebecca,  b.  1803 ;  d.  unmarried. 

1993.  SaniueP  [1965]  (David^  Dea.  Halbert-,  John^) ;  farmer ; 
settled  in  Dunbarton,  X.  H. ;  married  Isabel  Spear,  of  Derry, 
N.  H.;  d.  June  20,  1843,  aged  76  yrs. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   DUNBARTON,    N.    H. 

1994.  John  (2057),  b.  June  14,  1792;  d.  June  5,  1866. 

1995.  James  (2065),  b.  March  16,  1794;  d.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  Dec.  1,  1866. 
1990.     Mary,  b.  May  25,  1797;  m.  Benjamin  Dowse,  b,  Billerica,  Mass., 

Feb.   10,   1777;  farmer;  res.  Bedford,  N.  H.  :  she  d.  March  17, 
1876;  hed.  Oct.  18,  1876;  no  issue. 

1997.  Ebenezer  (2070),  b.  Jan.  4,  1799  ;  d.  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  April  16,  1878. 

1998.  David  (2076)  ;  res.  Quincy,  Mass. 


230  DEA.  HALBERT2  ;    DAVIDS  ;    JOHN*.  [1999 

1999.  Joseph-Mills  (2085),  b.  Nov.  23,  1804;  d.  Kockville,  Ct.,  March  7, 

1862. 

2000.  Samuel  (2091)  ;  d.  June  U,  1849,  Duubartoii,  N.  H. 

2001.  Jane"  (Moore)  [1966]  (David  Morison^,  Dea.  Halbert^ 
John^) ;  married,  June,  1807,  Dea.  James,  sou  of  Capt.  John 
Moore,  of  Derry,  N.  H.  He  lived  near  the  farm  owned  by 
General  Reid,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  in  Derry  ;  was  a  farmer. 
He  died  in  Derry,  March  6,  1817,  aged  46  yrs. ;  she  died  March 
27,  1854,  aged  85  yrs. 

CHILD. 

2002.     Betsey  (2098),  b.  Juue  29,  1809. 

2003.  John*  [1967]  (David^,  Dea.  Halbert-,  John^) ;  lived  on 
the  farm  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  his  grandfather  bought  in  1735.  It 
was  he  who  erected  the  tombstones  to  the  memory  of  his  father 
and  grandfather,  Dea.  Halbert  Morison,  about  1830.  Late  in  life 
he  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Davidson,  of  Derry,  N.  H. 
He  was  res}3ected  by  all ;  he  died  March  13,  1851,  aged  85  yrs. ; 
she  died  Feb.  8,  1873,  aged  69  yrs.  Soon  after  his  death,  the 
farm  passed  out  of  the  possession  of  the  Morrisons. 

CHILD. 

2004.     Halbert;  d.  .Jan.  10,  1831,  aged  2  yrs.  7  mos. 

2005.  David*  [1968]  (David^,  Dea.  Halbert-,  John^)  ;  he  settled 
in  Langdon,  N.  H. ;  farmer  ;  married  Hannah  Moore,  born  June 
9,  1779;  she  died  Jan.  19,  1814,  aged  34  yrs.,  leaving  six  children. 
He  married,  2d,  Olive  Liscomb,  of  Acworth,  N.  H.,  born  Sept. 
19,  1792,  and  who  still  (1879)  lives  with  her  daughter,  in  Lang- 
don, N.  H.     He  died  May  15,  1857,  aged  85  yrs.  3  mos. 

CHILDREN. 

2006.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  9,  1803;  d.  March  22,  1812. 

2007.  Anna,  b.  July  31,  1805;  m.  Joseph  Finley,  March,  1833,  and  settled 

in  Acworth ;  she  d.  April  20,  1836.  Two  children  :  1st,  Eliza- 
beth, b.  1834;  d.  about  1858.    2d,  Annie-J.-W.,  b.  1836;  d.  1836. 

2008.  John-M.,  b.  July  23,  1807;  d.  Dec.  12,  1812. 

2009.  David  (2103),  b.  April  12,  1809;  res.  Keeue,  N.  H. 

2010.  William-M.  (2111),  b.  June  18,  1811;  res.  Danvers,  Mass. 

2011.  Hannah,  b.  July  13,  1813;  d.  April  10,  1815. 

2012.  Philanda,  b.  April  12,  1820;  d.  Sept.  3,  1824. 

2013.  Mary-E.  (2112),  b.  Jan.  11,  1824. 

2014.  Rebecca,   b.   Dec.   11,  1826;   m.   March   13,  1851,   William,  son  of 

Daniel  Nourse,  of  Acworth,  N.  H.  ;  settled  in  Newport,  N.  H.  ; 
woolen  manufacturer;  she  d.  Nov.  11,  1853.  One  child,  Wil- 
liam-M., b.  Dec.  1852;  d.  May,  1853. 

2015.  Elizabeth*  (Wilson)  [1970]  (David  Morison^,  Dea. 
Halbert"-^,  John^)  ;  married,  July  4,  1811,  James  Wilson ;  res, 
Derry,  N.  H.  She  died  July  23,  1834,  aged  59  yrs.  He  died  in 
Derry. 

CHILDREN. 

2016.     Sarah-I.  ;  d.  2017.     Betsey-M.  ;  d. 


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FIFTH    GENERATION. 

2018.  John  Cummings'^  [1978]  (Hannali"*  (Curamings),  Rebecca^ 
(Archibald),  Dea.  Halbert  Morison-,  John^) ;  res.  Truro,  X.  S. ; 
married,  1807,  Letitia,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Alice  (Hunter) 
Barnhill.  He  died  Oct.  30,  1862,  aged  78  yrs.  She  died  Feb. 
17,  1854,  aged  05  yrs. 

CHILDREN,    BORX   IN   TUURO,    N.    S. 

2019.  Robert-H.-B.,  b.  July  7,  1808;  m.  Sarah-A.  Perkins,  1845:  masou ; 

Truro ;  three  children. 

2020.  John  (211(;),  b.  Feb.  14,  1810. 

2021.  James,  b.  Dec.  13,  1811;  d.  Dec.  27,  1811. 

2022.  Hannah,  1).  April  7,  1813;  m.  183.5,  William  Bass,  of  Pictou,  N.  S.  ; 

blacksmith;  res.  Stellartou,  Pictou  Co.,  N.  S.  ;  ten  children. 

2023.  Jonathan,  b.  May  15,  1815;  teacher;  res.  Truro. 

2024.  Rebecca-Morrison,  b.  July  4,   1817;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  m.,  1st, 

Dempster;  he  d. ;  m.,  2d,  Miles ;  is  now  a  widow;  no 

children. 

2025.  Alexander-M.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1810:    m.  Aiines  Hazelton,  of  Concord, 

N.  H. :  mason ;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  S. ;  no  issue. 

2026.  William-Smith,  b.  Jan.  21,  1822;  rem.  Texas,  U.  S. 

2027.  Daniel,  b.  April  30,  1824;  d.  young. 

2028.  Ezra-W.,  b.  June  22,  1825;  salesman  in  establishment  of  Leopold 

Morse  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.  ;  m. 

2029.  David-Mon-ison  Cummings^  [1981] (Hannah*  (Cununings), 
Rebecca^  (Archibald),  Dea.  Halbert  Morison'-,  John^)  ;  was  born 
in  Truro,  N.  S.,  Feb.  14,  1798  ;  mason ;  settled  in  Londonderry, 
N.  S. ;  married,  Jan.  1825,  Elizabeth  Little,  who  was  born  in 
Scotland,  April  8,  1804.  She  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  Feb. 
17,  1875,  aged  70  yrs.  He  died  in  same  place,  Sept.  21,  1870, 
aged  72  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2030.  Eli,  b.  Dec.  1825;  m.  :  res.  U.  S. 

2031.  Mary-Ann,  b.  Sept.  8,  1827;  m. ;  res.  U.  S. 

2032.  r  Robert-L.,  b.  June  18,  1829  ;  m.  1867,  Catharine  Marsh,  of  Economy, 
}        N.  S. ;  mason  ;  lives  on  the  homestead  in  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

2033.  (,James-L.,  b.  June  18,  1829;  single;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  S. 

2034.  Casilday,  b.  Feb.  1831;  m.  Joliu-W.  Chisholm ;  res.  Londonderry. 

2035.  Joseph-C,  b.  Aug.  22,  1839;  rem.  to  California. 

2036.  ;\Iargaret-Jane,  b.  Jan.  4,  1846;  m.  Burton  McCully;  res.  London- 

derry, N.  S. 

2037.  Daniel  Cummings^  [1982]  (Hannah*  (Cummings),  Re- 
becca^ (Archibald),  Dea.  Halbert  Morison-,  John^)  ;  mason ; 
man-ied  Mrs.  Margaret  McElhenney,  of  Londonderry,  N".  S. ; 
settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  S. ;  then  removed  to  Onslow,  N.  S., 
and  became  a  farmer.     He  died  1879,  aged  79  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2038.  John,  b.  Londonderry,  N.   S.,  1826;  blacksmith:  res.  Pictou  Co., 

N.  S. 

2039.  Joanna,  b.  Londonderry,  1828;  m. ;  res.  Cumberland  Co.,  N.  S. 

2040.  William,  b.  Londonderry,  1830;  m.  1849,  Almira  Blair,  of  Onslow, 

N.  S.;  she  d.  1877;"m.,  2d,  S.-L.  Waddle,  of  Truro,  in  1879; 
res.  Truro ;  does  the  most  extensive  business  in  dry  goods  of 
any  firm  in  the  county;  llrm-name,  "  W.  Cummings  &  Son." 

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232  DEA.    HALBERT^  ;    DAVIDS  ;    SAMUEL-*  ;    JOHNS.  [2041 

2041.  Eliza,  b.  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  1833;  m. ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

2042.  Alfred,  b.  1836;  d.  young. 

2043.  Noble,  b.  1838,  Londonderry;  farmer;  res.  Onslow,  N.  S. 

2044.  Rebecca^  (Arcbibcald)  [1986]  (Hannab*  (Cumniings), 
Rebecca-^  (Arcbibald),  Dea.  Halbert  Morison-,  Jobu^)  ;  she  mar- 
ried, July  11,  1811,  Mattbew-J.  Arcbibald,  wbo  was  born  in 
Truro,  IS".  S.,  Feb.  9,  1788,  He  owned  a  farm  and  n\ills  in  Truro, 
where  be  lived.     He  died  July  7,  1855  ;  she  died  March  5,  1861. 

CHILDREN,   BORN  IN   TRURO,    N.    S. 

2045.  Margaret,  b.  Nov.  3,  1811;  m.  Edward  L3'nde,  of  Onslow,  N.  S. ; 

twelve  children ;  d.  Dec.  13,  1855. 

204fi.  Rachel,  b.  Nov.  23,  1812;  m.  E.  Staples,  of  Onslow,  N.  S.  ;  7  ch. 

2047.  Susannah,  b.  May  11,  1814;  m.  Jacob  Miller,  of  Newport,  N.  S. 

2048.  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  23,  1815;  m.  John  Miller;  res.  Newport,  N.  S. 

2049.  Sarah,  b.  April  22.  1817;  ra.  W.-L.  Miller,  of  Newport,  N.  S. 

2050.  Rebecca,  b.  Aug    10,  1818;  d.  Nov.  15,  1819. 

2051.  Rebecca,  2d,  b.  Feb.  27,  1820;  rem.  to  New  Zealand. 

2052.  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  10,  1821;  m.   George  Cole,  of  England,  in  1856;  he 

d.  ;  she  m.,  2d,  John  Dickson;  two  children. 

2053.  George-Washington,  b.  Jan.  2,  1823 ;  ra. ;  res.  U.  S. ;  d.  Oct.  1869. 

2054.  John,  b.  Aug.  10,  1824 ;  ra. ;  d.  Aug.  1866. 

2055.  Eleanor,  b.  March  20,  1826 :  d.  Aug.  18,  1826. 

2056.  Eleanor,  2d,  b.  July  3,  1827;  ra.  G.-W.  Hamlin;  d.  Feb.  10,  1870. 

2057.  John^  [1994]  (Samuel*,  David^  Dea.  Halbert'-,  Johni)  ; 
was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  June  14,  1792.  In  early  life,  he 
res.  in  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  and  went  from  that  town,  in  a  volun- 
teer company,  to  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
married  Hannah-Perkins  Hunt,  of  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  born  Jan. 
1,  1797,  and  died  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  March  31,  1860.  His  two 
eldest  cluldren  were  born  at  Sanbornton,  the  rest  at  Dunbarton, 
where  he  lived  a  short  time,  removing  thence  to  Concord,  N.  H., 
about  1831.     He  died  in  Concord,  June  5,  1866;  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

2058.  Josiah-Sanborn,  b.  Oct.  2,  1816;  went  west  in  early  life ;  present 

res.  unknown. 

2059.  Isabella-Spear,  b.  Dec.  3,  1818 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

2060.  Isabella-Spear,  2d  (2118),  b.  Dec.  5,  1820. 

2061.  Peter-Jenkins  (2130),  b.  Feb.  28,  1823. 

2062.  Stephen-Paige,  b.  Aug.  27,  1825 ;  d.  Jan.  13,  1837. 

2063.  Mary-Ann  (2135),  b.  Nov.  27,  1827. 

2064.  Edward  (2138),  b.  Dec.  7,  1829. 

2065.  James^  [1995]  (SamueP,  David"',  Dea.  Halbert'-,  John^) ; 
was  born  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  March  16,  1794  ;  married  Hannah 
Perley,  of  Dunbarton;  she  was  born  Oct.  12,  1796  ;  farmer;  res. 
Bedford,  N.  H. ;  represented  his  town  in  the  legislature  in  1852. 
He  died  in  Bedford,  Dec.  1,  1866;  she  died  in  Bedford,  Oct.  10, 
1877. 

CHILDREN. 

2066.  Jeremiah-IIardy  (2142),  b.  Dunbarton,  N.  II.,  Sept.  15,  1822. 

2067.  J:iiza-Ann  (2146),  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  March  2,  1824. 

2068.  David,  b.  Bedford,  Jan.  6,  1826:  d.  Bedford,  Oct.  12,  1849. 

2069.  Samuel-Edwin,  b.  Bedford,  N.  II.,  Sept.  2,   1829;  farmer;  m.  Dec. 


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24,  1857,  Mary-Elizabeth  Parker,  of  Merrimack,  N.  H. ;  she  was 
b.  Feb.  4,  1836;  cl.  Bedford,  Juue  18,  1863;  Mr.  Morrison  lives 
on  the  homestead  in  Bedford,  and  has  served  his  town  as  select- 
man several  years ;  no  children. 

2070.  Ebenezer-S.5  [1997]  (SamueP,  DavicF,  Dea.  Halberf-, 
John^);  born  in  Dunbarton,  X.  H.,  Jan.  4,  1799;  married,  Sept. 
24,  1823,  Melinda  French,  of  Hopkinton,  IST.  H.,  born  June  1, 
1800;  res.  Hopkinton  till  1841,  when  he  rem.  to  Salisbury,  IST.  H., 
which  ever  after  was  his  home ;  was  a  school-teacher  in  Hopkinton 
and  vicinity  for  over  thirty  years ;  was  also  a  farmer.  He  died 
in  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  April  16,  1878;  his  widow  still  lives  (1879) 
in  Salisbury. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   HOPKINTON,    N.    H. 

2071.  William-H.  (2148),  b.  May  23,  1825. 

2072.  Sarah-S.  (21.53),  b.  Aus;.  30,  1826. 

2073.  Mary-M.  (2156),  b.  Sept.  18,  1828. 

2074.  James-H.  (2157),  b.  Sept.  8,  1831. 

2075.  Dauiel-P.,  b.  Dec.  21,   1836;  d.   Salisbury,  N.  H.,  Nov.   18,   1868; 

enlisted  in  the  Mass.  6th  Regt.  for  three  months,  at  commence- 
ment of  the  Avar.  In  Au.ij.  1862  he  re-enlisted  in  7th  Regt.  N. 
H.  Vols.,  and  served  three  years,  running  the  gauntlet  of  war 
successfully,  escaping  without  a  wound.  In  the  perils  of  war, 
he  was  safe;  in  the  pursuits  of  peace,  he  lost  his  life.  He  was 
crushed  between  two  cars,  and  died  from  the  injuries  received. 

2076.  David^  [1998]  (Samuel^  David^  Dea.  Halberf-,  John^) ; 
was  a  stone-cutter ;  res.  Quincy,  Mass.,  the  last  forty  years  of  his 
life.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Philip  Stevens,  of  Pem- 
broke, ]Sr.  H.  Mr.  Morrison  died  Sept.  14,  1860,  aged  68  yrs.  4 
mos. ;  she  died  Feb.  21,  1872,  iaged  62  yrs.  8  mos. 

CHILDREN. 

2077.  Ebenezer;  d.  in  infancy. 

2078.  Samuel ;  d.  in  infancy. 

2079.  Infant  son  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

2080.  Abby-Simpson  (2158),  b.  Nov.  1829. 

2081.  Mary-Elizabeth  (2162),  b.  July  B,  1836. 

2082.  Eliza-Jane  (2166),  b.  Nov.  5.  1838. 

2083.  Sylvander,  b.  July  30,  1844. 

2084.  Saraii-Louise,  b.  Feb.  16,  1848  ;  d.  June,  1852, 

2085.  Joseph-Mills^  [1999]  (SamueP,  David^,  Dea.  Halberf-, 
John^)  ;  born  Nov.  23,  1804,  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.  In  early  life 
he  learned  the  cooper's  trade;  was  enijiloyed  as  guard  at  Concord 
(N.  H.)  state-prison  ;  Avent  from  Concord  with  the  warden,  I\Ir. 
Pillsbury,  to  Wethersfield,  Ct.,  and  had  charge  of  the  nail-shop  in 
the  prison  for  four  years  ;  then  moved  to  Longmeadow,  Mass., 
and  went  into  business,  running  grist  and  saw  mills,  besides  a 
large  brick-yard.  In  a  few  years  he  met  with  heavy  losses.  Had 
charge  of  lumber-}'ard  at  Cabotville  (now  Chicojiee),  Mass.,  for 
five  years  ;  res.  Holyoke,  Mass.,  and  was  selectman  for  two  years. 
In  1853  removed  to  Ellington,  Ct.,  and  was  a  farmer;  in  1856 
became  a  resident  of  Rockville,  Ct.,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his 
days.  He  died  there,  March  7,  1862,  and  is  buried  at  Long- 
meadow,  Mass.    He  married  Hannah-W.  Wilson,  of  Salem,  Mass., 


234  DEA.   HALBERT-;  ;    DAVID3  ;    DAVID*  ;    DAVIDS.  [2086 

born  in  Salem  in  1812 ;  died  at  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  April  21, 
1847.  Had  four  children.  He  married,  2d,  Jane-E.  McKinney, 
of  Ellington,  who  died  in  Ellington  May  19,  1863,  aged  46  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2086.  Johii-C.  (I'leO),  b.  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  Sept.  28,  1830. 

2087.  Hannah-June  (2175),  b.  Longmeadow,  May  23,  1835. 

2088.  Joiseph-E.  (2178),  b.  Longmeadow,  March  26,  1838. 

2089.  James-K.-Polk  (2182),  b.  Longmeadow,  Dec.  8,  1846. 

2090.  Sarah-Lonise,  b.  Ellington,  Ct.,  April  18,  1853 ;  res.  Willington,  Ct.  ; 

she  m.  Charles-H.  Rider,  of  Willington,  in. 1872. 

2091.  SamueP  [2000]  (SamueP,  David^  Dea.  Halberf-,  Johni) ; 
farmer ;  lived  in  Bedford,  N.  H.  He  married  Eliza  Perley,  of 
Dmibarton  ;  she  died  Oct.  11,  1847;  he  died  June,  1849,  in  Bed- 
ford, N.  H. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   BEI^FORI>,    N.   H. 

2092.  Josiah-H.  (2188),  b.  Jan.  18,  1833. 

2093.  Perley-Hnmphrey  ;  m. ;  res.  New  York  City. 

2094.  Elbridge-G. ;  res.  Amesbnry  (Mills),  Mass. ;  served  nearly  two  yrs. 

in  The  13th  N.  Y.  Vols,  during  the  rebellion. 

2095.  Samuel-H.,  b.  1841 ;  was  a  member  of  Co.  E,  13th  Regt.  N.  Y.  Vols.  ; 

was  killed  at  battle  of  Bull  Run,  Va.,  Aug.  30,  1862,  aged  21  yrs. 

2096.  Mary-Eliza  (2191),  b.  Jan.  29,  1844. 

2097.  Hannah-Frances,  b.  Sept.  28,  1847;  d.  Nov.  1,  1849. 

2098.  Betsey^  (Davis)  [2002]  (Jane*  (Moore),  David  Morison^ 
Dea.  Halberf^  John^) ;  married,  Dec.  24,  1835,  by  Rev.  E.-L. 
Parker,  of  Derry,  N".  H.,  to  Daniel-P.  Davis,  of  Atkinson,  :Nr.  H. ; 
he  was  born  Aug.  1,  1802  ;  farmer  ;  moved  to  Dunbarton,  N.  H., 
in  1853  ;  sold  his  farm  on  account  of  ill  health  in  1871 ;  died 
Aug.  14,  1873  ;  she  res.  (1880)  in  Goffstown,  X.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2099.  Mary-Jane,  b.  Nov.  20,  1836;  m.  April  30,  1857,  Augustus  Wood- 

bury, of  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1832.  Two  children  :  1st, 
Alice-J.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1865.     2d,  Mary-Ella,  b.  Ang.  26,  1872. 

2100.  Abel-M.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1838;  farmer;  res.  Goflstown,  N.  H. ;  m.  Feb. 

10,  1870,  Ella  Wiggins,  of  Middlesex,  Vt.  Two  children  :  1st, 
Freddie-Rufus,  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  16,  1871.  2d,  Charles- 
Abel,  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  2,  1872. 

2101.  EUen-P.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1840;  d.  June  28,  1863. 

2102.  Daniel-L,  b.   April  10,   1842;   m.  Nov.   14,   1872,  Fannie  Hurd,  of 

Barnstead,  Can.  ;  was  with  his  brother  in  moulding  mills  in 
Boston  for  ten  years ;  is  now  a  fanner ;  res.  Goft'stowu,  N.  H. 
One  child,  Lizzie-Estella,  b.  May  10,  1876. 

2103.  David^  [2009]  (David\  David^,  Dea.  Halberf-,  John^) ; 
was  born  April  13,  1809,  in  Langdon,  N.  H. ;  married,  Dec.  17, 
1833,  Betsey,  daughter  of  Joseph  Wilson,  of  Acworth,  Avhere 
she  was  born  March  22,  1813  ;  he  res.  in  Keene,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2104.  Licetta-W.,  b.  Dec.   12,   1834;  m.  May  22,  1862,  Orland-K.  Spauld- 

ing,  of  Sullivan,  N.  H.,  d.  March,  1865.  One  child,  Julia-A.- 
A.';  b.  April  18,  1863. 

2105.  Oscar-F.,   b.   May  22,   1837;    m.   Sally  Frink,   of  Taylorville,   111. 


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Two  children  :  1st,  Mary-Erailie,  b.  April  21,  1868.     2d,  Lorette- 
Frink,  b.  Nov.  27,  1870. 

2106.  Julia-A.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1844;  m.  Jime  29,  1879,  T.-F.  Sextou,  of  Tay- 

lorviile,  111. 

2107.  Lorette-A.,  b.   June  7,  1846;  m.  Jan.  9,    1877,  Dr.  W.  Geddes,   of 

Keene,  N.  H. 

2108.  Joseph-G.-W.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1848. 

2109.  Lucy- J.,  b.  June  23,  1852. 

2110.  Sarab-J.,  b.  March  2,  1855. 

2111.  William-M.^  [2010]  (DavidS  DavicF,  Dea.  Halbert^ 
John^)  ;  was  born  June  18,  1811,  in  Langdon,  N.  H. ;  married, 
Dec.  26,  1839,  Nancy-M.  Stevens,  of  Alstead,  N.  H. ;  she  was 
born  April  18,  1815.  He  settled  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  was  pro- 
prietor of  a  restaurant  for  many  years  ;  sold  his  business  in  1873, 
and  has  since  res.  in  Danvers  Centre,  Mass. 

211-2.  Mary-E.5  (Currier)  [2013]  (David  Morison^  David^  Dea. 
Halberf-,  John^) ;  was  born  in  Langdon,  N".  H.,  Jan.  11,  1824; 
married,  1st,  William-Warner  Wallace,  of  Acworth,  N.  H.,  April 

29,  1845  ;  he  was  born  Jan.  29,  1818.  He  spent  a  few  years  in 
New  York  City,  and  then  located  in  Northfield,  O. ;  merchant. 
He  died  July  3,  1850,  leaving  two  children.  She  married,  2d, 
May  7,  1863,  John  Currier,  born  Jan.  25,  1808;  res.  Langdon,  X. 
H.  He  is  a  prosperous  farmer  and  influential  citizen  ;  has  filled 
several  town  offices,  and  has  represented  his  town  in  the  legisla- 
ture. He  enlisted  in  the  6th  Kegt.  N.  H.  Vols,  in  1861,  and 
served  over  a  year  as  fife-major. 

CHILDREX. 

2113.  Henry-Hall)crt  Wallace,  b.  Aug.  5,  1846;  farmer;  res.  Topeka,  Kau. 

2114.  Emma-W.  Wallace,  b.  Sept.  11,  1850;  teacher  iu  public  schools  of 

Topeka,  Kan. 

2115.  John-M.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1864. 

SIXTH   GENERATION. 

2116.  John  Cummiugs®  [2020]  (John  Cummings^,  Hannah* 
(Cummings),  Rebecca**  (Archibald),  Dea.  Halbert  Morison-,  John^); 
was  born  in  Truro,  IST.  S.,  Feb.  14,  1810;  married  Elizabeth 
Church,  of  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  Jan.  10,  1834;  she  was  born  Dec. 

30,  1813.  He  settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  in  early  life,  and 
was  an  active,  honorable,  and  successful  merchant.  He  died  July 
6,  1872. 

CHILD. 

2117.  Charles-N.  (2196),  b.  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  Oct.  14,  1834;  res  Lon- 
douderry. 

2118.  IsabelhvSpear''  (Bruce)  [2060]  (John  Morrison^  S;unuel^ 
David^,  Dea.  Halbert'-,  John^)  ;  married  George-W.  Bruce,  March 

31,  1840;  he  was  a  carriage-smith;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  He  died 
Aug.  8,  1876. 

CHILDREN. 

2119.  George-Francis,  b,  Jan.  21,  1841;  painter;  res.  Cambridge,  Mas.s. ; 
m.,  1st,  Lucy-A.  Smith,  July  8,  1860,  b.  Oct.  26,  1840;  she  d. 
Nov.  5,  1865;  m.,  2d,  May  25,   1868,  Fanuie-A.  Wilson.     Two 


236  DEA.   HALBERT2  ;    DAVIDS  ;    SAMUEL-*  ;   JOHNS.  [2120 

children:  1st,  Isabella-L.,  b.  April  11,  1801.  2cl,  Gertrude-E., 
b.  March  17,  1873. 

2120.  Henry-Elijah,  b.  Feb.  13,  1843;  d.  June  26,  18G4. 

2121.  Susan-Maria,  b.  July  3,  1845;  m.  Nov.  14,  1866,  Alfred-H.  Colburn, 

b.  Sept.  17,  1844:  res.  Boston,  Mass.  Four  children :  1st, 
Mary-Alice,  b.  Feb.  8,  1868.  2d,  William-Alfred,  b.  Dec.  12, 
1869;  d.  July  20,  1875.  3d,  Carrie-Read,  b.  April  23,  1873.  4th, 
Ida-Isabella,  b.  Oct.  12,  1876. 

2122.  Samnel-C.,b.  Dec.  6,  1847;  m.  March  2,  1870,  Olive-W.  Smith,  b. 

May  7,  1849;  res.  Dedham,  Mass. 

2123.  Isabella-McClelland,  b.  Feb.  14,  1850;  d.  May  25,  1851. 

2124.  Mary-Louise,  b.  Jan.  25,  1852;  d.  April  11,  1852. 

2125.  Edward,  b.  March  14,  1853 ;  spring-maker ;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

2126.  Martha,  b.  Sept.  6,  1855;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

2127.  Charles-Frederic,  b.  Dec.  4,  1857 ;  salesman,  Boston,  Mass. 

2128.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  16,  1861 :  res.  Boston. 

2129.  Robert-Andrews,  b.  Nov.  4,  1864 ;  res.  Boston. 

2130.  Peter-Jenkins«  [2061]  (John^  SamueP,  David\  Dea. 
Halbert-,  John^) ;  was  born  Feb.  28,  1823;  married,  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  1843,  Hannah  Hollis,  born  in  Danville,  Me.,  jSTov.  12, 1816, 
and  died  in  Saugus,  Mass.,  May  2,  1874.  He  was  a  carriage- 
smith,  and  lived  in  Boston,  then  Saugus,  then  Concord,  N.  H., 
where  he  enlisted  in  a  N.  H.  Regt.,  and  was  killed  Oct.  8,  1864, 
while  on  picket  duty,  at  Pittsburg  Landing,  Miss. 

CHn.DREN. 

2131.  William-Henry,   b.   Boston,  Mass.,   Nov.   9,   1843;  enlisted  in  his 

country's  service,  and  was  killed  at  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain, 
Aug.  9,  L'-'62. 

2132.  Lelia-M.,  b.  Revere,  Mass..  July  29,   1850;  she  m.  Feb.  22,  1872, 

William-A.  Trefethen,  who  was  b.  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Oct. 
14,  1846;  farmer;  res.  East  Sangus,  Mass.  One  child,  Ed- 
ward-A.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1872. 

2133.  Lizzie-S.,   b.   Concord,   N.   H.,   Feb.  3,    1853:  m.  June  3,  1873,  at 

East  Saugus,  Mass.,  Horace-E.  Goss,  who  was  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass., 
July  21,  1850;  fanner;  res.  Lj'-nn.  Two  children:  1st,  Charles- 
E.,  b.  Lynn,  Aug.  13,  1874.  2d,  Horace-J.,  b.  Lynn,  May  29, 
1867. 

2134.  Annie-A.,  b.  Concord,  N.  H.,  Nov.  3,   1854;  m.,  at  East  Saugus, 

Mass.,  Sept.  12,  1877,  Horace-M.  Oliver,  b.  E.  Saugus,  Sept.  22, 
1851;  res.  Saugus.     One  child,  Harvey-R.,  b.  June  14,  1878. 

2135.  Mary-Ann*'  (Willis)  [2063]  (John  Morrison^  Samuel*, 
David'^,  Dea.  Halbert'^,  John^)  ;  .she  was  born  ISTov.  27,  1827  ;  mar- 
ried, Nov.  8,  1852,  Joshua-C.  Willis,  born  in  Winchester,  N.  H., 
Nov.  8,  1824.  He  res.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  is  connected  with 
the  firm  of  Watts  &  Willis,  commission  merchants,  Boston,  Mass. 

CHILDREX. 

2130.  Charles-Orsmer,  b.  April  29,  1855;  book-keeper;  Boston. 
2137.     Lizzie-Augusta,  1).  May  28,  1857. 

2138.  Edward«  [2064]  (John%  Samuel*,  David^  Dea.  Halbert-, 
John^) ;  born  Dec.  7,  1829;  married,  Sept.  7,  1851,  Marietta 
McCrillis,  of  Epsom,  N.  H. ;  she  was  born  Sept.  10,  1830;  he 
was  a  gardener,  and  lived  in  Concord,  N.  H.     He  enlisted  in  the 


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7th  Regt.  X,  H.  Vols,,  and  died  Dec.  10,  1862,  from  disease  con- 
tracted in  the  army. 

CHILDREX. 

2139.  Adaline-D.,  b.  Jime  1,  1S52;  m.  Feb.  22,  1873,  Edwin-F.  Pliimmer, 

b.  Oct.  4,  18-17;  res.  Coucord,  N.  H.  Oue  child,  Arthur-E.,  b. 
Feb.  2,  1875. 

2140.  Mary-E.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1853. 

2141.  Amiie-B.,  b.   April  10,    1856;  ra.  Dec.  27,   1873,  Charles  Leavy,  b. 

Feb.  2G,  1853;  tanner;  res.  Concord,  N.  H.  Two  children: 
1st,  Willie-E.,  b.  April  14,  1875.  2d,  Charles-H.,  b.  Nov.  17, 
1876. 

2142.  Jeremiah-H.«  [20(36]  (James^  Samuel*,  David^,  Dea.  Hal- 
bert",  John^) ;  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Sept.  15,  1822  ; 
married  in  Runiney,  N.  H.,  Nov.  27,  1851,  Rebecca-A.  Hough,  of 
Hanover,  N.  H. ;  settled  in  jSTashua,  and  was  employed  for  a  time 
in  the  cotton  mills  of  that  city.  Has  served  as  alderman  in  city 
government,  and  is  now  in  the  wood  and  coal  business  in  Nashua, 

CHILDREN, 

2143.  Fannie- Adella,   b.    June   22,    1856;    teacher  in   public    schools    of 

Nashua,  N.  H. 

2144.  Mary-Abbie.  b.  Nov.  11,  1858. 

2145.  Hattie-Aun-Eliza,  b.  Nov.  28,  1860;  d.  March  3,  1866. 

2146.  Eliza-Ann«  (Stevens)  [2067]  (James  Morrison^  Samuel", 
David^,  Dea.  Halberf-',  John^)  ;  was  a  teacher  for  ten  years  ;  she 
married,  Jan.  23,  1851,  Dr.  William-B.  Stevens,  born  Bedford,  N. 
H.,  Jan.  27,  1820.  In  1853  he  received  his  diploma  from  Dart- 
mouth College,  and  was  elected  a  member  of  N.  H.  Medical  So- 
ciety in  1854.  He  was  professionally  connected  with  the  asylum 
for  the  insane,  in  Concord,  jST.  H.,  for  several  years.  He  relin- 
quished this  position  in  1855,  and  practised  medicine  in  Bedford, 
till  his  death,  Feb.  18,  1861.     His  family  res.  (1880)  in  Bedford. 

CHILD. 

2147.     Eimice,  b.  Bedford,  Nov.  5,  1856. 

2148.  William-H.«  [2071]  (Ebenezer^  SamueP,  David«,  Dea, 
Halberf-,  John^)  ;  was  born  May  25,  1824,  at  Hopkinton,  N,  H, ; 
married,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Emeline-A.  Osgood,  Nov.  24,  1854; 
res.  in  Boston  till  1870,  when  he  removed  to  Kankakee,  Kankakee 
Co.,  111. ;  farmer. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   BOSTON. 

2149.  William-H.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1857. 

2150.  Hattie,  b.  Dec.  5,  1859;  d.  Nov.  1,  1860. 

2151.  Elmer-E.,  b.  July  12,  1861. 

2152.  Henrietta,  b.  Feb  14,  1863;  d.  July  22,  1863. 

2153.  Sarah-S.«  (Danforth)  [2072]  (Ebenezer  Morrison^ 
Samuels  David^  Dea,  Halberf^  John^) ;  married,  Feb,  4,  1849,  in 
Salisbury,  N,  H.,  Charles-B.  Danforth,  a  native  of  Dunbarton,  N, 
H, ;  they  res,  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H,  He  was  in  Co,  D,  7th  Regt, 
N,  H,  Vols,,  during  the  rebellion ;  was  wounded  and  taken  pris- 


238        DEA.  HALBERT^  ;  DAVID3  ;  SAMUEL*  ;  JOSEPH-MILLSS.     [2154 

oner  at  the  battle  of  Olustee,  Fla.,  Feb.  21,  1864;  was  in  rebel 
prisons  fourteen  months,  and  for  a  while  was  in  the  starvation 
pen  at  Andersonville.  In  1865  they  went  West,  and  are  now  on 
a  farm  in  Chebanse,  111. 

CHILDREN,    BOKN   IN  HOPKINTOX,    N.    H. 

2154.  Charles-C,  b,  Juue  13,  1850;  res.  Chebause,  111. 

2155.  Lillian-M.,  b.  May  4,  1861;  res.  Chebanse. 

2156.  Mary-M.*'  (Cushman)  [2073]  (Ebenezer  Morrison^ 
SamueP,  David^,  Dea.  Ilalbert'-,  John^) ;  married,  in  Ilopkinton, 
N.  H.,  in  April,  1864,  Ezekiel  Cushman,  of  Boston,  now  of  Taun- 
ton, Mass. 

2157.  James-H.»  [2074]  (Ebenezer^  Samuel*,  David^  Dea. 
Halbert"-,  John^) ;  married  in  Boston,  in  1861,  to  Louisa  Edmunds; 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Northern  R.  R.  Co.  Farmer,  and  lives 
in  Andover,  N.  H. 

2158.  Abby-S.''  (Leonard)  [2080]  (David  Morrison^  Samuel*, 
David",  Dea.  Halbert'-,  John^)  ;  married  George-Q.  Leonard,  in 
1847  ;  he  died  April  1.5,  1879. 

CHILDREN. 

2150.     Abby-Frances,  b.  Oct.  18,  1850;  d.  1852. 

2160.  Sarah-Louisa,  b.  Sept.  29,  1852;  d.  1852. 

2161.  Alice-Ardelle,  b.  May  25,  1854,  at  St.  Catherine,  Can.  ;  ni.  Dec.  30, 

1871,  DeForrest  Rutman.     One  child,   George- Warner,  b.  May 
15,  1873. 

2162.  Mary-Elizabeth«  (Smith)  [2081]  (David  Morrison^ 
SamueP,  David'^,  Dea.  Halbert-,  John^) ;  married  Wellington 
Smith,  of  Littleton,  N.  H.,  born  Nov.  17,  1834  ;  stone-cutter;  res. 
Quincy,  Mass. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IX    QUINCY,    MASS. 

2163.  Jennie,  b.  April  25,  1859. 

2164.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  25,  1862. 

2165.  Lizzie,  b.  Jan.  9,  1868. 

2166.  Eliza-Jane«  (Gage)  [2082]  (David  Morrison•^  Samuel*, 
David^,  Dea.  Halbert'^,  John^) ;  married  David-K.  Gage,  of  Frank- 
lin, N.  H.,  Oct.  14,  1861.     Blacksmith  ;  res.  Quincy,  Mass. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   QUINCY,    MASS. 

2167.  Lizzie,  b.  Aug.  23,  1862;  d.  1863. 

2168.  Joseph-Libby,  b.  July  26,  1864. 

2160.  John-C."  [2086]  (Joseph-Mills^  Samuel*,  David^  Dea. 
Halbert'-,  John^) ;  was  born  at  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  Sept.  28, 
1830  ;  car-builder ;  married  Elvira-S.  Alexander,  Nov.  30,  1854  ; 
she  was  born  in  Bow,  N.  H.,  Dec.  22,  1830.  He  died  March  3, 
1870,  aged  39  yrs.     His  widow  res.  (1880)  East  Hampton,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

2170.  Nellie-J.,  b.  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  Fob.  5,  1855. 

2171.  Joseph-T.,  b.  Hoiyoke,  Mass.,  Feb.  16,  1857;  m.  Jan.  15,  1878,  Olive- 

H.  Prouty;  res.  E.  Hampton,  Mass. 


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2172.  Hattie-E.,  b.  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1859. 

2173.  Geori?e-T.,  b.  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Feb.  6,  1862. 

2174.  Mamie-T.,  b.  East  Hampton,  Mass.,  Feb.  16,  1866;  d.  Feb.  18,  1866. 

2175.  Hannah-Jane«  (Metcalf)  [2087]  (Joseph-Mills^,  Samuel*, 
David"',  Dea.  Halbert-,  Johni)  ;  was  born  May  23,  1835,  at  Long- 
meadow,  Mass. ;  she  married  Andrew-J.  Metcalf,  of  Rockville, 
Ct.,  Oct.  13,  1855.  He  Avas  born  at  Tolland,  Ct.,  March  13, 1834  ; 
farmer  ;  res.  Rockville,  Ct. 

CHILDREN. 

2176.  Abial-L..  b.  Rockville,  Ct.,  Sept.  20,  1858. 

2177.  Joseph-Morrison,  b.  Rockville,  Ct.,  Oct.  17,  1860. 

2178.  Joseph-E.«  [2088]  (Joseph-Mills-',  SaraueP,  David\  Dea. 
Halbert'-,  John^) ;  born  at  Longraeadow,  Mass.,  March  26,  1838  ; 
carpenter  and  machinist ;  had  charge  of  Colt's  blacksmith  sho]i  in 
1863 ;  was  then  employed  in  the  IT.  S.  Arsenal  in  Springfield, 
Mass. ;  left  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  went  to  Pittsburg,  Pa. ; 
is  now  in  Aurora,  111.,  and  is  engaged  in  the  boring  of  wells, 
having  obtained  a  patent  on  his  well ;  he  bores  for  water  from 
twenty-five  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet ;  married  Harriet-Jane, 
daughter  of  Jonathan-C.  Walker,  of"  Williugton,  June  30,  1861 ; 
she  was  born  in  Williugton,  June  15,  1833. 

CniLDUKX. 

2179.  Lillia-Agnes,  b.  Williniiton,  Aug.  14,  1862. 

2180.  James-Leverett,  b.  Williugton," April  12,1864;  d.  Monsou,  Mass., 

Feb.  21,  1869. 

2181.  Harriet-Esther,  b.  Monsou,  Mass.,  Aug.  22,  1866. 

2182.  James-K.-P.«  [2089]  (Joseph-Mills^  SamueP,  David^, 
Dea.  Halbert^,  John^)  ;  married  Angle  Aborn,  of  Rockville,  Ct., 
June  3,  1868  ;  tinsmith ;  res.  Aurora,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

2183.  Joseph-L.,  b.  Rockville,  Ct.,  Dec.  13,  1868. 

2184.  Grace-L.,  b.  Ellington,  Ct.,  Aug.  1861. 

2185.  Lewis,  b.  Aurora,  111.  ;  d.  Newport,  Ark. 

2186.  Infont  son. 

2187.  Jennie-May,  b.  Aurora,  111.  ;  d.  Newport,  Ark. 

2188.  Josiah-H.«  [2092]  (SamueP,  SamueP,  David^  Dea.  Hal- 
bert",  John^) ;  res.  Portsmouth,  N.  H. ;  married  Mary  Jones, 
Dec.  25,  1871. 

CHILDREN. 

2189.     Frank.  2190.     Emma,  b.  Oct.  1873. 

2191.  Mary-Eliza'-  (Marshall)  [  :i096  ]  (Samuel  Mol•rison^ 
Samuel*,  David^,  Dea.  Halbert-,  John^) ;  born  Jan.  29,  1844; 
married.  May  27,  1869,  Charles-H.  Marshall,  and  res.  Manchester, 
N.  H. ;  he  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  II.,  Sept.  8,  1843 ;  has  been 
farmer ;  served  as  librarian  in  city  public  library  for  twelve  years, 
and  is  in  trade  (1880). 


240        DEA.  HALBERT-^  ;  REBECCAS  (ARCHIBALD)  ;  HANNAH^.     [2192 

CHILDREN. 

2192.  Aunie-May,  b.  Nov.  17,  1870. 

2193.  Fred-Willis,  b.  Dec.  14,  1872. 

2194.  Hattie-Eliza,  b.  Aug.  7,  1875. 

2195.  Lena-Augu.sta,  b.  Jan.  25,  1877. 

SEVENTH   GENERATION. 

2196.  Charles-N.'^  [2117]  (John  Cummings"^,  John  Ciunmings^, 
Hannah^  (Cummings),  Rebecca^  (Archibald),  Dea.  Halbert  Mori- 
son'-,  John^) ;  married,  Feb.  18,  1858,  Margaret-E.  Dougherty,  of 
Eichibuctou,  N.  B. ;  he  occupies  the  homestead  in  Londonderry, 
N.  S. ;  merchant,  farmer,  ship-owner,  and  railroad  contractor  ; 
possesses  large  business  capacity,  and  is  successful. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    LONDONDKRRY,    N.    S. 

2197.  Lelia-M.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1859. 

2198.  John-W.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1861 ;  d.  Aug.  24,  1865. 

2199.  Abner-W.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1869. 

2200.  Elizabeth-Agues,  b.  May  27,  1871. 


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CHAPTER    VIII. 

Second  Generation.  —  History  of  the  Descendants  of  Martha 
MoRisoN  (Steele),  Daughter  of  John  Morison,  First  Gener- 
ation, WHO  died  in  173G.* 


SECOND    GENERATION. —  MARTHA   MORISON   (STEELE). 

2201.  Martha-  (Steele)  [5]  (John  Morison');  daughter  of 
John  Morison,  who  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1736;  con- 
sequently a  sister  of  "Charter"  James  Morison,  progenitor  of 
the  Windham,  ISr.  H.,  Morisons;  and  of  "Charter"  John  Morison, 
progenitor  of  the  Morisons  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.  She  was 
born  in  Ireland,  and  was  present  at  the  "siege  of  Derry"  when 
a  child  of  seven  or  eight  years  of  age.  The  events  of  that  terrible 
siege  were  indelibly  stamped  upon  her  memory,  and  were  related 
by  her  to  her  relatives.!  A  descendant  writes:  "One  of  the 
most  vivid  memories  of  my  childhood  was  the  thrill  of  excitement 
with  which  I  used  to  listen  to  the  description  of  the  starving 
people  waiting  for  the  ships  that  were  bringing  supplies,  and  their 
horror  when  it  became  a])parent  that  they  might  not  be  able  to 
reach  the  city ;  this,  with  the  final  triumph,  was  equal  to  any 
romance."  She  married  Thomas  Steele,  in  Ireland,  in  1715, 
emigrated  to  this  country  in  1718,  and  settled  in  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  in  1719,  Avhere  they  spent  their  days.  Their  home  lot  is 
now  embraced  in  the  farm  of  Col.  George-W.  Lane,  near  the  East 
Village  of  Derry,  N.  H.  They  were  the  progenitors  of  the  Steele 
family  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.  t 

He  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Feb.  22, 1748,  in  the  sixty-fifth 
year  of  his  age.  She  died  Oct.  22,  1759.  They  had  four  sons 
and  two  daughters.     Only  the  sons  can  be  accounted  for. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   LONDONDERRY,    N.    II. 

2202.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  25,  1721. 

2203.  James,  b.  March  25,  1724;  rem.  to  Antrim,  N.  H. :  d.  1818  or  '19. 

2204.  John ;  rem.  to  Western  N.  Y. 

2205.  David  (220G),  b.  Jan.  30,  1727;  m.  Janet  Little,  in  1751. 

*  This  chapter  is  mostly  rewritten  from  the  record  in  Dr.  Albert  Smith's 
History  of  Peterborough,  N.  H. 

t  Mrs.  Frances  Terwilliger,  of  Belvidere,  111.  She  heard  this  descrip- 
tion from  her  grandmother,  who  received  it  direct  from  the  lips  of  her 
grandmother,  Martha-Morison  Steele. 

X  Gov.  John-H.  Steele,  of  Peterborough,  N.  II.,  was  of  a  distinct  race, 
and  was  born  in  Wilmington,  N.  C,  and  was  brought  to  Peterborough  by 
Capt.  Nathaniel  Morison  as  an  expert  machinist. 


242  MARTHA   MORISON-   (STEELE)  ;    DAVID    STEELE^.         [2206 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

2206.  Capt.  David  Steele'^  [2205]  (Martha-^  (Steele),  John 
Morison^);  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Jan.  30,  1727;  rem.  to 
Peterborougli,  N.  H.,  about  1763,  and  held  several  town  offices. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  committee  of  safety  in  1776  and  '78. 
He  married  Janet  Little,  who  was  born  in  Ireland;  he  died  July 
19,  1809,  aged  82  yrs.;  she  died  Sept.  30,  1816,  aged  87  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2207.  Thomas  (2215),  b.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  March  5,   1754;   m.  Ann 

Moore ;  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H. 

2208.  Jane,  b.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Sept.    175G ;    m.  Samuel  Gregg,  of 

Sharon,  N.  H. ;  d.  Aug.  15,  1850,  aged  94  yrs. 

2209.  David  (2224),  b.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  1758;  in.,  1st,  Lucy  Powers; 

2d,  Sarah  Gregg. 

2210.  Jonathan  (2228),  b.  Sept.  3,  17G0;  res.  Durham,  N.  H. 

2211.  Martha  (2231),  b.  1763;  m.  Benjamhi  Mitchell. 

2212.  Margaret,  b.  Jan.  3,  1766;  m.  John  Smith  (see  No.  819). 

2213.  Elizabeth  (2233),  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  1767:  m.  James  Wilson, 

or  Peterborough,  N.  H. 

2214.  John  (2236),  b.  1773;  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H. 

rOURTH   GENERATION. 

2215.  Thomas  Steele"  [2207]  (David  Steele^  Martha'^  (Steele), 
John  Morison^)  ;  lived  in  Peterborough,  K.  H.,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  useful  men  in  town  affairs;  a  man  of  rare  judgment ; 
was  selectman  18  yrs.,  and  town  clerk  19  yrs.  He  married  Ann, 
daughter  of  Dea.  Samuel  Moore,  of  Peterborough;  he  died  Nov. 
11,  1847,  aged  0-4  yrs.;  she  died  April  29,  1838,  aged  78  yrs. 

CHILDHEN. 

2216.  Ann,  b.  June  5,  1786;  single:  d.  April  29,  1858,  aged  72  yrs. 

2217.  Jeremiah-S.  (2244),  b.  Feb.  29,  1788;  m.  Irene  Felt,  of  Peterborough. 

2218.  Margaret,  b.  April,  1790;  single;  d.  Feb.  4,  1824. 

2219.  Jonathan  (2253),  b.  Feb.  8,  1792;  d. 

2220.  David  (2259),  b.  Nov.  27,  1793;  res.  New  Durham,  N.  II. 

2221.  Janet,  b.  Nov.  27,  1795;  m.  Dr.  John  Ramsey,  of  Greentield,  N.  H. 

2222.  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  1,  1797;  m.  in  Montibello,  111. ;  d.  Nov.  1860,  aged 

63  yrs. 

2223.  Betsey,  b.  Aug.  6,  1799;  single. 

2224.  David  Steele^  [2209]  (David  Steele^,  Martha''  (Steele), 
John  Morison^) ;  lived  in  Peterborough,  IST.  H. ;  held  important 
town  offices,  and  was  major-general  in  N.  H.  militia.  He  married, 
1st,  Lucy  Powers,  of  Hollis,  1784;  she  died  Jan.  27,  1795.  He 
married,  2d,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Maj.  Samuel  Gregg.  She  died 
Jan.  15, 1822,  aged  52  yrs.     He  died  March  19,  1836,  aged  78  yrs. 

CniLDREN. 

2225.  Stephen-Powers  (2262),  b.  July  26,  1784;  m.  Jane  McCoy. 

2226.  David,  b.   Sept.  30,   1787;  m.   1838,  Catherine  Kendall;  graduated 

at  Williams  College,  1810;  studied  law,  and  lived  at  Hdlsboro' 
Bridge,  N.  H.,  and  was  much  respected;  d.  Dec.  10,  1866, 
aged  79  yrs. 

2227.  Janet  (2272),  b.  May  24,  1790  :  m.  Samuel  Swan,  Peterborough,  N.  H. 


2243]  FOURTH    GENERATIOX. — JONATHAN    STEELE.  243 

2228.  Jonathan  Steele^  [2210]  (David  Steele^,  Martha-  (Steele), 
John  Morison^)  ;  he  was  a  lawyer  of  much  eminence ;  studied  his 
profession  with  Gen.  John  Sullivan  ;  settled  in  Durham,  N.  H., 
where  he  lived  till  his  death.  He  was  appointed  judge  of  the 
superior  court  by  Gov.  Jeremiah  Smith  in  1810,  and  resigned  in 
1812.  In  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  became  interested  in  relig- 
ious matters,  and  paid  liberally  towards  the  support  of  religious 
societies.  He  married,  Jan.  23,  1788,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Gen. 
John  Sullivan,  born  March,  1763;  died  April  9,  1842,  aged  79 
years.     He  died  Sept.  3,  1824,  aged  64  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2229.     Janet,  b.  June  14,  1791 ;  d.  Durham,  N.  H.,  1870.  aged  79  yrs. 
22-60.     Richard,  b.  Jau.  6,   1797;    grad.  Dart.  Coll.  1815;    M.  D.   1825:    a 

bright  and  intelligent  man,  bnt  mined  by  intemperance ;  died 

Durham,  N.  H.,  1870,  aged  73  yrs. 

2231.  Martha^  (Mitchell)  [2211]  (David  Steele■^  Martha-^ 
(Steele),  John  Morison^) ;  she  was  an  active,  ambitious,  and 
rather  brilliant  woman,  with  good  conversational  powers.  She 
married  Benjamin  Mitchell,  of  Peterborough,  X.  H.  (see  No.  801). 
Ten  children.  (For  account  of  Jonathan  Mitchell's  descendants, 
see  No.  2264.) 

2232.  Jonathan  (see  No.  2264  and  No.  805). 

2233.  Elizabeth^  (Wilson)  [2212]  (David  Steele^  Martha-^ 
(Steele),  John  Morison^) ;  married  James  Wilson,  of  Keene,  N. 
H.  Hft  was  a  distinguished  lawyer,  and  a  member  of  congress^ 
1809-11.     She  died  Nov.  4,  1806,  when  he  m.  Elizabeth  Little. 

CHILDREN,   BY  FIRST   WIFE. 

2234.  Charlotte,  b.  May,  1794;  d.  March  26,  1796. 

2235.  James,  Jr.,  b.  March  18,  1797;   Gen.  James  Wilson  was  one  of  the 

most  distinguished  "stump  orators"  that  N.  H.  has  ever 
produced,  and  filled  many  high  positions  :  was  a  member  of  the 
legislature  of  N.  H.  in  1825  and  '40,  from  Keene,  and  also  iu 
1870-71;  twice  a  member  of  congress,  and  was  a  maj.-geu.  in 
theN.  H.  militia ;  now  res.  Keene,  N.  H. :  m.  Marj'-L.  Richardson. 

2236.  John  Steele^  [2214]  (David  Steele^,  Martha-  (Steele), 
John  Morison^)  ;  lived  in  Peterborough,  N.  H. ;  was  selectman 
seven  years,  and  toAvn  clerk  fourteen  years ;  was  at  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  as  colonel  of  a  regiment  in  the  war  of  1812;  was  subse- 
quently a  major-general  in  N.  H.  militia.  He  married  Polly 
Wilson,  who  died  1819.  He  married,  2d,  Mrs.  Hepzibeth  Hani- 
mond;  she  died  1836.     He  died  Aug.  10,  1845,  aged  72  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2237.  David  (22G9),  b.  Dec.  2,  1795. 

2238.  Mary,  b.  July  12,  1797:  ra.  George-W.  Seuter,  of  Peterborough. 

2239.  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  1,  1799:  d.  1804. 

2240.  James,  b.  Dec.  22,  1802:  d.  1804. 

2241.  Jane,  b.  June  13,  1805;  d.  1810. 

2242.  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  27,  1810;  d.  Chicopee,  Mass.,  1842. 

2243.  Martha,  b.  June  13,  1812 ;  m.  Rev.  Isaac  Willey,  of  Pembroke,  N.  H. 


244  MARTHA   M0RIS0N2   (STEELE)  ;    DAVID    STEELE3.         [2244 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

2244.  Jeremiah-S.  Steele^  [2217]  (Thomas  Steele*,  David 
Steele^  Martha'-  (Steele),  John  Morison^)  ;  lived  in  Peterborough, 
N.  H.;  married,  April  29,  1823,  Irene  Felt.  She  died  May  19, 
1868,  aged  71  yrs.;  he  died  Sept.  30,  1856,  aged  68  yrs.  7  mos. 

CHILDREN. 

2245.     James,  b.  Feb.  9,   1824;  m.  Mary-J.  Lindsay,  Nov.   7,   1854;  res. 

Chester,  111. 
224G.     Samuel-M.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1825;  m.  Lizzie  Moutroy,  April,  1866;  res. 

Hamilton,  111. ;  d.  1874,  aged  49  yrs. 

2247.  Margaret,  b.  Oct.  6,  1827;  d.  June  11,  1828,  aged  8  mos. 

2248.  Cyrus-Felt,  b.  May  21,  1S29;  m.   Susan  Cochrau,  May,   1856;  res. 

Carthage,  111. 

2249.  Mary-Ann  J).  March  13,  1831:  unra. ;  d.  Feb.  5,  1858,  aged  26  yrs. 

10  mos. 

2250.  Charlotte-J.,-b.  April  22,  1833;  m.  Harrison-A.  Rice,  June  18,  1868; 

res.  Heuniker,  N.  H. 

2251.  George,  b.  July  11,  1836. 

2252.  Charles-E.,  b.  July  23,  1838;  m.,  1st,  Mary-E.  Smith,  Oct.   1859,  of 

Norwich,  Vt.  ;  m.,  2d,  Alma  Fletcher,  Nov.  1870. 

2253.  Jonathan  Steele^  [2219]  (Thomas  Steele^  David  Steele^ 
Martha^  (Steele),  John  Morison^)  ;  was  a  graduate  of  Williams 
College,  1811 ;  became  a  lawyer,  and  located  in  Ei^som,  N.  H., 
where  he  resided  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a  modest 
man,  and  a  lawyer  of  considerable  ability.  He  and  George  Sulli- 
van were  engaged  for  the  plaintiff  in  the  case  in  which  Ezekiel 
Webster  fell  dead  while  arguing  for  the  defendant.  This  occurred 
in  April,  1829.  Jeremiah  Smith  used  to  say,  that  Jonathan 
Steele's  pleading  was  beyond  any  music  he  ever  heard.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  McClary.     He  died  Sept.  1858,  aged  56  yrs. 


CHILDREN. 

2254. 

Charles. 

2256.     Mlchael-M, 

2255. 

John. 

2257.     Thomas. 
2258.     Elizabeth. 

2259.  David  Steele-^  [-2220]  (Thomas  SteeleS  David  Steele^ 
Martha'^  (Steele),  John  Morison^) ;  was  educated  a  lawyer,  and 
settled  in  New  Durham,  N".  H.,  where  he  practised  his  profession 
till  1869,  wlien  he  rem.  to  Dover,  N.  H.,  where  lie  lived  (1876). 
He  married  Lydia  Burnham. 

CHILDREN. 

2200.     Thomas. 

2261.     George;  d.  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 

2262.  Stephen-P.  Steele'^  [2225]  (David  Steele\  David  Steele^, 
Martha'^  (Steele),  John  Morison^)  ;  graduated  at  Williams  College, 
1808  ;  lawyer  ;  was  town  clerk  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  six  years, 
and  representative  two  years ;  married  Mrs.  Jane  McCoy.  He 
died  July  22,  1857,  aged  73  yrs. 

CHILD. 

2263.     David-Fowers,  b.  June  14,  1850;  vocalist  in  Boston,  Mass. 


2278] 


FIFTH    GENERATION. — DAVID    STEELE.  245 


2264.  Jonathan  MitclielP  [2232]  (Martha^  (Alitchell),  David 
Steele^,  Martha'^  (Steele),  John  Morison^) ;  died  in  Belvidere,  111., 
Sept.  1,  1853,  aged  66  yrs.  (see  No.  805). 

CHILDREN. 

2265.  Susau,  b.  March  15,  1818;  d.  Nov.  18,  18G6. 

2266.  Frances,  b.  April  19,  1820;    ra.  May  16,  18^9,  Simmons  Terwilliger; 

res.  Belvidere,  111.  Three  children :  1st,  Irving,  b.  Aug.  27, 
1850;  m.  Dec.  25,  1878,  Maria  Gilmau;  res.  Belvidere,  111.; 
one  child,  Fraul^ie-E.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1879.  2d,  Helen-E.,  b.  March 
21,  1855.     3d,  Alice,  b.  Jan.  13,  1862. 

2267.  Emily,  b.  Nov.  23,  1822;  m..  May  6,  1848,  James-S.  Terwilliger, 

casliier  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of  Belvidere,  111.,  where 
he  resides.  One  child,  Florence-M.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1851 ;  m.  Jan. 
1,  1874,  DeWitt  Hollanshead;  res.  Topeka,  Kan. 

2268.  Stephen,  b.  Dec.  29,  1824;  ra.,  Jan.  1,  1867,  Lorency  Chace.     One 

child,  Frank,  b.  Oct.  1867. 

2269.  David  Steele^  [2237]  (John  SteeleS  David  Steele^ 
Martha-  (Steele),  John  Morison^)  ;  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H. ; 
married,  1st,  Sally  Adams,  Oct.  1821  ;  she  died  March  5,  1838  ; 
married,  2d,  IsabelLvA.  Nesmith,  of  Derry.  He  was  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  College,  1815;  studied  law,  and  settled  at  Goffs- 
town,  where  he  remained  till  his  death.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  high 
standing,  and  a  man  of  excellent  character ;  he  was  president  of 
the  Hillsborough  County  Bar;  died  Oct.  1,  1875,  aged  79  yrs.  10 
mos. 

CHILDREN. 

2270.  John,  b.  Nov.  4,  1839;  d. 

2271.  James,  b.  June  5,  1842;  m. Farvvell;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

2272.  Janet^  (Swan)  [2227]  (David  Steele^  David  Steele^ 
Martha"^  (Steele),  John  Morison^) ;  married  Samuel  Swan,  SejDt. 
7,  1817 ;  lived  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and  died  Sept.  17,  1854, 
aged  63  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2273.  David-S.,  b.  May  21,  1818;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

2274.  Elizabeth-S.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1820. 

2275.  Lucy-Auu,  b.  Aug.  9,  1823 ;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

2276.  Albert,  b.  Nov.  24,  1826;  d.  Aug.  26,  1845. 

2277.  George,  b.  June  19,  1829. 

2278.  Janet,  b.  Oct.  24,  1831. 


246  SECOND   GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL   MORISON.  [2279 


CHAPTER    IX. 

Second  Generation.  —  History  of  Descendants  op  Samuel  Morison, 
Son  of  John  Morison,  First  Generation,  who  died  in  1736. 


SECOND    GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL   MORISON. 

2279.  SamueP  [6]  (Jolm^).  Samuel  Morison  was  born  in 
Ireland  in  1710,  and  was  the  eldest  child  of  John  Morison,  who 
died  in  1736,  by  his  last  wife,  Jane  Steele,  and  is  so  mentioned 
in  the  will  of  his  father.  Being  then  quite  young,  he  did  not 
come  with  the  first  settlers  of  1719,  but  arrived  with  his  father's 
family  previous  to  1723.  He  succeeded  his  father  on  the  home 
farm.  This  farm  was  deeded  to  their  "honored  father"  by 
Charter  James  and  John  Morison.  Samuel  was  a  farmer.  On 
this  farm  he  spent  his  days,  and  here,  on  June  21,  1802,  this  ven- 
erable, amiable  old  man,  respected  by  all,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of 
92  years,  breathed  his  last,  and  was  "  buried  with  his  fathers." 

The  farm  he  occupied  in  Derry  is  now  owned  by  Charles  Day, 
and  is  pleasant  for  situation.  He  married  Janet  Alison,  sister  of 
Martha  Alison,  the  wife  of  his  nephew,  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison, 
of  Windham,  and  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel  Alison,  who  owned 
60  acres  of  land  (a  quarter  section),  now  included  in  the  farm  of 
Georoe-W.  Lane,  near  Derry  East  Village.  She  was  born  in 
Ireland,  1712  or  '13  ;  died,  iii  Londonderry,  Jan.  8,  1800,  aged 
87  yrs. 

children,    RORN   IX    LONDONDERRY    (NOW   DERRY),    N.   H. 

2280.  Joseph,  b.  1742;  single;  lived  on  the  homestead  in  Londonderry, 

N.  H.,  where  he  d.  April  16,  1814,  aged  72  years. 

2281.  Samuel  (2288)  ;  rem.  to  Walpole,  N.  II. ;  d.  Dec.  8,  1833. 

2282.  Thomas,  b.  1747;  single;  farmer;  lived  on  the  homestead  in  Lon- 

donderry, N.  H.,  and  died  there,  April  2,  1804. 

2283.  Catherine  (2296)  ;  m.  Jolm  Reed,  and  lived  in  Londonderry,  N.  H. ; 

d.  April  14,  1820. 

2284.  William  (2304),  b.  1745;  rem.  to  Walpole,  N.  H.,  and  d.  in  Read- 

ing, Vt.,  1833,  aged  88  years. 

2285.  John;  single;  rem.  to  Walpole,  N.  IL,  and  d.  there. 

2286  Jane,  b.  Oct.  20,  1755;  single;  lived  on  home  farm;  d.  London- 
derry, Dec.  9,  1843,  aged  88  yrs.  20  days. 

2287.  Mary,  b.  1757;  lived  on  homestead  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  where 
s"he  d.  Nov.  13,  1835,  aged  78  yrs. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

2288.  SamueP  [2281]  (Samuel-,  John^);  born  on  the  Morison 
homestead  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.;  rem.  to  Walpole,  N.  H.,  and 


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settled  on  a  farm  on  "  Deny  Hill,"  where  lie  lived  till  his  death, 
Dec.  8,  1833. 

CHILDREN. 

2289.  Jaue   (2313),  b.  Londonderry,  April  10,   1780;   m.  John  Cooper; 

lived  and  d.  Alstead,  N.  H. 

2290.  Samuel;  lived  and  d.  Walpole,  N.  H.  ;  single. 

2291.  Robert  (2322),  b.  Londonderrv,  N.  H.,  Jan.  27,  1786;  d.  Alstead. 

2292.  Mary-H.   (2335),  b.  Walpole,  N.  H.,  March  7,  1789;  m.  James-C. 

Christie,  of  New  Boston,  N.  H. 

2293.  Joseph  ;  lived  in  Wisconsin,  where  he  d. 

2294.  John ;  d.  Walpole,  N.  H.  ;  single. 

2295.  Betsey,  b.  1795;  m.  Luther  Fay,  of  Walpole,  N.  H. ;  he  d. ;  she  m., 

2d,  Capt.  Calvin  Chapman,  of  Keeue,  N.  H. ;  no  children ;  she 
d.  Oct.  18,  1878.  (The  aged  sexton,  while  digghig  her  grave, 
dropped  into  it,  dead.  This  fact  was  widely  noticed  in  the  papers 
at  the  time,  as  a  very  singuhir  one.)  She  was  a  vex'y  excellent 
woman. 

2296.  Catherine^  (Reed)  [2283]  (Samuel  Morison-,  John^) ; 
married  John,  son  of  James  Reed,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  They 
lived  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  (now  Derry),  on  what  is  known  as 
the  "  Pillsbury  place,"  on  the  turnpike  near  the  Windham  line. 
This  was  the  Reed  homestead,  and  on  it  they  lived  and  died.  She 
died  April  14,  1820. 

CniLDREX. 

2297.  Matthew;  single;  d.  on  the  homestead.  May  16,  1807. 

2298.  Jennette;  m.  Peter  Moore,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  (now  Derry), 

and  lived  at  the  C.  Clyde  place.  Three  chiklreu  :  1st,  Josiah.  2d, 
Eliza.  3d,  Jennette,  who  m.  a  Mr.  Boyes,  of  Londonderry, 
N.  H.  ;  the  others  d.  young. 

2299.  Margaret;  m.  Little  Day,  of  Londonderry,  as  his  3d  wife,  and  d. 

Londonderry. 

2300.  Mar.v-Ann;  m.  Joseph  Morison  (see  No.  2593). 

2301.  Polly;  m.  Joseph  Gregg;  lived  and  d.  at  Derry  (Village),  N.  H. 

2302.  Jane;  d.  of  consumption  when  young,  Mai'ch  23,  1808. 

2303.  John;  m.  Isabella,  daughter  of  John  Hopkins,  of  Windham,  N.  H.  ; 

she  d.  Feb.  7,  1820;  he  d.  Feb.  25,  1822.  Two  children:  1st, 
Adaline  (?) ;  m.  Mr.  Blake,  and  res.  Dauvers,  Mass.  2d, 
Isabella  (?). 

2804.  William^  [2284]  (SamueP,  John^).  William  Morison 
was  born  on  the  Morrison  homestead  in  Londonderry,  IST.  H.,  in 
1756;  farmer,  and  lived  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  and  Reading,  Vt. ; 
was  in  the  army  in  the  war  of  1812.  In  1800,  he  married  Mar- 
garet Thompson,  of  Alstead,  JST.  H.  He  died  in  Reading,  Vt., 
in  1833.     She  died  Dec.  27,  1864,  in  Reading,  Vt. 

CniLDUEX. 

2305.  Priscilla,  b.  .June  27,  1802,  in  Walpole,  N.  H.  ;  m.   Hiram  Rice,  of 

Readins:,  Vt.,  where  they  res.  ;  farmer;  no  issue. 

2306.  Calvin   (2343),   b.   Walpole,   N.   H.,   Jan.  29,   1803;   d.  Cavendish, 

Vt.,  April  25,  1854. 

2307.  Prudy,   b.   Walpole,  N.  H.,   Nov.   21,    1805;    d.  July  21,    1821,   at 

Reading,  Vt. 

2308.  Mary,  b.  Walpole,  N.  IL,  Jan.  21,    1807;    single;    lives  with  her 

brother  George-W.  Morrison,  in  Rockingham,  Vt. 

2309.  Sherburne,  b.  Walpole,  N.  H.,  1809;  single;  res.  Boston,  Mass.; 

was  in  express  business. 

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248  SAMUEL-2;    SAMUEL3  ;    ROBERT-W.'*  [2310 

2310.  Gcorge-W.   (2348),  b.   Walpole,  N.  H.,  June  11,  1811;  res.  Eock- 

iniiham,  Vt. 

2311.  William-L.,  b.    Walpole,   N.    H.,   1813;    m.   April   11,    1843,   Sarah 

Hatch;  res.  Caveiulish,  Vt. 

2312.  Jane-H.,  b.  Reading,  Vt.,  1816;  m.  John  Monroe,  of  Boston,  Mass., 

March  29,  1853;  d.  Sept.  10,  1854. 


FOURTH    GENERATION. 

2313.  Jane^  (Cooper)  ['2'2S9}  (Samuel  Morison^  Samuel-,  John^); 
was  boru  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Aj^ril  10,  1780 ;  married,  1808, 
John  Cooper,  born  Dec.  '23,  1775.  He  died  in  Alstead,  N,  H., 
April  1,  1854;  she  died  in  Alstead,  July  12,  1857. 

CHILDREN. 

2314.  Charles-Lewis  (2352),  b.  March  5,  1800;  d.  June  8,  1868. 

2315.  Laiira-A.  r2357),  b.  July  30.  1810;  d.  Aug.  22,  1847. 

2316.  E.-Mary-j'  (2361),  b.  Oct.  20,  1812;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

2317.  Edvvard-R.,  b.  March  14,  1814;  d.  Jan.  20,  1815. 

2318.  Harvey-W.   (2365),  b.   April  25,   1816;    m.    Hanuah-F.  Thompson, 

of  Keene,  N.  H. ;  res.  Keene,  N.  H. 

2319.  Nancy,  b.  March  25,  1818;  ra.  Moses  Johnson,  of  Clareraont,  N.  H., 

where  they  res. ;  no  issue. 

2320.  Warren-J.  (2371),  b.  April  17,  1822;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

2321.  George-L.,  b.  May  15,  1825;  d.  March  26,  1826. 

2322.  Robert-W.*  [2291]  (SamueP,  Samuel-,  Johni)  ;  born  in 
Londonderry,  IST.  H.,  Jan.  27,  178G ;  farmer;  he  married.  May  11, 
1815,  Sally  Prouty,  born  in  Langdon,  N.  H.,  April  15,  1785.  He 
res.  at  different  times  in  the  towns  of  Acworth,  Langdon,  and 
Alstead,  IST.  H.  He  died  in  Acworth,  N.  H.,  1847 ;  she  died  in 
Somerville,  Mass.,  Aug.  30,  1856. 

CHILDREN. 

2323.  Solou-D.  (2375),  b.  Langdon,  N.  H.,  June  30,   1816;    res.  Alstead, 

N.  H. 

2324.  Samuel-J.  (2379),  b.  Langdon,  Oct.  27,  1817;    d.  Boston,  Mass., 

April  21,  1853. 

2325.  Sarah-Ann,  b.  Langdon,  N.  H.,  Dec.  27,  1818;  m.  ,Tohn-S.  Winn, 

of  Lebanon,  Me.,  and  d.  Boston,  Mass.,  Aug.  2,  1870;  he  res. 
Boston,  Mass. 

2326.  Joseph-H.,  b.  Langdon,  N.  H.,  Jan.  14,    1820;    expressman;   res. 

San  Francisco,  Ca\. 

2327.  Fanny-D.,  b.  Langdon,  N.   H.,  Sept.  13,  1821;  m.  George  Case,  of. 

New  Bedford,  Mass. ;  res.  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Three  children. 

2328.  fMilton-D.,  b.  Langdon,  N.  H.,  Dec.  21,   1822;  d.  Alstead,  N.  H., 
I         Aug.  20,  1824. 

2329.1  Mary-D.,  b.  Langdon,  N.  H.,  Dec.  21,  1822;  d.  Langdon,  Jan.  19, 
L        1823. 

2330.  Margaret-E.,  b.  Langdon,  N.  H.,  Dec.  28,  1823;  d.  Dec.  24,  1824. 

2331.  rCharles-W.,  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Dec.  23,  1824;  d.  San  Francisco, 
I         Cal.,  Jan.  19,  1870;  merchant. 

2332.  ]  Caroline-N.  (2382),  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Dec.  23,  1824;  m.  Lorenzo-K. 
[_        Whitcomb  ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

2333.  Margaret-R.,  b.   Alstead,  N.   H.,  May  16,  1827;  m.   Cal.;  name  of 

husband  not  known;  d.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Dec.  28,  1867. 

2334.  Betsey-J.,  b.  Alstead,  N.  H.,  April  16,  1829;  d.  1849. 


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2335.  Mary-H.''  (Christie)  [2292]  (Samuel  Morison^,  SamueP, 
Johni)  ;  born  ill  Walpole,  N.  H.,  March  7,  1789  ;  married,  1814, 
James-C.  Christie,  who  was  born  in  Kew  Boston,  N.  H,,  Jan. 
22,  1785;  he  died  at  St.  James,  N.  B.,  Nov.  13,  1855,  aged  70 
yrs. ;  she  died  at  St.  James,  N.  B.,  Aug.  29,  1858,  aged  69  yrs. 

CIIILDIIEX,    FIRST   FIVE   BOUN    IX   GKAFTOX,    VT. 

2336.  Hezediah,  b.  1815;  cl.  youiic:. 

2337.  .Jiiue-M.  (2388),  b.  March  29,  1816;  res.  Calais,  Me. 

2338.  George-W.  (2394),  b.  Oct.  21,  1818;  ra.  Katheriiie  Buchanan;  res. 

St.  .Tames,  N.  B. 

2339.  James-8.  (2399),  b.  Oct.  18,  1820;  res.  St.  James,  N.  B. 

2340.  Mary-Ann  (2409),  b.  Nov.  15,  1821;  m.  William  Kennedy. 

2341.  Mai-ii-aret-E.  (2418),  b.  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Nov.  23,  1823. 

2342.  Kobert-C.  (2422),  b.  Dec.  8,  1828;  m.  S.-J.  Allen;  res.  St.  James. 

2343.  Calvin^  [2306]  (William^  Samuel-,  John^)  ;  born  in  Wal- 
pole, N.  H.,  Jan.  29,  1803  ;  died  at  Cavendish,  Vt.,  April  25,  1854. 
He  married  Abigail  Thompson,  born  in  Chester,  Vt.,  Feb.  12, 
1807;  died  at  Cavendish,  Vt.     He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade. 

CHILDKEN,    BORN  IN   CHESTER,    VT. 

2344.  William-C.   (2433),  b.  Dec.   14,  1828;  m.  Lucy-C.  Willard,  Jan.  8, 

1852;  res.  Milford,  Mass. 

2345.  Adnah-L.,  b.  July  8,  1833;  d.  rhester,  Vt.,  Jan.  3,  1875. 

2346.  Augusta-L.,  b.  March  11,  1835;  m.  Oct.  19,  1854,   George  Parker; 

farmer;  res.  Chester,  Vt. ;  no  issue. 

2347.  Betsey-A.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1839;  m.  Oct.  10,   1872,  Flavius  Cooke;  res. 

Milford,  Mass.  ;  boot-cutter ;  no  issue. 

2348.  George-W.*  [2310]  (William^  Samuel^  John^)  ;  born  at 
Walpole,  N.  H.,  June  11,  1811;  res,  Rockingham,  Vt.  He  pos- 
sesses fine  business  abilities,  and  by  his  industry,  tact,  and  jDerse- 
verance  has  accumulated  a  large  j^roperty ;  is  a  farmer  and  cattle- 
dealer.  He  owns  1,000  acres  of  land,  and  keeps  on  an  average 
150  head  of  cattle.  Among  those  who  know  him,  his  bond  is 
considered  as  good  as  gold,  and  his  word  as  good  as  his  bond. 
He  married  Betsey,  dau.  of  Capt.  Josiah  Emery,  of  Rockingham, 
Vt.,  April  10,  1843.  She  was  born  July  23,  1812,  and  died  at 
Rockingham,  April  15,  1871,  aged  58  yrs. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    ROCKINGHAM,    VT. 

2349.  George-AV.  (2438),  b.  Sept.  7,  1846;  res.  Rockingham,  Vt. 

2350.  Mary-J.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1850;  m.   May  31,   1871,  Normau-G.   Gould,  a 

merchant  in  Rockingham;  he  died  Dec.  31,  1874.     One  child, 
Melissa-B.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1873. 

2351.  Sherburue-C,  b.  Sept.  1,  1854;  res.  Mabelton,  la. 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

2352.  Charles-L.  Cooper^  [2314]  (Jane^  (Cooper),  Samuel  Mor- 
ison'^,  Samuel-,  John^) ;  born  March  5,  1809;  died  in  Keene,  N.  H., 
June  8,  1868  ;  farmer,  and  res.  at  different  times  at  Alstead  and 
Keene,  N.  H. ;  m.  Harriet  Carpenter,  who  now  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

2353.     George-L.,  b.   Alstead,  N.  H.,  June  22,   1836;   m.   Ann  Gillen,  of 
Boston ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. ;  meclianic. 


250  SAMUEL2;    SAMUEL3  ;   JANE*   (COOPER).  [2354 

2354.  Leverett-L.,  b.  Alstead,   July  28,    1839;    mechauic;    rea.   Boston, 

Mass.;  m.  Frances  Britt,  b.  Alstead,  Sept.  17,  1839.  Two  chil- 
dren: 1st,  Emma-F.,  b.  Boston,  Dec.  25,  1869.  2d,  Walter-A., 
b.  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec.  21,  1875. 

2355.  Albert,  b.  Alstead,  Dec.  28,  1842;  m.  Julia-A.  Phillips,  b.  Keene, 

Nov.  13,  1837:  res.  Boston,  Mass.  Three  children:  1st,  EUa- 
H.,  b.  April  29,  1874.  2d,  Albert-L.,  b.  March  19,  1876.  3d, 
Alfred-E.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1878. 

2356.  Elmore,  b.  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Feb.  24,   1858;  m.  M.-J.  Carpenter,  b. 

Holyoke,  Mass.,  Nov.  6,  1850;  mechanic;  res.  Worcester,  Mass. 
One  child,  Sumuer-G.,  b.  Worcester,  Nov.  10,  1875. 

2357.  Laura-A.'^  (Smith)  ['2315]  (Jane*  (Cooper),  Samuel  Mor- 
ison^  Samuel-,  John^) ;  was  born  July  30,  1810;  died  Langdon, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  22,  1847 ;  she  married,  1835,  Esdras  Smith,  of  Lang- 
don, N.  H.,  now  res.  Walpole,  IST.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2358.  Sumner-C,  b.  Aug  23,  1836;  d.  May  14,  1850. 

2359.  EUen-M.,  b.  Nov.  23,   1838;   m.,  Nov.  18,  1863,  Austin-F.  Currier; 

farmer ;  Langdon,  N.  II.    One  child,  Marshall-A.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1868. 

2360.  Julia-A.,  b.    July   27,   1840;    m.    Willard   Holden,    Nov.    9,    1862; 

farmer;   Langdon,  N.  H. 

2361.  E.-Mary-J.5  (Earl)  [2316]  (Jane''  (Cooper),  Samuel 
Morison^,  SamueP,  John^)  ;  was  born  Oct.  20,  1812;  married, 
Sept.  15,  1835,  William  Earl,  Jr.,  of  Franklin,  Mass. ;  manufac- 
turer ;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2362.  DeWitt,  b.  July  26,  1836;  m.,  March  22,  1871,  Lizzie-C.  Lawrence, 

of  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

2363.  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  11,  1838;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

2365.  Harvey-W.  Cooper^  [2318]  (Jane*  (Cooper),  Samuel 
Morison'^,  Samuel'-,  John^)  ;  Avas  born  April  25,  1816;  manufac- 
turer of  window-sash  and  doors,  and  sash  and  door  machinery ; 
has  served  as  deputy  sheriff  for  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  H.,  for  five  years; 
res.  Keene,  N.  H,  He  married  Hannah-F.  Thompson,  b.  Nov. 
10,  1824,  in  Swanzey,  N.  H.;  died  April  22,  1874.  He  married, 
2d,  x\manda-W.  Mirns,  Jan.  24,  1877 ;  she  was  born  Roxbury,  N. 
H.,  April  10,  1844. 

CHILDREN. 

2366.  Abby-Jane,  b.  Jan.  20,  1844 ;  d.  Aug.  27,  1844. 

2367.  William-H.,  b.  Oct.   11,  1850;    painter   in  Cheshire   R.   R.  shops, 

Keene,  N.  H. ;  m.,  Dec.  31,   1873,  Annie-E.   xYthertou,  b.  Aug. 
10,  1845.     One  child,  Lulu-Mav,  b.  Sept.  21,  1874. 

2368.  Fanuie-E.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1856;  d.  Fel).  10,  1857. 

2369.  Mary-Earl,  b.  May  24,  1861 ;  d.  Sept.  25,  1862. 

2370.  Addie-E.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1863. 

2371.  Warren-J.  Cooper^  [2320]  (Jane"  (Cooper),  Samuel 
Morison^,  SamueP,  John^) ;  was  born  April  17,  1822  ;  married, 
Oct.  28,  1846,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dea.  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
(Gould)  Ball,  of  Acworth,  N.  H. ;  res.  Winchester,  six  yrs. ;  rem. 
to  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  is  now  a  merchant  in  that  city. 


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CHILDREX. 

2372.  Helen-Eosabelle,  b.  Nov.  2,  1847 ;  d.  Acwortli,  N.  H.,  Aug.  28,  1849. 

2373.  Benson-Perkins,  b.   Sept.  30,  1850;  m.  Lizzie-D.  Earl,  of  Philadel- 

phia ;  res.  Portland,  Me. ;  is  agent  for  Portland  Press  and  Argus, 
the  leading  papers  of  the  city.  Two  children  :  1st,  Warreu-E. 
2d,  Ralph-^Stewart. 

2374.  Alice-Jane,  b.  Sept.  12,   1854;  ni.  Frank  Barr;  res.  Nashua;  agent 

for  Worcester  &  Nashua  R.  R.  station.     One  child,  Frank-Henri. 

2375.  Dea.  Solon-D.^  [2323]  (Robert-W.^  SamueP,  SamueP, 
John^)  ;  was  born  in  Langdon,  N.  H.,  June  30,  1816;  farmer; 
res.  Alstead,  N.  H. ;  is  an  elder  in  the  Congregational  church ; 
has  served  as  selectman  of  the  town.  He  married,  Sept.  24, 
1846,  Martha-A.,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Fanny  (Livermore) 
Banks,  of  Alstead,  N.  H.,  where  she  was  born  Oct.  2.3,  1823 ;  she 
died  Dec.  4,  1865.  He  married,  2d,  Henrietta-M.  Fay,  Sept.  18, 
1866,  daughter  of  Hubbard-N,  and  Eunice  (Willis)  Fay,  of 
Alstead,  X.  H. 

CHILDREN,   BORN   IN   ALSTEAD,    N.    H. 

2376.  Charles-G.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1854;  d.  June  15,  1877. 

2377.  Solon-W.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1867. 

2378.  Frederick-P.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1878. 

2379.  Samuel-J.5  [2324]  ( Robert-W.*,  SamueP,  SamueP, 
John^)  ;  born  in  Langdon,  K.  H.,  Oct.  27,  1817;  res.  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  was  in  the  W.  I.  goods  and  grocery  business.  He 
married,  Dec.  19,  1844,  Hannali-House,  daughter  of  John  and 
Rachel  (House)  Dodge,  of  Damariscotta,  Me.,  born  in  Edgecomb, 
Me.,  Feb.  20,  1821.     He  died  in  Boston,  April  21,  1853. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN  BOSTON,    MASS. 

2380.  Emma-Frances,  b.  May  14,  1846;    m.  Daniel- Wyraan  Andrew,  of 

Boston,  July  17,  1868.  Two  children:  1st,  Isabell-Locke,  b. 
May  8,  1869.     2d,  Alice-Josephine,  b.  Dec.  5,  1877. 

2381.  Elleu-josephiue,  b.   May  7,   1848;    m.  George-Francis   Wright,  of 

Boston.     One  child,  Arthur-Spielman,  b.  Aug.  20,  1879. 

2382.  Caroline-N.5  (Whitcomb)  [2332]  (Robert-W.  MorisonS 
SaniueP,  SamueP,  John^) ;  was  born  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  Dec.  23, 
1824;  married  Lorenzo-K.  Whitcomb,  of  Hillsboro',  N.  H, ;  res. 
Somerville,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

2383.  Alonzo-M.,  b.  April  16,  1855;  d.  Feb.  16,  1857. 

2384.  George,  b.  Nov.  21,  1856;  d.  Dec.  29,  1856. 

2385.  William-H.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1859. 

2386.  Nellie-C,  b.  Sept.  24,  1860;  d.  March  9,  1S61. 

2387.  Carrie- A.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1862. 

2388.  Jane-M.^  (Christie)  [2337]  (Mary-H.*  (Christie),  Samuel 
Morison^,  Samuel'-,  John^) ;  was  born  in  Grafton,  Vt.,  March  29, 
1816;  married  John-M.  Christie,  of  St.  Stephens,  N.  B.,  June  22, 
1837  ;  he  died  in  Calais,  Me.,  July  30,  1847.  She  married,  2d, 
Samuel  Dyer,  of  Calais,  Me.,  where  they  now  res. 


252  SAMUEL2  ;    SAMUEL3  ;   MARY-H.4  (CHRISTIE).  [2389 

CHILDREN,   BY  FIRST   HUSBA^TD,    BORX   IN   OAKHIIX,  ST.  JAMES,  N.  B. 

2389.  Johu-Henry,  b.  March  23,  1838;  d.  Jan.  4,  18G0. 

2390.  Charles-Jesse,  b.  Dec.  27,   1840;  m.  Oct.  26,   1868,  Margaret  Orr; 

res.  Eureka,  Cal. 

2391.  Mary-C,  b.  Dec.  27,   1844;  m.  S.  Bohauan,  March  28,   1864;  res. 

Golden  Gate,  Brown  Co.,  Minu. 

2392.  Margaret-Jane,  b.  Feb.  27,  1847 ;  d.  March  2,  1861,  aged  14  yrs. 

2394.  George-W.  Christie^  [2338]  (Mary-H."  (Christie),  Samuel 
Morison'',  SamueP,  John^)  ;  married,  April  29,  1849,  Kathei-ine 
Buclianan ;  res.  St.  James,  iST.  B.,  where  he  died,  Dec.  16,  1878; 
farmer. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    ST.  JAMES,   N.  B. 

2395.  Alvin-Buchanan,  b.  Feb.  22,  1850;  m.  June  2,  1875,  Mary-E.  Love; 

res.  St.  James,  N.  B. 

2396.  James-Wilmot,  b.  Aug.  8,  1852. 

2397.  George-Melville,  b.  June  18,  1854. 

2398.  Mary-A.-B.,  b.  March  18,  1857;  m.  Nov.  28,  1877,  Samuel  Milbery; 

res.  St.  James,  N.  B. 

2399.  James-S.  Cliristie^  [2339]  (Mary-H.^  (Christie),  Samuel 
Morison^,  SarnueP,  John^)  ;  was  born  June  13,  1829;  married, 
April  21,  1853,  Janet,  daughter  of  Duncan  and  Georgianna  Cam- 
eron, of  New  Brunswick  ;  res.  St.  James,  N.  B. ;  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

2400.  Joseph-E.,  b.  May  17,  1854. 

2401.  Georgie-C,  b.  Feb.  26,  1856;  d.  witli  diphtheria  Feb.  27,  1864. 

2402.  John-C,  b.  May  25,  1858;  d.  with  diphtiieria  Feb.  27,  1864. 

2403.  David-A.,  b.  Julv  12,  1860;  d.  with  diphtheria  Feb.  26,  1864. 

2404.  Addie-J.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1862, 

2405.  Janet-C,  b.  Jan.  14,  1865. 

2406.  Maggie-A.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1867. 

2407.  Trott-K.,  b.  March  10,  1870, 

2408.  Frank-J.,  b.  June  25,  1874. 

2409.  Mary-Ann^  (Kennedy)  [2340]  (Mary-H.^  (Cliristie), 
Samuel  Morison**,  Samuel'-^,  John^)  ;  married,  Oct,  9, 1845,  William- 
F,  Kennedy,  born  Dec,  17,  1817;  farmer;  res.  St,  James,  N.  B, 

CHILDREN, 

2410.  George-W.,  b.  April  30,  1847;  single;  res.  N.  Woodstock,  Me. 

2411.  Hezediah-ll.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1849^  d.^Nov.  25,  1864. 

2412.  Flora-I.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1851  ;  d.  Feb.  20,  1852. 

2413.  Augustus-F.,  b.  June  18,  1853. 

2414.  Frauklin-H.,  b.  July  19,  1855. 

2415.  Marie-C,  b.  Feb.  9,  1858. 

2416.  Emily-W.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1860, 

2417.  Helena-V.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1866. 

2418.  Margaret-E.^  (Barbour)  [2341]  (Mary-H.^  (Christie), 
Samuel  Morison'',  Samuel-^,  John^) ;  married  William  Barbour, 
June  30,  1850,  born  Dec,  30,  1819;  res,  St,  James,  N,  B,;  farmer. 
She  died  April  12,  1857,     He  now  lives  in  Calais,  Me, 

CHILDREN. 

2419.  Mary-E.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1852;  res.  Calais,  Me. 

2420.  Fraiik-C,  b.  Nov.  18,  1854;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

2421.  William-J.,  b.  April  12,  1857;  res.  Jamestown,  Dakota  Ter. 


2441]  FIFTH    GENEEATIOX.  —  ROBERT-C.    CHRISTIE.  253 

2422.  Robert-C.  Christie^  [2342]  (Mary-H.^  (Christie),  Samuel 
Morison^,  Samuel-,  Johu^) ;  born  Dec.  8,  1828 ;  married,  Oct.  3, 
1852,  Sarah-J.  Allen,  of  N.  B.,  born  Aug.  11,  1831.  He  lives  in 
St.  James,  iST.  B.;  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

2423.  Lemuel-A.,  b.  April  IS.  1854. 

2424.  Willard-P.,  b.  July  14,  1855. 

2425.  Samnel-D.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1856. 

2426.  Mary-A.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1858;  d.  March  24,  1876. 

2427.  Emma-F.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1861 ;  d.  of  consumption,  March  22,  1874. 

2428.  William-H.,  b.  Julv  26,  1863. 

2429.  Robert-S.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1865. 

2430.  Marcia-E.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1868. 

2431.  Jesse-C,  b.  May  24,  1872. 

2432.  Lorue-A.,  b.  Jau.  13,  1874. 

2438.  William-C.5  [2344]  (CahdnS  William^,  Samuel',  John^)  ; 
was  born  in  Chester,  Vt.,  Dec.  14,  1828;  married  Lucy-C.  Willard, 
of  Grafton,  Vt.,  Jan.  8,  1852;  she  was  daughter  of  Joseph-H. 
Willard,  and  was  born  in  Grafton,  Vt.,  Aug.  27,  1829;  res.  Mil- 
ford,  Mass. ;  has  been  for  twenty-three  years  foreman  of  packing 
and  shipping  department  of  a  boot  and  shoe  manufactory. 

CHILDREN. 

2434.  Albert-W.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1852;  d.  in  infancy. 

2435.  Fannie-B.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1854. 

2436.  DeForrest-C,  b.  Nov.  3,  1856;  res.  Milford,  Mass. 

2437.  Addie-L.-J.,  b.  June  15,  1860. 

2438.  George-W.,  Jr.^  [2349]  (George-W.^  William^  Samuel-, 
John^)  ;  was  born  in  Rockingham,  Vt.,  Sept.  7,  1846;  farmer; 
res.  Rockingham,  Vt. ;  married  Hattie,  daughter  of  Moses  Wether- 
bee,  of  Rockingham,  Vt.,  March  10,  1870. 

CHILDREN. 

2439.  Frank-W.,  b.  Julv  16,  1871. 

2440.  Fred-S.,  b.  Oct.  i9,  1874. 

2441.  Hugh-C,  b.  May  7,  1877. 


254  HANNAH   MORISON  (CLENDENNIN).  [2442 


CHAPTER    X. 

Second  Generation. — History  of  Hannah  Morison  (Clendexnin), 
Daughter  of  John  Morison,  who  died  in  1736,  and  of  her 
Descendants.  

SECOND   GENERATION.  — HANNAH   MORISON. 

2442.  Hannah'-^  (Clendennin)  [7]  (John  Morison^) ;  married 
William  Clendennin,  son  of  Archibald  Clendennin,  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Londonderry  in  1719.  They  lived  in  Londonderry 
(now  Derry),  near  the  Windham  line,  on  the  place  now  occupied 
by  a  Mr.  Shields,  and  only  a  few  rods  from  the  "  Londonderry 
Turnpike."  Her  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Steele,  of  Windham,  in 
1880  (and  who  had  reached  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-two  yrs.), 
said:  "I  remember  my  grandmother,  Hannah-Morison  Clenden- 
nin, very  well.  She  was  active  and  vigorous  for  an  old  lady.  I 
saw  her  sit  at  the  window  and  spin  not  more  than  a  year  before 
her  death.  She  used  frequently  to  call  on  her  neighbors.  She 
was  quite  old,  and  died  in  1801.  I  Avas  then  thirteen  years  of 
age,  and  attended  my  grandmother's  funeral.  Two  of  her  brothers, 
Samuel  and  Joseph,  were  present,  though  Samuel  was  infirm  at 
the  time. "  She  is  the  only  one  living  who  can  look  backward  over 
seventy-nine  vanished  years  and  who  has  known  and  conversed 
with  three  of  the  early  settlei's  of  Londonderry,  N.  H, 

CHILDREN. 

2443.  Robert,  b.  1743;  d.  Oct.  1818. 

2444.  Mary;  d.  young. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

2445.  Robert  Clendennin^  [2443]  (Hannah-  (Clendennin), 
John  Morison^) ;  he  succeeded  his  father  on  the  farm  (Shields 
place);  married  Elizabeth  Humphrey;  she  died  Dec.  11,  180(3, 
aged  54  yrs.     He  died  Nov.  30,  1818. 

CHILDREN. 

2446.  John-H.,    )).    Nov.    20,    1773;  m.   Betsey   Humphrey;    res.    Salem, 

N.  H.  ;  she  d.  Nov.  10,  1849;  he  d.  Oct.  10,  1837. 

2447.  William,  b.  July  6,  1775;  res.  Salem;  m.  Mary  Humphrey;  shed. 

Dec.  29,  1851,  aged  71  yrs.  ;  he  d.  Jan.  26,  1851,  aged  75  yrs. 

2448.  Betsey-H.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1777;  d.  young. 

2449.  James,  b.  July  1,  1779;  d.  Derry,  Aug.  31,  1806. 

2450.  Robert  (2455),  b.  Nov.  12,  1781. 

2451.  Benjamin,  b.  June  7,  1784;  m.  Sarah  Humphrey;  res.  Salem;  he  d. 

June  20,   1863;  she  d.  July  5,  1853.     One  son,  John,  b.  May  25, 
1820 ;  d.  in  infancy. 


2468]  FOURTH    GENERATION. MARY*   (STEELE).  255 

2452.  Mary  (2457),  b.  March  20,  1788. 

2453.  Betsey,  b.  Oct.  13,  1792;  lived  last  years  of  her  life  in  Wiudham, 

where  she  d.  Nov.  16,  1876,  aged  84  yrs. 

2454.  Andrew,  b.  June  17,  1794;  lived  in  Derry;  d.  July  10,  1830. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 

2455.  Robert  Clendennin*  [  2450  ]  ( Robert  Clendenniii^ 
Hannah-  (Clendennin),  John  Morison^)  ;  farmer;  res.  Derry; 
married  Susan  Dow,  of  Salem.  She  was  born  March  12,  1786; 
died  Feb.  14,  1836;  he  died  Oct.  20,  1805. 

CHILD. 

2456.     Robert  (2461),  b.  Sept.  11,  1804. 

2457.  Mary*  (  Steele  }  [  2452  ]  (  Robert  Clendennin^,  Hannah'^ 
(Clendennin),  John  Morison^) ;  married  David  Steele,  who  died  in 
1818;  she  lives  in  Windham,  on  the  turn})ike,  near  the  Derry  line. 
She  was  born  in  1788,  and  now  (1880)  her  mind  is  clear  and 
strong,  and  events  which  hap])ened  during  the  greater  part  of  her 
life  are  remembered  distinctly.  Particularly  clear  are  her  re- 
membrances of  the  events  of  her  childhood,  and  as  late  as  75  yrs. 
and  even  50  yrs.  ago.  She  is  the  only  person  living  in  this  "  wide, 
wide  world"  who  ever  saw,  knew,  or  conversed  with  the  children 
of  the  first  John  Morison  who  died  in  what  is  now  "Derry 
Dock,"  in  1736.  She  knew  three  of  his  children,  Hannah,  Samuel, 
and  Joseph.  These  were  the  children  of  John  Morison  by  his 
second  wife,  Janet  Steele.  Mrs.  Steele  is  a  mother  in  Israel ;  she 
has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  her  friends  and  relatives  in 
their  widely  separated  and  diverging  lives  ;  she  possesses  a  warm, 
kind  heart;  at  the  present  time  (1880)  is  active  and  vigorous, 
feeling  but  little  the  infirmities  of  her  great  age. 

CHILDREN.    , 

2458.  Eliza  (2469),  b.  1810;  d.  1852. 

2459.  James-C,  b.  Oct.  24,   1814;  m.   1848,  Mary-J.  Anderson,  of  Lon- 

donderry, who  d.  March  3,  1850  (see  No.  2630)  ;  she  was  born 
Nov.  25,  1817;  he  was  a  carpenter  and  farmer;  res.  Windham, 
N.  H. ;  was  selectman  in  1859  and  '62;  d.  1864. 

2460.  Hiram  (2473),  b.   Sept.   18,   1820;  d.  Jan.   12,   1879,  in  Lawrence, 

Mass. 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

2461.  Robert  Clendennin^  [2456]  (Robert  ClendenninS  Robert 
Clendennin'^  Hannah'-  (Clendennin),  John  Morison^)  ;  farmer  ;  res. 
Derry ;  married  Phoebe  Kimball,  March  10,  1831 ;  she  Avas  born 
Feb.  6,  1809;  he  died  Oct.  15,  1874. 

CHILDRKN. 

2462.  Susan-Ann,  b.  May  14,  1833. 

2463.  Augusta-V.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1835;  d.  Sept.  1,  1862. 

2464.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  9,  1837. 

2465.  Caroline- Jackson,  b.  Sept.  20,  1839. 

2466.  Pha>be-A.,  b.  July  5,  1844. 

2467.  Robert-W.,  b.  July  3,  1847. 
24GS.  Althera-A.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1851. 


256  HANNAn-2  (CLENDENNIN)  ;    ROBERT   CLENDENNINS.       [2469 

2469.  Eliza^  (Johnson)  [2458]  (Mary^  (Steele),  Robert  Clen- 
dennin^,  Hannah'^  (Clendennin),  John  Morison^) ;  married  Bickford 
Johnson ;  res.  Windham,  N.  H. ;  she  died  1852. 

CHILDREN. 

2470.  Horace-B.,  b.  Jan.  8,   1842;  res.  Windham;  elected  supervisor  of 

town  for  1879  and  '80. 

2471.  Eliza-E.,  b.  Oct.   18,   1845;  m.  Leonard  Stevens;  res.   Wiudliara ; 

d.  April  13,  1877  ;  one  child. 

2472.  Minnie,  b.  March  11,  1868. 

2473.  Hiram  Steele^  [2460]  (Mary^  (Steele),  Robert  Clenden- 
nin^, Hannah^  (Clendennin),  John  Morison^)  ;  married  Affaette-A. 
Armor,  of  Windham,  ]^ov.  23,  1848;  she  was  born  Jan.  20,  1831 ; 
he  was  a  carpenter,  builder,  and  farmer ;  res.  Windham,  and 
latterly  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  where  he  died,  Jan.  12,  1879. 

CniLDRKN. 

2474.  Ellsworth-Franklin,  b.  June  23,  18o0. 

2475.  Francella-Ann,   b.   Jan.    16,    1852;    m.   Feb.    15,    1871,    Charles-A. 

Nowell,  of  Derry,  N.  H.  Three  children:  1st,  Etta-Bell,  b. 
Jan.  12,  1872.  2d,  Herbert-Ernest,  b.  March  30,  1875.  3d, 
Walter-Irvin.si-,  b.  Aug.  29,  1878. 

2476.  Lisette-May,  b.  Dec.  29,  1854 ;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

2477.  Ilerbert-James,  b.  Oct.  30,  1857;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 


2496]        SECOND    GENERATION. — MARY   MORISON  (JACK).  257 


CHAPTER    XI. 

Second  Generation. — History  of  Mary  Morison  (Jack),  Daugh- 
ter OF  John  Moeisox,  First  Generation,  who  died  in  1736,  and 
of  her  Descendants. 


SECOND    GENERATION. —  MARY   MORISON. 

2478.  Mary-  (Jack)  [8]  (John  Morison^);  Mary  Morison 
evidently  was  born  in  Ireland,  about  the  year  1718,  and  came  to 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  with  her  father's  family,  in  1720  or  '23. 
Little  is  known  of  her  history  or  of  her  descendants,  but  the 
following  information  has  been  gathered.  She  married  Andrew 
Jack,  and  lived  in  Chester,  N.  H,  "Andrew  Jack's  name  first 
appears  upon  the  Presbyterian  Society  records  as  warden  in 
1747,  and  moderator  from  1752  to  1755,  and  on  the  towm  records 
as  constable  in  1752.  He  settled  at  the  foot  of  Jack  Hill,  on  the 
road  from  Walnut  Hill  to  Three  Camp  MeadoAv."*  He  died  about 
1773,  as  his  will  was  probated  in  1774 ;  date  of  her  death  unknown. 


children. 

2479. 

William. 

2480. 

James. 

2481. 

John. 

2482. 

Andrew;  d.  1793. 

2483. 

Samuel  (2488) ;  lived  in  Chester,  N.  H. ;  d.  1793. 

2484. 

Hannah  (2497)  ;  m.  Dr.  Matthew  Thornton,  signer  of  Declaration 

of  Independence,  1776. 

2485. 

Jane. 

2486. 

Ann. 

2487. 

Marj'. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

2488.     Samuel  Jack"  [2483]   (Mary-  (Jack),  John  Morisoni)  ; 
lived  in  Chester,  N.  H. ;  married  Molly  McMurphy;  died  in  1793. 

CHILDREN. 

2489.  Jean,  b.  1776. 

2490.  Hannah,   b.   1777;   m.   Gideon  Currier,   .sou   of  Simon  Currier,   of 

Chester,  in  1798. 

2491.  Andrew,  b.  1780;  lived  in  Chester,  N.  II.  ;  d.  May,  1828. 

2492.  Robert. 

2493.  James. 

2494.  Polly. 

2495.  Samuel;  d.  1828. 

2496.  Alexander,  b.  1793. 

*From  Benjamin  Chase's  History  of  Chester,  N.  H. 


258  MARY^   (JACK)  ;    HANNAH^    (THORNTON).  [2497 

2497.  Hannah^  (Thornton)  (Mary-  (Jack),  John  Morison^)  ; 
married  Dr.  Matthew  Thornton;  he  was  born  in  1714  in  Ireland, 
and  came  to  this  country  when  about  three  years  of  age,  with  his 
father,  James  Thornton,  and  first  resided  at  Wiscasset,  Me. ;  was 
educated  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  med- 
icine in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  He  was  an  influential  man,  and 
held  town  oflices.  In  1745  he  joined  the  expedition  against 
Cape  Breton,  as  surgeon  in  the  K.  H.  division  of  the  army. 
In  the  war  of  the  Revolution  he  held  the  rank  of  colonel  in  the 
N.  H.  Militia.  Soon  after  General  Gage  had  opened  the  bloody 
drama  of  war  at  Lexington  and  Concord,  the  British  govern- 
ment in  N.  H.  was  terminated.  Dr.  Thornton  was  appointed  to 
the  presidency  of  the  Provincial  Convention.  On  the  12th  of 
September,  1776,  he  was  appointed  a  delegate  from  N.  H.  in 
congress,  and  his  name  is  enrolled  among  the  fifty-six  worthies 
who  have  immortalized  their  names  by  signing  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence.  He  was  subsequently  appointed  chief- 
justice  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  and  a  judge  of  the  su- 
perior court  of  N.  H.  He  removed  from  Londonderry,  and 
subsequently  settled  at  Thornton's  Ferry,  Merrimack,  N.  H., 
and  died  at  Newburyport,  Mass.,  June  24,  1803,  aged  89  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2498.     .Tames-T.  (2502),  b.  Dec.  20,  1763;  res.  Merrimack,  N.  H. 
249!).     Matthew ;  lived  in  Amherst,  N.  H. ;  m. ;  oue  rlaii.,  Abbie,  m.  George 
McGregor,  of  Derry,  N.  H. 

2500.  Hauuali  (2508)  ;  m   John  McGaw ;  res.  Newburypoi't,  Mass. 

2501.  Mary  (2513)  ;  m.  Silas  Betton,  of  Derry,  N.  H. 

FOURTH   GENERATION. 

2.502.  James  Thornton*  [2498]  (Hannah^  (Thornton),  Mary^ 
(Jack),  John  Morison^) ;  was  born  Dec.  20,  1763  ;  married,  1792, 
Mary  Parker,  of  Litchfield,  IST.  H.,  who  was  born  Jan.  3,  1763 ; 
settled  in  Merrimack,  N.  H.,  and  died  1820.     She  died  1832. 

CHILDREN. 

2503.  Matthew,  b.  1793. 

2504.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  24,  1795;  d.  1804. 

2505.  Hannah   (2520),   b.    Sept.   2G,   1797;    in.   Col.   Joseph   Greeley,   of 

Nashua,  N.  H.  ;  d.  LS74. 
2500.     James-Bonaparte  (2530),  b.  May  11,  1800;  d.  Lima,  Peru,  1836. 
2507.     Mary,  b.  1802;  d.  1827. 

2508.  Hannah*  (McGaw)  [2500]  (Hannah^  (Thornton),  Mary^ 
(Jack),  John  Morison^)  ;  married  John  McGaw,  of  Newburyport, 

Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

2509.  John.  2511.     Hannah. 

2510.  Thornton.  2512.     Harriet. 

2513.  Mary*  (Betton)  [2501]  (Hannah^  (Thornton),  Mary^ 
(Jack),  John  Morison^) ;  married  Silas  Betton,  and  res.  Derry,  N.  H. 


2532] 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  —  JAMES-B.    THORNTON.  259 


CHILDREN,    BOKN    IN    SALEM,    N.  H. 

2514.  Wealthy.  2517.     Caroline. 

2515.  Charles.  2518.     George-0. 

2516.  Thoniton.  2519.     Mary-Jaue. 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

2520.  Hannah^  (Greeley)  [2505]  (James  Thornton-',  Hannah* 
(Thornton),  Mary^  (Jack),  John  Morison^) ;  was  born  Sej^t.  26, 
1797 ;  married  Col.  Joseph  Greeley,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  died 
in  that  place,  1874.  Colonel  Greeley  was  born  in  Hudson, 
N.  H.,  May,  1784,  and  died  in  Nashua,  Sept.  1863. 

CHILDREN,   BORN   IN  NASHUA,    N.    H. 

2521.  Mary-Thornton,  b.  Nov.  5,  1819. 

2522.  Joseph-Thornton,  b.  Nov.  19,  1823  (see  No.  222). 

2523.  Charles-Alfred,  b.  Feb.  19,   1826;  ni.  Helen,  dan.  of  Robert  Reed, 

of  Amherst,  N.  H. ;  large  real-estate  owner;  res.  Nashua,  la. 
One  child,  George-Thornton,  b.  Aug.  23,  1856. 

2524.  Sarah-Sophia,  b.  May  22,  1828 ;  d.  1845. 

2525.  James-Bonaparte,  b.  July   18,   1830;    m.  Arabella-M.   Wood;    res. 

Nashua,  N.  H. ;  physician. 

2526.  Edward-Parlver,  b.  Feb.  18,  1833;  m.  May  12,  1859,  Mary-A.  Robie, 

of  Amherst,  N.  H.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1838,  in  Lowell,  Mass. ;  res. 
Nashua,  la. 

2527.  Walter,  b.  Aug.  10,  1835 ;  d.  young. 

2528.  Ellen-Dana,  b.  Jan,  11,  1837;  d.  18>>1. 

2529.  Catharine,  b.  Aug.  11,  1841;  d.  1842. 

2530.  James-Bonaparte  Thornton^  [2506]  (James  Thornton*, 
Hannah^  (Thornton),  Mary-  (Jack),  John  Morisou^)  ;  was  born 
May  11,  1800;  was  appointed  by  President  Jackson  TJ.  S.  Minis- 
ter to  Peru;  died  in  Lima,  Peru,  1836;  married  Susan  Shepard. 

CHILDREN. 

2531.  James-Shepard,  b.   Jan.    1827;    d.  Germantown,  Pa.,    May,  1875; 

was  a  captain  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  was  acting  lieutenant  and 
executive  officer  on  board  tlie  Kearsarge,  when  Uie  rebel  cruiser 
Alabama,  under  Captain  Semmes,  was  destroyed;  m.  Ellen, 
dan.  of  Rev.  Charles  Wood,  of  Hanover,  N.  H. 

2532.  Mary-Parker,  b.  Sept.   12,   1831;  ni.  Dr.  Charles-A.  Davis,  of  Con- 

cord, N.  H.  ;  he  d.  Derry,  N.  H.,  April  9,  1863.  Two  children: 
1st,  Matthew-Thornton,  b.  Jan.  1854;  d.  July,  1854.  2d, 
Charles-Thornton,  b.  Concord,  N.  11.,  Jan.  12,  1863.  She  m., 
2d,  Oct.  15,  1868,  Judge  William-Sewall  Gardner,  b.  Hallowell, 
Me.,  Oct.  11,  1827;  graduated  Bowdoin  College,  1850;  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1852;  in  Dec.  1875,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
associate  justices  of  the  superior  court  of  Mass. ;  this  position 
he  still  holds  (1880)  ;  she  d.  July  22,  1875,  at  Princeton,  Mass., 
leaving  one  child.  He  m.,  2d,  Mrs.  Sarah-M.  Davis;  res.  New- 
ton, Mass. ;  one  child,  Mary-Sewall,  b.  Feb.  5,  1871. 


260  SECOND    GENERATION. — JOSEPH    MORISON.  [2533 


CHAPTER    XII. 

Second  Generation.  —  History  ok  the  Descendants  of  Joseph  Mor 
isoN,  Son  of  John  Morison,  First  Generation,  who  died  in  1736. 


SECOND   GENERATION.  — JOSEPH   MORISON. 

2533.  Joseph-  [9]  (John^) ;  j^robably  bovn  about  1720,  on  the 
passage  from  Ireland  to  America ;  he  was  of  age  and  conveyed 
land  in  17-il  ;  was  a  carpenter  and  farmer.  In  1769  he  was  one 
of  the  undertakers  for  building  the  new  church  in  Londonderry 
(now  Deny),  East  Village.  He  settled  on  a  farm  near  the  Wind- 
ham line,  and  in  close  proximity  to  the  Londonderry  turnpike. 
The  farm  was  at  the  time  within  the  limits  of  Windham,  and 
his  name  appears  on  the  tax-lists  of  that  town  for  several  years. 
It  is  now  (1880)  owned  by  Charles-A.  No  well,  and  is  included 
within  the  limits  of  Derry,  N.  H.  (Mr.  Nowell  is  a  descendant 
of  Joseph  Morison,  the  fifth  generation  removed ;  Mrs.  Nowell  is 
a  descendant  of  Hannah  Morison  (Clendennin),  the  fifth  gen- 
eration removed.)  On  that  farm  he  lived,  and  there  he  died 
Feb.  17,  1806  ;  married  Mary  Holmes,  of  Londonderry. 

children. 

2534.  Joseph  (2534);  d.  March  13,  1817. 

2535.  Abraham  (2549),  b.  Oct.  17,  1743;  d.  June  14,  1833. 

2536.  Auu  ;  m.  John  Adams  ;  rem.  to  Otter  Creek,  Vt. 

2537.  Jane;  d.  Londonderry,  Jan.  8,  1823. 

2538.  John  (2558),  b.  Feb.  28,  1749;  d.  April  21,  1840. 

2539.  Mary  (2564),  b.  May  3,  1751 ;  d.  March  31,  1836. 

2540.  Hannah  ;  d.  Derry. 

2541.  Jonathan  (2571),  b.  July,  1759;  d.  Rockingham,  Vt.,  March  7,  1847. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

2542.  Joseph^  [2534]  (Joseph-,  John^)  ;  res.  Andover,  Mass., 
and  finally  succeeded  his  father  on  the  homestead  in  Londonderry, 
N.  H. ;  farmer;  married  Margaret  Moulton,  of  Lynnfield,  Mass. 
He  died  March  13,  1817;  she  died  Jan.  17,  1831. 

CHILDREN. 

2543.  Jonathan  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

2544.  Margaret;  m.  (2tl  w.).  Little  Day,  of  Derry,  N.  H. ;  she  d.  May  15, 

1821. 

2545.  Joseph;  d.  Dec.  12,  1807. 

2546.  Samuel;  went  to  sea;  fate  unknown. 

2547.  John  (2585),  b.  Nov.  3,  1783;  d.  Jan.  16,  1836. 

2548.  Thomas  (2590) ;  d.  Bradford,  Mass.,  Dec.  31,  1831. 


2571]  THIRD    GENERATION.  —  ABRAHAM    MORISON.  261 

2549.  Abrahaiu*^  [2535]  (Joseph"^,  Jolin^)  ;  born  in  1743 ;  was 
a  gentle,  mild-mannered  man,  and  much  respected  by  his  acquaint- 
ances. He  married  Mary  Holmes,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and 
lived  at  "Kimball's  Corner,"  Derry,  Avhcre  he  died  Jmie  14,  1833, 
aged  88  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2550.  Hamilton  ;  kept  store  at  Steele  place  in  Windham,  and  at  the  Joseph 

Morison  place,  in  Derry ;  rem.  to  Kentucky. 

2551.  Nathaniel;  went  to  Kentucky. 

2552.  Jonathan  ;  lived  in  Winchendon,  Mass. 

2553.  George;  d.  Londonderry,  Jan.  2G,  1803. 

2554.  Betsey;  lived  in  Atkinson,  N.  H.  ;  d.  1859. 

2555.  Joseph  (2593);  d.  Derry,  Nov.  18,  1817. 

2556.  Polly  (2597),  b.  April  25,  1783;  d.  July  10,  1865. 

2557.  John;  wasapump-maker,  and  lived  in  Londonderry ;  d.  Jan.  10,  1836. 

2558.  John^  [2538]  (Joseph-,  John^) ;  born  Feb.  28,  1749 ;  he 
married  Anne  Grey,  April  18,  1778  ;  she  was  born  Aug.  24,  1751. 
He  was  known  as  Sheriff  John  Morison,  and  lived  on  the  Rev. 
James  McGregor  farm  in  Londonderry,  now  Derry.  Here  was 
built  the  Hrst  frame  house  in  the  old  township.  He  died  in  Derry, 
N.  H.,  April  21,  1840.     She  died  Feb.  27,  1825. 

CHILDREN. 

2559.  John  (2612),  b.  Oct.  2,  1779;  d.  Jan.  25,  1836. 

2560.  Susannah,  b.  Nov.  20,  1782;  d.  March  28,  1811. 

2561.  Joseph  (2618),  b.  Oct.  22,  1785;  d.  Jau.  19,  1871,  aged  85  yrs. 

2562.  James,  b.  July  21,  1788;  married  Betsey  Warner;  he  followed  the 

seas,  and  became  captain  of  a  vessel ;  he  perished  in  a  fearful 
gale  off  Cape  Cod,  Dec.  25,  1820;  he  lashed  himself  to  the  mast 
of  the  vessel  for  safety ;  the  vessel  went  to  pieces,  and  he  was 
washed  ashore  covered  with  ice.  One  child,  Lucy-Anu ;  res. 
Newburyport,  Mass.  ;  m.  Samuel  Oilman. 

2563.  Samuel  (2625),  b.  Oct.  19,  1790;  d.  Oct.  19,  1851,  aged  61  yrs. 

2564.  Mary'^  (Anderson)  [2539]  (Joseph  Morison-,  John^) ; 
born  May  8,  1751;  d.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  March  31,  1836;  she 
married,  Dec.  22,  1779,  John  Anderson,  of  Londonderry,  born 
May  9,  1754;  farmer;  res.  Londonderry,  where  he  d.,  Jan.  8,  1827. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 

2565.  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  12,  1780;  d.  July  22,  1785. 
2566. /James  (2628),  b.  Oct.  6,  1783;  d.  .Jan.  1869. 

2567.  (.Nancy  (2632),  b.  Oct.  6,  1783. 

2568.  Mary  (2638),  b.  Dec.  20,  1786;  d.  Feb.  21,  1832. 

2569.  Jane,  b.  June  6,  1789;  m.  David  Woburn,  of  Vermont,  and  subse- 

quently emigrated  to  Wisconsin. 

2570.  Betsey  (2646),  b.  June  6,  17fe9;  d.  Jan.  13,  1866. 

2571.  Jonathan''  [2541]  (Joseph'-^,  John^) ;  born  in  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  July,  1759;  died  in  Rockingham,  Vt.,  March  7,  1847  ;  was 
twice  married,  and  liad  fourteen  children,  six  by  his  first  wife 
He  married,  1st,  Sally,  daughter  of  John  Hopkins,  of  Windham, 
N.  H.  She  died  in  Rockingham,  1798.  He  married,  2d,  Anna 
Davis,  of  that  place.     He  was  a  noted  violinist. 


262  JOSEPH^  ;    JOSEPHS  ;    JOHN-*.  [2572 


2572. 


CHILDREN. 

Betsey,  b.  Loudonderry,  N.  11.;  in.  Sarausl  Willard,  of  Westmin- 
ster, Vt.  ;  clothier. 

2573.  Polly,  b.  1793,  Londonderry,  N.  H. ;  m.  Jan.  1,  1820,  James  Wilson, 
of  Grafton,  Vt. ;  she  d.  1826.  Three  children ;  one  sou  living, 
Mark-H  ,  b.  1824. 

257-t.     Jonathan,  b.  Kockingham,  Vt. ;  d.  young. 

2575.  Hannah,  b.  Rockingham,  Vt. ;  became  second  wife  of  James  Wilson, 

of  Grafton,  Vt.,  and  d.  Deering,  N.  H.  Three  children;  one 
daughter,  two  sons  :  1st,  James-H.     2d,  George-M. ;  re«.  N.  Y. 

2576.  Sally,  b.   Rockingham,  Vt. ;  m.  Samuel  Howard,  of  Grafton,  Vt.  ; 

farmer;  went  West  in  1838.     Seven  children. 

2577.  Sophia,  b.  Rockingham,  Vt.  ;  unm. ;  d.  aged  42  yrs. 

2578.  Jonathan,  2d,  b.  Rockingham;  d.  aged  18  yrs. 

2579.  Louisa,  b.   Sept.   1800;  became  2d  w.  of  John  Gregg,  of  Acworth, 

N.  H.,  h.  Jan.  1,  1796;  they  were  m.  Nov.  5,  1835;  he  was  a 
farmer;  d.  Dec.  6,  1872.  One  son,  George-Morrison,  b.  July 
14,  1844;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

2580.  Beniamin  (2648),  b.  Rockingham,  Oct.  12,  1806. 

2581.  Anna  (2652),  b.  Rockingham,  1808. 

2582.  Jane,  b.  Rockingham;  in.  Oct.  3,  1836,  Dauiel-N.  Brown,  of  Rock- 

ingham, Vt. 

2583.  John,"b.   Aug.   12,  1813;  m.  Ann  Grimes,  of  Geneso,  N.  Y.,  where 

he  res.     Two  children  :   1st,  Arthur-H.     2d,  Mary-S. 

2584.  Mary-Ann,  b.  Rockingham,  Vt.  ;  m.  Nov.  17,  1846,  Luther-F.  Davis, 

of  Claremont,  N.  H. ;  res.  Acworth,  N.  H.  Two  children:  1st, 
Mary-S.     2d,  Henry-M. 

FOURTH   GENERATION. 

2585.  John''  [2547]  (Joseph^  Joseph-,  John^) ;  res.  on  his 
father's  farm  m  Londonderry,  near  the  Windham  line.  Late  in 
life  he  rem.  to  the  "McKeen  place,"  in  Deny,  where  he  died 
Jan.  16,  1836.  He  married  Sally  Morrison,  who  was  born  in 
Londonderry,  March  18,  1780,  and  died  Feb.  9,  1873,  aged  91  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2586.  Jouathan-Monlton,  b.  Nov.  11,  1812;  res.  Sandwich,  N.  H.  ;  farmer; 

m.,  1st,  Lucinda  Pierce,  Sept.  1,  1842;  she  d.  July,  1863;  m.,  2d, 
Emily  McGaffey,  Feb.  19,  1864;  she  d.  Aug.  1869;  m.,  3d,  Jnly 
3,  1870,  Mrs.  Clara- A.  Quimby;  were  natives  of  Sandwich;  no  eh. 

2587.  George-Reed  (2659),  b.  July  1,  1813;  res.  Wakefield,  Mass. 

2588.  James-Madison,  b.  Dec.  10,  1815;  d.  in  childhood. 

2589.  Alfred-Trask,  b.  June  25,  1818;  farmer;  res.  Derry,  N.  H. 

2590.  Thomas*  [2548]  (Joseph"',  Joseph'-,  John^) ;  res.  different 
times  in  the  towns  of  Derry,  N.  H.,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  Bradford, 
Mass.,  where  he  died  Dec.  31,  1831;  married  Sophia  Trask,  born 
in  Bradford,  Mass.,  Dec.  29,  1788;  died  Feb.  5,  1831. 

CHILDREN. 

2591.  Matilda-T.,   b.    Andover,   Mass.,   Feb.   6,    1815;   m.  Oct.   10,  1872, 

William  Elliott;  farmer;  b.  Beverly,  Mass.,  Feb.  28,  1809;  res. 
Bradford;  d.  Nov.  1,  1872. 

2592.  Charles,  b.  Dec.    8,    1818;    carpenter;    spent  twenty-five  years   in 

California;  returned  to  Bradford,  Mass.,  1869;  d.  Oct.  18,  1872. 

2593.  Joseph*  [2555]  (Abraham^,  Joseph'-,  John^);  lived  in 
Peterborough,  IST.  H.,  several  years;   returned  to  Londonderry, 


2625]  FOURTH    GENERATION.  —  JOSEPH   MORISON.  263 

where  he  died  Nov.  17,  1817;  married  Mary-Ann,  daughter  of 
John  and  Catharine  (]Morison)  Reed,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H. 
(see  No.  2300). 

CHILDREN. 

2594.  John-R.  (26G2)  :  d.  Jan.  2,  183G. 

2595.  Maiy. 

2596.  Jane. 

2597.  Polly*  (Paul)  [2556]  (Abraham  Morison^  Joseph^ 
John^) ;  born  in  Londonderry,  April  25,  1783 ;  married  Matthew 
Paul,  of  Derry,  N.  H.,  1804;  she  d.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  July  10,  1865. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN  LONDONDERRY. 

2598.  Susan,  b.  April,  1805;  d.  young. 

2599.  Louisa  (26GG),  b.  June  10,  1800. 

2600.  Betsey-M.  (2(371),  b.  Dec.  27,  1807. 

2601.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  20,  1809 ;  d.  Jan.  26,  1836. 

2602.  Infant;  d. 

2603.  Infont;  d. 

2604.  Mattliew  (2G77),  b.  Jnly  8,  1813. 

2605.  Sopliia-A.  (2G84),  b.  April  2G,  1815. 

2606.  Margaret-Jane  (2G91),  b.  JMarcli  15,  1817. 

2607.  /  Mary-C.  (2G97).  b.  Jan.  5,  1819. 

2608.  t  Williara-C,  b.  Jan.  5,  1819;  d.  iu  inftmcy. 

2609.  Nathaniel-H.  (2700),  b.  April  29,  1821. 
2611.     George,  b.  Aug.  6,  1823. 

2612.  John*  [2559]  (John^  Joseph^  John^) ;  born  Oct.  2,  1779, 
and  lived  on  the  James  Steele  fai-m  in  "Windham,  N.  H. ; 
subsequently  he  rem.  to  Derry,  N.  H.,  and  settled  near  Beaver 
Pond,  remaining  there  till  his  death.  He  was  quite  a  noted 
violinist;  married  Jennette  Paul,  of  Salem,  in  1799;  she  was 
born  ]\Larch  15,  1777. 

CHILDREN. 

2613.  John  (2711),  b.  Aug.  12,  1801. 

2614.  Mary-Ann  (2715),  b    April  20,  1803. 

2615.  Susan-Julia  (2721),  b.  Jnne  2,  1807. 

2616.  Nancy-Emily  (2723),  b.  Sept.  20,  1809. 

2617.  Samuel  (2725),  b.  April  5,  1812. 

2618.  Joseph*  [2561]  (John**,  Joseph-,  John^) ;  succeeded  his 
father  on  the  McGregor  farm,  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  and  on  it  he  spent 
his  life;  was  born  Oct.  22,  1785;  died  Derry,  Jan.  19,  1871  ;  he 
married,  Oct.  4,  1810,  Jane  Paul,  of  Derry,  N.  H.;  slie  was  born 
in  Derry,  July  21,  1784;  died  in  Derry,  Jan.  16,  1875. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   DERRY,    N.    H. 

2619.  James,  b.  Aug.  4,  1811;  d.  Oct.  3,  1811. 

2620.  Auna-Jaue  (2728),  b.  Dec.  16,  1812. 

2621.  Joseph-G.  (2739),  b.  Dec.  30,  1814. 

2622.  Harriet-Newell,  b.  July  6,  1818;  d.  Feb.  26,  1821. 

2623.  James-C.  (2743),  b.  May  10,  1824. 

2624.  Harriet-Ellen,  b.  Jan.  4,  1820;  d.  Aug.  2,  1851;  m.  Lucieu  George, 

of  Haverhill,  Mass.     One  child,  Frank-A. ;  res.  Wisconsin. 

2625.  Samuel*  [2563]  (John^,  Joseph-,  John') ;  was  born  in 
Londonderry,  X.  H.,  Oct.  19,  1790;  died  in  Derry,  Oct.  19,  1851 

18 


264  J0SEPH2  ;   JONATHANS  ;    BENJAMIN^.  [2626 

aged  61  yrs.     He  married  INIaria  Major,  wlio  with  her  daughters 
now  res.  Nashua,  K".  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2G2G.     Elizabeth-T. ;  m.,  1st,  Jesse  Melleu;  he  tl.  ;  she  m.,  2d,  Wihler-M. 

Gates;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 
2G27.     Auu-G. ;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

2628.  James  Anderson*  [2566]  (Mary^  (Anderson),  Joseph 
Morison-,  John^) ;  farmer;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  H. ;  married 
Nancy  Campbell,  of  Litchfield,  X.  H. ;  he  died  Jan.  1869. 

CHILnUEN. 

2G29.     David  (2754),  b.  April  21,  181G. 

2630.     Marj'-Jane,  b.  Nov.  25.  1817  ;  m.  1848,  James-C.  Steele,  of  Windham ; 

d.  of  consumption,  March  3,  1850  (see  No.  2459). 
2G31.     .John  (2760),  b.  Dec.  1,  1820;  d.  .June  17,  1858. 

2632.  Nancy*  (Gage)  [2567]  (Mary-'  (Anderson),  Joseph 
Morison-,  John^) ;  married  (3d  w.),  Jan.  18, 1818,  William-Runnells 
Gage,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H. ;  farmer. 

CHILDItEN,    BOItN  IN   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 

2633.  William-Washinijton  (2765),  b.  Dec.  30,  1818. 

2634.  Leander  (2771),13.  1820. 

2635.  Abigail,  b.  June  20,  1822;  m.  May,   1850,  Charles-Henry  Hall,  of 

Braintree,  Mass.;  res.  Soquel,  Santa  Cruz  Co.,  Cal. 

2636.  Aaron-Hardy  (2778),  b.  Nov.  13,  1824. 

2637.  John-Anderson  (2782),  b.  June  25,  1827. 

2638.  Mary*  (Plummer)  [2568]  (Mary''  (Anderson),  Joseph 
Morison"-^,  John^ ) ;  married  Capt.  Abel  Plummer,  of  Rowley, 
Mass.;  farmer;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  after  1776;  died  Nov. 
3,  1841 ;  she  died  Feb.  21,  1832. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 

2639.  Mary  (2788),  b.  Aug.  28,  1809. 

2640.  Nancy;  d.  young. 

2641.  John-A.  (2796),  b.  Aug.  5,  1814. 

2642.  William  (2803),  b.  .July  10,  1820. 
2G43.  Susan  (2806),  b.  Oct.  17,  1823. 
2G44.  Elmira;  d.  young. 

2G45.     Sarah;  m.  Manuel  Moar,  of  Nashua,  N.  11.;  d.  1867. 

2646.  Betsey*  (Dustin)  [2570]  (Mai^  (Anderson),  Joseph 
Morison-^,  John^) ;  married  Moses  Dustin,  who  was  born  in 
Windham,  N.  H.,  March  31,  1792;  farmer;  res.  Windham, 
where  he  died  Jan.  2,  1845;  she  died  in  Windham,  Jan.  13,  1866. 

CHILD. 

2647.     Mary   (2810),  b.   Windham,   N.   H.,  Oct.   16,   1818;    d.  Windham, 
April   13,   1870. 

2648.  Benjamin*  [2580]  (Jonathan-^,  Joseph-,  John^) ;  farmer  ; 
res.  Westminster,  Vt. ;  married  Maria-N.  Robinson,  of  Brattleboro', 
Vt.,  Dec.  3,  1840;  she  was  born  April  26,  1822;  he  went  to  the 
oil  regions  in  Pennsylvania,  and  on  his  return  was  taken  sick  with 
a  fever  in  NeV  York,  and  is  supposed  to  have  died  there. 


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CHILDUEN. 

2649.     Mary-M.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1842;  m.   Dec.  10,  1857,  Luke-0.  Carpenter; 

lurraer;  res.  Hillsborough,  N.  H. 
2G50.     Elleu-S.,  b.   Oct.   19,   184fi;  ra.  Oct.   18,   1875,  Charles-B.  Crocker; 

farmer;  res.  Hillsborough,  N.  H. 
2651.     John-B.,  b.  Jan.  6,   1850;  m.  Sept.  2,  1873,  Maria- A.  Gilbert;  res. 

N.  Y.     One  child,  Mautl-H.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1876. 

2652.  Anna^  (McQuaide)  [2581]  (Jonathan  Morison^  Joseph^, 
John^)  ;  married  Jacob  McQuaide,  of  Rockingham,  Vt.,  where 
they  still  (1880)  res.;  he  is  a  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

2653.  Sarah-S.,   b.    Sept.   25,    1826;    m.    Feb.    16,   1851,  Dea.   Edwiu-H. 

Howard ;  res.  Grafton,  Vt. 

2654.  Mary-J.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1831;  ra.  Nov.   26,  1852,  Nelson-B.  Sherman; 

res.  South  Charlestown,  N.  H. 

2655.  ,Iohn-M.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1834;  m.  March  18,  1866,  Addie-S.  Davis;  res. 

Rockingham,  Vt. 

2656.  Harriet-A.,    b.   Nov.  21,  1838;  m.  Nov.  28,   1860,  Charles-W.  Sev- 

erens  ;  res.  Cambridgeport,  Vt. 

2657.  Louisa-M.,  t).  Oct.  28,  1841;  res.  Maynard,  Mass. 

2658.  James,  b.    March   9,   1846;    m.   Sept.   15,   1869,  Georgie-F.   Smith; 

res.  Eockingham,  Vt. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 

2659.  George-Reed^  [2587]  (John^  Joseph^  Joseph"^,  John^)  ; 
born  in  Londonderry,  X.  H.,  July  1,  1813;  shoe-cutter;  res. 
Wakefield,  Mass. ;  married  Sarah-E.  Eaton,  of  South  Reading, 
Mass. 

CHILDRKX. 

2660.  Sarah-G.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1839. 

2661.  Ella-Eliza,    b.    Jan.    6,    1847;  m.   June  2,   1868,   J.-W.   Poland,  of 

Wakefield,  Mass.     One  son,  George-Morrison,  b.  July  16,  1877. 

2662.  John-R.'^  [259-1]  (Joseph^  Abraham'^  Joseph-,  Johni)  ; 
lived  in  Peterborough  and  Derry,  X.  H. ;  married  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Amos  Kimball,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H. ;  died  Jan.  2, 
1836,  aged  32  yrs. 

CHILDUKX. 

2663.     John.  2664.     Kendall.  2665.     William-K. 

2666.  Louisa^  (Taylor)  [2599]  (Polly*  (Paul),  Abraham  Mor- 
ison^  Joseph",  John^) ;  married,  1828,  Matthew  Taylor,  of  Derry, 
N.  H.  In  1846  they  removed  to  Salem,  N.  H.,  where  he  died, 
August,  1877.  She  lives  (1880)  in  Salem;  he  was  born  April  28, 
1804,  in  Londonderry  ;  mason  and  farmer. 

CMII.DKEX. 

2667.  Matthew-Harvey  (2816),  b.  Nov.  29,  1829;  res.  North  Salem,  N.  H. 

2668.  Tiiomas-J.,  b.   .\ov.   18,   1831;  single;  wooil  and  coal  dealer ;  res. 

Haverhill,  Mass. 

2669.  Louisa-J.  (2829),  b.  March  29,  1833. 

2670.  Martin  (2834),  b.  Dec.  26,  1839. 


266  JOSEPH-2  ;    ABRAHAMS  ;    PQLLY*    (PAUL).  [2671 

2671.  Betsey-M.5  (Dustin)  [2600]  (Polly^  (Paul),  Abraham 
Morison^  Joseph-,  John^)  ;  married  (2d  w.),  April  6,  1883,  Sim- 
eon-0.  Dustin,  born  AVhidham,  N.  H.,  Aug.  20,  1794  ;  farmer  ; 
res.  Windham;  died  May  22,  1843  ;  she  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

CIIILDHEN. 

2672.  Abbie-E.,  b.  .July  10,  1834;  m.  Oct.  4,  1855,  Aarou-S.  Hill,  of  At- 

kiuson,  N.  H.  ;   res.  Arlington,  Mass. 

2673.  Jacksou,  1).  April  10,  183G;  m.  Sept.  1857,  Eliza-J.  Bicker,  of  Iowa; 

in.,  2d,    Lydia    Tucker,    of    Mancliester,    N.    H.,    1866;    res. 
Manchester,  N.  H. 

2674.  Marv,   b.   April   15,    1838;  m.   Sept.  3,   1857,   Dr.    Samuel  Paue,  of 

Haverhill,  N.  H. ;  res.  Cal. ;  d.  Jan.  14,  1874. 

2675.  Levi,  b.  .Jan.   25,   1841;  m.  June  10,  1866,   Mary  Greene,  of  Brad- 

ford, Mass.  ;  res.  Bradford  ;  d.  Nov.  8,  1874  :  ra.,  2d,  Lizzie  Smith. 

2676.  Eliza-Maria,  b.  Nov.  14,  1843;  m.  H.-A.  Lowell,  Nov.  9,  1864. 

2677.  Matthew  PauP  [2604]  (Polly^  (Paul),  Abraham  Morison^, 
Joseph'-^,  John^)  ;  married,  1st,  Hannah-K.,  daughter  of  Oliver 
Taylor,  of  Atkinson,  N.  H. ;  she  was  born  May  7,  1817  ;  died  July 
6,  1850.  He  married,  2d,  her  sister,  Lettice  Taylor,  born  April  1, 
1829  ;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

2678.  John-M.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1841;  m.  Nov.  27,  1862;  she  d.  Oct.  29,  1869; 

he  m.,  2d,  March   17,   1871,  Lucy-M.  Fitield,  of  New  Hampton, 
N.  H., ;   res.  Haverhill,  Mass.  ;  two  children. 

2679.  George-M.,  b.   Dec.   11,   1842;  m.   Mary-L.  Webster,  of  Haverhill, 

Mass.  ;  she  d.  Dec.  11,  1868. 

2680.  Oliver-T.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1845;  d.  Nov.  23,  1845. 

2681.  Ida-H.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1855;  d.  Oct.  6,  1863. 

2682.  Lizzie-R.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1859. 

2683.  Harlau-T.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1867;  died  Aug.  17,  1868. 

2684.  Sophia-A.^  (Wells)  [2605]  (Polly*  (Paul),  Abraham 
Morison^,  Joseph'-,  John^)  ;  she  married,  Oct.  29,  1885,  Willard 
Wells,  of  Salem,  jST.  H.  ;  he  emigrated  to  California  during  the 
gold  fever  excitement  in  1849,  and  died  there.  She  lives  in 
North  Andover,  Mass. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    SALEM,    N.    H. 

2685.  Mary-A.,  b.  Feb.   10,  1837;  m.  Edwin-R.  McKeen,  of  Salem,  N.  H., 

Jan.  24,  1864;  carpenter;  res.  Andover,  Mass. 

2686.  Maria-E.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1839;  d.  Salem,  Jan.  9,  1863. 

2687.  John-C,   b.    June    15,    1841;    farmer;  m.   Nov.    28,    1867,   Martha 

Adams,  of  Maine;  re.s.  North  Andover,  Mass. 

2688.  George-S.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1844;  d.  Salem,  May  13,  1859. 

2689.  Sarah-E.,  b.  April  19,  1845;  d.  Salem,  April  11,  1863. 

2690.  Hannah-T.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1848;  m.  Dec.  15,  1875,  George-G.  Green- 

wood; ice-dealer;  res.  North  Andover,  Mass. 

2691.  Margaret-Jane^  (Bailey)  [2606]  (Polly*  (Paul),  Abra- 
ham Morison^,  Josejih'-,  John^)  ;  married  Nathan  Bailey,  of 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  A\ni\  6,  1837.  He  Avas  born  Dec.  7,  1802 ; 
died  May  5,  1870. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    HAVERHILL,    MASS. 

2692.  Charles,  b.  June  25,  1838 ;  d.  June  24,  1863. 

2693.  Harriet-A.,  b.   April  27,  1840;  m.  Feb.  28,  1866,  Herman  Noyes,  of 

Atkinson,  N.  H. ;  b.  Dec.  18,  1835. 


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2694.  Louisa,  b.  Oct.  20,  1841;  ni.  Sept.  13,  1872,  Charles-H.  Howe;  b. 

1846;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

2695.  John,  b.  April  25.  1846;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

2696.  Serena,  b.  April  29,  1852 ;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

2697.  Mary-C.^  (Webster)  [2607]  (Polly*  (Paul),  Abraham 
Morison-',  Joseph'^,  John^) ;  she  married,  June  10,  1842,  David 
Webster,  3d,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.  He  was  born  Feb.  7,  1819,  in 
Haverhill ;  res.  Haverhill ;  farmer. 

CHILDREN,    BOKN   IN   HAVERHILL,    MASS. 

2698.  George-L.,  b.  March  13,  1843;  was  a  member  of  Co.  H,  22cl  Regt. 

Mass.  Vols.,  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Gaines'  Mills,  Va., 
June  27,  1862. 

2699.  Mary-Lizzie,  b.  "Oct.  14,  1845;  d.   Haverhill,   Mass.,   Dec.  1,  1868; 

m.  Dec.  1,  1864,  George-M.  Paul,  of  Haverhill,  Mass. 

2700.  Nathaniel-H.  PauP  [2609]  (Polly*  (Paul),  Abraham 
Morison^,  Joseph'-^,  John^)  ;  farmer ;  res.  Salem,  K.  H. ;  married 
Jane,  dau.  of  John  Taylor,  a  woolen  manufacturer,  in  Salem, 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   SALEM,    N.    H. 

2701.  Mary-E.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1844;  d.   Salem,  Oct.  21,  1849. 

2702.  George-M.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1845. 

2703.  Hannah-J.,  b.  March  16,  1848;  d.  Oct.  14,  1849. 

2704.  Mary-J.,  b.  Julv  14,  1851;  m.  Henry  Roberts;  res.  Newport,  R.  I. 

2705.  Jaraes-W.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1853;  d.  July  22,  1856. 

2706.  Abbie-A.,  b.   March  23,   1857;  m.'  John  Hart;  res.   Salt^m,  N.  H. ; 

farmer. 

2707.  Henry-M.,  b.  March  10,  1859. 

2708.  Carrie-H.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1861. 

2709.  Ida-A.,  b.  March  19,  1864. 

2710.  Nellie-D.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1867. 

2711.  John^  [2613]  (John*,  John^,  Joseph'^' John^) ;  graduated 
at  Pinkerton  Academy  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  in  1819  ;  taught  school 
in  Hampstead  and  Hudson,  N.  H.,  and  in  Newburyport,  Mass. 
In  1824  he  opened  a  dry  and  W.  I.  goods  store  in  Waltham, 
Mass.,  where  he  continued  to  live  till  1828,  when  he  accepted  the 
position  of  overseer  of  the  cloth-room  in  the  Appleton  Corpora- 
tion, Lowell,  Mass.  He  examined  the  first  piece  of  cloth  manu- 
factured by  the  Appleton  Co.,  and  continued  in  the  employ  of 
the  company  forty-eight  years,  and  till  his  death.  He  was  for 
twenty-eight  years  a  faithful  and  highly  esteemed  superintendent 
of  the  Howard  Mission  School  in  Centralville  ;  in  1841-42,  he 
was  an  active  member  of  the  common  council ;  he  married  in 
Boston,  May  5,  1825,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
Berry,  of  Newburyport,  Mass.  He  died  in  Lowell.  His  widow 
still  lives  there. 

CHILDREN. 

2712.  John-Francis,  b.  Waltham,  Mass.,  May  22,  1826;  teacher  of  musici 

Lowell,  Mass. 

2713.  Susan-Elizabeth,  b.  Lowell,  Aug.  18,  1829;  res.  Lowell. 

2714.  James-Lewis,  b.  Lowell,  April  28,    1831;  served  his  country  three 

years  in  Co.  C,  30th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.,  and  re-enlisted  at  expi- 
ration of  term  of  service;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 


268  JOSEPH-:  ;   J0HN3  ;   JOHN*  ;    SAMUELS.  [2715 

2715.  Mary-Ann^  (Blye)  [2614]  (John  Morison^  Jolln^  Joseph'^ 
John^)  ;  married,  Dec,  25,  1824,  Lewis  Blye,  of  Derry,  N.  H. ; 
farmer. 

CHILDREN,    HORN   IN   DKRRY,    N.  H. 

271G.     Anuette-G.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1825;  matrou  of  school  of  theology,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

2717.  Mary-E.,  b.   July  11,    1828;  m.    April  23,  1864,  Richard  Fellows; 

painter;  res.  Derry  Depot,  N.  H. 

2718.  Emma-N.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1831 ;  d.  Aug.  0,  1833. 

2719.  Lewis-Warren,  b.  Jan.  13,  1835;  m.   Kov.   29,   1860,   Alice-B.,  dau. 

of  Joseph-G.  Morrison;  res.  Derry,  N.  H. ;  farmer.  One  child, 
Freddie,  b.  May  16,  1862;  d.  Feb.  3,  1863. 

2720.  Amanda-N.,  b.    Sept.  25,    1837;  m.  Oct.   3,  1861,  Henry-F.  Rice,  of 

Derry,  N.  H.  Two  children:  1st,  Jennie-P.,  b.  Derry,  N.  H., 
Sept.  2,  1863.     2d,  Harry-Lems,  b.  California,  April  24,  1874. 

2721.  Susan-Julia'^  (Cutting)  [2615]  (John  Mo^ison^  John^ 
Joseph',  John^)  ;  married  Lewis  Cutting ;  was  an  overseer  in  the 
Hamilton  Mills,  Lowell,  Mass. 

CHILD. 

2722.     Lewis;  res.  Stockton,  Cal. 

2723.  Nancy-Emily^  (Newman)  [2616]  (John  Morison^  John**, 
Joseph^,  John^)  ;  married  William  Newman;  painter;  Lowell, 
Mass. 

CHILD. 

2724.     George-Howard;  farmer;  Antioch,  Cal. 

2725.  SamueP  [2617]  (John^  John^  Joseph-,  John^) ;  farmer; 
res.  Hudson,  N.  H.;  married,  Nov.  5,  1837,  Achsah,  daughter  of 
Daniel-T.  Davis,  Hudson,  N.  H.,  born  in  Hudson,  1818. 

CHILDREN. 

2726.  Susan-M.,  b.  1839;  m.  1860,  Nathan  Webster,  Hudson,  where  they 

live.    One  child,  Brinton-M.,  b.  1864. 

2727.  Augustus,   b.   1843;  m.,  1872,  Nettie,   daughter  of  Tyler  Thomas; 

farmer;  res.  Hudson.  Three  children:  1st,  Helen-M.,  b.  Oct.  6, 
1873.  2d,  Harry-A.,  b.  May  21,  1875;  d.  Jan.  22,  1879.  3d, 
Tyler-P.,  b.  March  2,  1877. 

2728.  Anna-Jane^  (NoM^ell)  [2620]  (Josei)h  Morison",  John^ 
Joseph",  John^)  ;  married,  Sept.  14,  1«36,  Alfred  No  well ;  he  was 
born  Dec.  25,  1817  ;  farmer  ;  res.  Derry,  N.  H.,  where  he  died, 
Sept.  18,  1863.     Mrs.  N.  lives  in  Franklin,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2729.  Mary-Jane,  b.  Jan.   6,  1838 ;  m.  Jan.  7,  1860,  William-A.  Bickford, 

of  Salem,  N.  H.  ;  she  d.  Jan.  5,  1879,  in  Bristol,  N.  H.  One  child, 
Nellie- Augusta;  she  m.  Moses  Southward,  Feb.  16,  1880. 

2730.  Joseph-Warren,  b.   April  26,    1840;  enlisted  Nov.   19,  1861,  in  8th 

Regt.  N.  H.  Vols.,  and  d.  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  April  14,  1863. 

2731.  William-Henry,  b.  May  17,  1842;  enlisted  Sept.  17,  1861,  in  Co.  G, 

22d  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.,  and  was  in  Porter's  Division,  Army  Poto- 
mac ;  he  d.  Gaines'  Mills,  on  the  banks  of  the  Chickahorainy, 
June  27,  1862. 

2732.  Charles-A.,  b.  June  14,  1844;  carpenter  and  farmer;  lives  on  the 

Joseph  Morison  farm,  Derry,  N,  H, ;  enlisted  Sept.  12,  1864,  in 


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Co.  K,  1st  N.  H.  Heavy  Artillery,  aud  discharged  June  15,  18C5 
(see  No.  2'175). 

2733.  Aini-Permelia,  b,  May  12,  1847;  res.  Fraukliu,  N.  H. 

2734.  James-C,  b.  Feb.  15,  1849;  ftirmer;  res.  East  Andover,  N.  H.  ;  m. 

April  16,  1871,  EIla-F.  Danforth.     Two  children :  1st,  Henry-P., 
b.  April,  1872.     2d,  Charles-A.,  b.  June  21,  1875. 
2785.     Harriet-E.,  b.  March  3,  1851  ;  d.  Sept.  8,  1870. 

2736.  Martha-A.,  b.  Jan.   19,  1854;  m.  Henry  Mead,  April  14,  1874.     One 

child,  Franlv-N. 

2737.  Susan-E.,  b.  Aug.    11,   185G;  m.   Oct.  21,   1879,   Marvin  0.  Blalie ; 

res.  Fraiil\lin,  N.  H. 

2738.  Helen-M.,  b.  March  5,  18G0;  res.  Franklin,  N.  H. 

2739.  Joseph-G.^  [2621]  (Joseph'',  Johir^,  Joseph-,  John^) ;  mar- 
ried, Jan.  1,  1837,  Lydia-B.  EUis,  of  Middleton,  N.  H. ;  she  was 
born  Feb.  22,  1813;  date  of  his  birth  was  Dec.  30,  1814;  he 
died  Aug.  29,  1860  ;  she  res.  Deny,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2740.  Charles-P.  (2838),  b.  Derry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  2G,  1837  ;  res.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

2741.  Alice-B.,  b.  Newburyport,  Mass.,  May  9,  1840;  m.  Levvis-W.  Blye 

(see  No.  2719). 

2742.  ,Tanies-C.,  b.  Newburyport,  Mass.,  May  27,  1847;  d.  Oct.  6,  1849. 

2743.  James-Calvin^  [2623]  (Joseph'^,  John'^,  Joseph-,  John^) ; 
farmer ;  lived  on  the  homestead,  "  the  McGregor  farm,"  in 
Derry,  X.  H. ;  married  Mary-Elizabeth  Griffin,  April  29,  1855. 
He  died  in  Derry,  Oct.  8,  1877;  his  widow  and  children  still  live 
(1880)  in  Derry,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    DKRRY,    N.    H. 

2744.  George-Calvin,  b.  Nov.  27,  1855. 

2745.  Aliette-Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  10,  1857. 

2746.  William-Ransom,  1).  June  7,  1859. 

2747.  Ellerv-Kendrick,  b.  Dec.  9,  1861. 

2748.  Alonzo-Paul,  b.  March  30,  1864. 

2749.  Mabel-Clark,  b.  Sept.  22,  1866. 

2750.  EUeu-Angie,  b.  May  5,  1869. 

2751.  Daua-WiTlis,  b.  July  15,  1871. 

2752.  Effle-Josephine,  b.  Aug.  30,  1874. 

2753.  Bertha-May,  b.  Aug.  18,  1877. 

2754.  David  Anderson^  [2629]  (John  Anderson"*,  Mary^  (An- 
derson), Joseph  Morison'-^,  John^)  ;  farmer ;  res.  Londonderry, 
N.  H. ;  married  Persis  Tenney,  Oct.  1842;  she  was  boi-n  Oct.  4, 
1823  ;  her  father  was  David  Tenney,  a  native  of  Bradford,  jNIass. 

CHILDREN. 

2755.  Helen-F.  ;  m.  Wesley-B.  Knight;  he  was  a  Union   soldier,  aud  d. 

a  prisoner  of  war  at  Florence,  S.  C,  Oct.  8,  1864,  a  member  of 
4th  N.  H.  Pegt.  Vols.     One  child,  Georgietta-\V. 

2756.  Eliza-G.  ;  d.  March,  1875. 

2757.  George-V.  ;  enlisted  in   1st  N.  H.    cavalry,    Co.   A,    March,    1864; 

m.   1867,   .Mary-J.-S.  Kelley,   of   Salem,  N.   H.     Two  children : 
1st,  Edmuud-G.     2d,  Charles-W. ;  res.  Londonderry. 

2758.  Persis;  m.  May,  1873,  Albert-C.  Brown,  of  Haverhill,  .Mass.     One 

child,  Walter-C. 

2759.  Mary-J.-S. :  m.  Nov.  1876,  Matthew  Campbell,  of  Lltchfie.d,  N.  II. 


270  JOSEPH^  ;   MARY3    (ANDERSON)  ;    NANCY^   (GAGE).  [2760 

2760.  John  Anderson^  [2631]  (James  Anderson^  Mary=^  (An- 
derson), Joseph  Morison-,  John^) ;  farmer;  married  Lucy-A.  Far- 
well,  of  Bethel,  Me. ;  born  June  14,  1829  ;  he  died  of  consump- 
tion, June  17,  1858 ;  his  home  was  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  His 
widow  married  Horace  Adams;  res.  (1879)  in  Hampstead,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2761.  Naucy-A.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1852;  res.  Hampstead,  N.  H. 

2762.  Charles-M.,  b.  May  3,  1854;  res.  Maine. 

2763.  Edwiu-N.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1855;  res.  Maine. 

2764.  John-E.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1857;  d.  Sept.  21,  1860. 

2765.  William-W.  Gage^  [2633]  (Nancy^  (Gage),  Mary^  (An- 
derson), Joseph  Morison-,  John^)  ;  married  Sarah-W.  Griffin, 
Sept.  27,  1846  ;  res.  East  Somerville,  Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

2766.  Charles-Augustus,  b.  Aug.  8,  1847. 

2767.  Alice-Augusta,  b.  Oct.  15,  1854. 

2768.  Anuie-Storrs,  b.  Sept.  29,  1856. 

2769.  Abbie-Frances,  b.  Oct.  5,  1858. 

2770.  William-Washiugton,  Jr.,  b.  May  31,  1865. 

2771.  Leander  Gage^  [2634]  (Nancy^  (Gage),  MaryS  (Ander- 
son), Joseph  Morison-^,  John^)  ;  married,  June  18,  1845,  Mary-D. 
Allen,  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  where  he  res. 

CHILDREN. 

2772.  William-Leauder,  b.  1845  ;  enlisted  for  the  war  during  the  rebellion, 

in  the  42d  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.;  served  his  time,  and  returned; 
m.  Mary-E.  Burr,  June  20,  1876;  res.  Braintree,  Mass. 

2773.  Richard-Allen,  b.  April  2,  1848;  d.  Jan.  3u,  1851. 

2774.  Charles-Henry-Hall,  b.  June  28,  185U;  d.  March  9,  1863. 

2775.  Richard-Allen,  ]).  July  1(5,  1852;  m.  Hattie-A.  Holbrook,  Nov.  26, 

1874 ;  res.  Braintree,  Mass. 

2776.  Elizabeth-Denton,  b.  July  16,  1854;  d.  Oct.  7,  1854. 

2777.  Frederick- Allen,  b.  Aug.  15,  1855;  d.  Oct.  11,  1855. 

2778.  Aaron-Hardy  Gage^  [2636]  (Nancy^  (Gage),  Mary^  (An- 
derson), Joseph  Morison"',  John^) ;  married  Hannah  Humphrey, 
of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  May,  1850  ;  he  joined  the  U.  S.  army  in 
the  west,  and  aided  in  subduing  the  rebellion.  He  became  cap- 
tain of  a  company,  was  a  brave  officer  and  soldier  for  two  or 
three  years ;  after  the  war,  removed  to  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

CHILDREN. 

2779.     Anna.  2780.     Abbie.  2781.     Edwin. 

2782.  John-Anderson  Gage^  [-2637]  (Xancy^  (Gage),  Mary^ 
(Anderson),  Jose})h  Morison-,  John^)  ;  married.  May  6,  1851, 
Martha  Tenney,  of  Londonderry,  N.  II.;  res.  Derry,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

2783.  Ella-Frances,  b.  May  23,  1852;  d.  Dec.  25,  1874. 

2784.  Martha-Florence,  b.  Jan.  15,  1855;  d.  Jute  29,  1872. 

2785.  Charles-Franklin,  b.  Jan.  20,  1857;  d.  Feb.  28,  1860. 
278G.  Nancv-Jane,  b.  June  9,  1861 ;  d.  May  4,  1865. 

2787.     Lydia-P.,  b.  July  20,  1863;  d.  May  4,  1865. 


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FIFTH    GENERATION. — JOHN-A.    PLUMMEE.  271 


2788.  Mary5  (Nevins)  [2639]  (Mary^  (Plummer),  Mary^  (An- 
derson), Joseph  Morison-,  JohnV?  married,  Oct.  25,  1830,  Dea. 
James  Nevins,  of  Londonderry,  IST.  H. ;  farmer ;  died  jNIarch  9, 
1873,  aged  75  yrs. 

CniLDKEX. 

2789.  John,  b.  Oct.  3,  1831;  d.  July  11,  1856. 

2790.  Harriet,  b.  Jinie  27,  1833;  m.  April  20,  1854,  William-K.  McGregor, 

of  Londonderry,  N.  H. 

2791.  Mary,    b.   Nov.   G,"l835;  m.    Sept.  24,  1865,  Frederick  Gilcreast; 

farmer;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  H.  Three  children  :  1st,  Ertie-M. 
2d,  Hattie;  died  in  infancy.     3d,  Harry-xV. 

2792.  James-E.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1838;  d.  Dec.  1,  1853. 

2793.  William-P.,   b.   May  23,    1841;  he   was  a  member  of  Co.    H,  18th 

Regt.  N.  H.  Vols.,  and  was  present  at  the  siege  of  Richmond 
and  Petersburg,  and  capture  of  the  rebel  army  under  General 
Lee,  at  Appomattox;  m.  Sept.  14,  1871,  Julia-D.  Shepley,  of 
Londonderry;  farmer;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  H.  Three  chil- 
dren :  1st,  Mabel-F.-M.  2d,  Charles-H.";  d.  young.  3d,  Har- 
riet-J. 

2794.  Henry-A.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1843;  d.  March  11,  1872. 

2795.  Sarah-E.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1846;  d.  Oct.  10,  187G. 

2796.  John-A.  Plummer^  [2641]  (^Vlary*  (Plimimer),  Mary^ 
(Anderson),  Joseph  Morison-,  John^) ;  farmer  ;  res.  Londonderry, 
N.  H. ;  was  captain  of  infantry  in  8th  Regt.  N.  H.  Militia ;  mar- 
ried, Sept.  7,  1837,  Eliza-P.  Coffin. 

CHILDREN. 

2797.  Mary-N.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1838;  m.  June  9,  1859,  Joseph-D.  Vickery;  in- 

surance agent;  res.  Norwalk,  O.  One  child,  Emma-F.,  b.  Jan. 
5,  1862. 

2798.  Elmira-E.,  b.   May  29,   1840;  m.   July  22,    1858,  Rev.   H.-B.  Copp, 

b.  Kumney,  N.  H.  ;  member  of  N.  H.  Methodist  Episcopal  Con- 
ference. Three  children  :  1st,  Mary-E.  ;  d.  young.  2d,  John- 
H. ;  died  young.     3d,  Charles-M. 

2799.  Emma-A.,    b.    Feb.    5,    1842;    m.    Dec.    1,    1868,    Isaac-F.    Hobbs; 

farmer ;  res.  Lake  City,  la. ;  b.  Norway,  Me. ;  he  was  a  captain 
in  the  army  during  the  rebellion.  Three  children  :  1st,  Marv- 
L.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1869.  2d,  George-A.,  b.  1873.  3d,  William-F., 
b.  1876. 

2800.  Granville-F.,  b.  Sept.   11,   1844;  farmer;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  H. ; 

was  member  of  18th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols,  in  the  late  war;  m. 
Kate-E.  Hughes,  of  Windham,  Nov.  26,  1874. 

2801.  Laura-A.-M.,  b.  June  29,   1846;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  H. 

2802.  Albert-C,  b.  Sept.  29,  1851;  d.  March  25,  1873. 

2803.  William  Plummer'  [2642]  (Mary*  (Plummer),  Mary'' 
(Anderson),  Joseph  Morison'-,  John^) ;  res.  Nashua,  X.  II. ;  mar- 
ried Sybil-A.  Coffin,  of  Harrison,  Me.,  April  27,  1847. 

CHILDREN. 

2804.  Bell-L.,   b.   April  8,   1848;  m.   Frank-A.  Wheeler;  mechanic;   res. 

Nashua,  N.  H. ;  she  d.  Oct.  30,  1878. 

2805.  Fiber- W.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1856. 

2806.  Susan^  (Farwell)  [2643]  (Mary*  (Plummer),  Mary^ 
(Anderson),  Joseph  Morison,-  John^) ;  married,  Dec.  14,  1848, 
Darius-A.  Farwell,  of  West  Bethel,  Me. ;  farmer. 


272    JOSEPH^;  ABRAHAMS;  POLLY*  (PAUL);  LOUISAS  (TAYLOR).    [2807 

CIIII.DKEN. 

2807.  Alverton,  b.  Dec.   12,   1849;  m.   Nov.   23,    1875,  Alfreada-M.  Beau ; 

res.  Bethel,  JMe. 

2808.  Eugene-P.,  b.  Aug.  27,  18.5G:  res.  Bethel,  Me. 

2809.  Lizzie-M.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1S59;  m.  Dec.   10,  1878,  Edwiu-E.  Fothergill; 

res.  Gorham. 

2810.  Mary=  (Ripley)  [2647]  (Betsey^  (Dustin),  Mary«  (An- 
derson), Joseph  Morison'-,  John^) ;  married  Nathaniel  Ripley, 
born  at  Duxbury,  Mass.,  May  20,  1811  ;  farmer;  res.  Windham. 
On  the  death  of  his  Avife,  April  13,  1870,  he  sold  his  property  in 
"Windham,  and  now  (1880)  lives  with  his  daughter  in  Derry,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN,    I50KX   IN    WINDHAM,    N.    H. 

2811.  Lewis,  b.  Oct.  11,  1835;  carpenter;  res.  Maiden,  Mass.;  m.  Lucy- 

M.  Ray,  of  Auburn,  N.  H.,  April  19,  18()4.    One  child,  Alice-J., 
h.  Jan.  18G7. 

2812.  Thonias-K.,  b.  Jane  3,   1839;  enlisted  in  20th  Regt.   Mass.  Vols., 

and  d.  in  Virginia,  April  9,  I86i. 

2813.  Amos-S.,  b.  Now    11,   1843;  merchant  tailor;  res.  Franklin  Falls, 

N.  H. ;  m.  Feb.  1867,  Mary-J.  Davis,  of  Andover,  N.  H.     One 
son  ;  d.  in  infancj'. 

2814.  Augustus-C,  b.  Sov.  19,   1847;  locomotive  engineer;  res.  Boston, 

Mass.;  m.  March  5,  1871,  M.-Abbie  Ford,  of  Boston. 

2815.  M.-Josephine,    b.   Aug.   24,    185f;  m.   March   IS,    1874,  Warren-P. 

Home,  of  Derrv,  N.  H.,  b.  May  20,   1842:  lumber-dealer;  res. 
Derry.     One  child,  Edith-G.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1875. 

SIXTH   GENERATION. 

2816.  Hon.  Matthew-Harvey  Taylor^  [2667]  (Louisa-^  (Taylor), 
PoUy^  (Paul),  Abraham  Morison^,  Joseph-,  John^)  ;  born  in  Derry, 
X.  li.,  Nov.  29,  1829;  res.  there  till  1846,  when  he  rem.  to  Salem, 
N.  H.,  where  he  still  res.  He  is  a  woolen  manufacturer  and 
farmer ;  has  filled  various  offices  in  his  town  ;  served  as  selectman 
four  years,  and  represented  his  town  in  the  legislature  in  1867-68, 
and  '79-80  ;  was  a  member  of  the  N.  H.  senate  in  1871-72,  and 
filled  the  office  of  moderator  of  the  town-meetings  eight  years, 
and  enumerator  of  the  census  in  1880.  He  married  Ellen,  dau. 
of  John  Taylor,  a  woolen  manufacturer,  of  Salem  ;  he  is  the  fifth 
generation  removed  from  Matthew  Taylor,  first  emigrant,  who 
lived  on  the  James-C.  Taylor  })lace,  in  Derry,  N.  H. 

CHILDHEN,    liOUN    IN    SALKM,    N.    H. 

2817.  Ellen-L.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1854;  m.  1878,  Levi-W.  Taylor,  son  of  Daniel 

Taylor,  of  Salem;  trader;  res.  Salem,  N.  H. 

2818.  John-H.,  b.  Julv  20,  185(3. 

2819.  Thomas-M.,  b."Sept.  0,  1857. 

2820.  Mary-A.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1859. 

2821.  Charles-M.,  b.  Nov.  29,  18(10 

2822.  George-W.,  b.  Jan.  (5,  18()3. 

2823.  Henrv-P.,  b.  Oct.  29,  18fi4. 

2824.  Cora-F.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1866. 

2825.  Laura-E.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1869. 

2826.  Eva-B.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1872. 

2827.  Effie-G.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1875. 

2828.  Fred-L.,  b.  April  4,  1S78. 


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2841]  SIXTH    GENERATION.  —  CHARLES-P.    MORRISON.  273 

2829.  Louisa-J.6  (Foster)  [2669]  (Louisa^  (Taylor),  Polly* 
(Paul),  Abraham  Morison^,  Joseph'^,  John^) ;  married,  April  9, 
1860,  Herman  Foster,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.;  shoe  manufacturer, 

CHILDREN. 

2830.  George-H.,  b.  Feb.  S,  18G1. 

2831.  Mary-L.,  b.  May  12,  1865. 

2832.  Elleii-L.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1872;  d.  March  5,  1874. 

2833.  Thomas-E.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1874. 

2834.  Martin  Taylor"  [2670]  (Louisa-  (Taylor),  Polly*  (Paul), 
Abraham  Morison^,  Joseph'-,  John^)  ;  born  in  Deny,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
21,  1888;  res.  in  Haverhill,  Mass.;  clothier,  and  member  of  the 
well-known  firm  of  "  Three  Taylors,"  of  that  city.  He  married, 
April  30,  1861,  Sarah-W.,  daus^hter  of  Otis  Tavlor,  of  Atkinson, 
N.  H. ;  she  died  March  24,  f864  ;  married,  2d,  April  27,  1865, 
Laura-A.  Floyd,  of  Derry,  N.  H. 

CiriLDREN,    BORX   IX    HAVERHILL,    MASS. 

2835.  Martin-Allison,  b.  Nov.  17,  1867. 

2836.  Herbert-Floyd,  b.  Sept.  6,  1871. 

2837.  Harvey-Clinton,  b.  May  15,  1875. 

2838.  Charles-P.«  [2740]  (Joseph-G.^  Joseph*,  John^  Joseph'^ 
John^)  ;  was  born  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  26,  1837 ;  married. 
May  3,  1856,  Mary-Agnes  Plummer,  of  Newburyport,  Mass. ; 
she  was  born  1831,  and  died  July  15,  1861,  leaving  three  children. 
He  married,  2d,  April  23,  1864,'Mary-C.  Balch,  of  Xewburyport. 
He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Co.  A,  8th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols. ;  served, 
four  months  at  Washington  and  Baltimore ;  was  afterwards 
elected  lieutenant  in  Co.  A,  48th  Eegt.  JNIass.  Vols.,  and  served, 
under  General  Banks  in  Department  of  the  Gulf,  participating 
in  the  battle  of  Plain's  Store  and  in  the  repeated  assaults  on 
Port  Hudson.  On  his  return  from  the  war,  he  made  the  study 
of  music  a  profession,  and  resided  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  till 
1867  ;  after  that,  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  till  1879,  when  he  rem. 
to  St.  Louis,  his  present  residence.  He  is  author  of  "  Morrison's 
Collection  of  Church  Music,"  "In  Memoriam,"  and  other  pieces, 
and  is  now  writing  a  "History  of  Gregorian  ]Music."  He  is 
professor  of  music  at  Washington  University,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

CHILDREX,    BORX   IX    XKWBL'RYrORT,    MASS. 

2839.  Charles-F.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1857. 

2840.  Mary- Alice,  b.  April  11,  1859;  d.  March  30,  1863. 

2841.  Hattie-Agnes,  b.  July  7,  1861 ;  d.  Aug.  4,  1861. 

This  closes  the  record  of  the  descendants  of  John  Morison, 
who  died  in  1736. 


274         CHARTER    ROBERT   MORISON.  —  FIRST   GENERATION.    [2842 


CHAPTER    XIII. 

First    Generation.  —  History    of    Charter    Robert    Morison,    of 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  his  Descendants. 


ROBERT   MORISON. —FIRST    GENERATION   IN   AMERICA. 

2842.  Robert  Morison  was  prohahly  born  in  Ireland  ;  he  died 
in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  The  dates  of  his  birth  and  death  are  not 
known.     His  wife's  name,  as  mentioned  in  Londonderry  records, 

was  Elizabeth .     He  settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1719, 

and  was  one  of  the  119  persons  to  whom  the  charter  of  the 
town  was  given.  His  home-lot  was  east  of  Derry  East  Village 
(see  map),  and  was  subsequently  owned  by  his  sons,  Dea.  Robert 
and  William  Morison.  The  relationship  existing  between  him 
and  the  other  Morisons  of  Londonderry  is  not  known.  A  fac- 
simile of  his  autograph  is  here  given  :  — 


CHILDREN. 


2843.  Robert  (2846),  b.  1714;  d.  Feb.  7,  1794,  aged  80  yrs. 

2844.  William  (2847),  b.  Nov.  30,  172G;  d.  Feb.  28,  1788,  aged  62  yrs. 

2845.  Sallie;  m. Colburn ;  lived  and  d.  iu  Derry,  N.  H. 


SECOND    GENERATION. 

284G.  Robert-  [2843]  (Robert^).  Dea.  Robert  Morison  was 
born  in  Ireland  in  1714,  and  was  brought  by  his  parents  to 
America  in  1718,  and  to  Londonderry,  N.H.,  in  the  year  following. 
He  lived  on  the  homestead,  of  which  he  was  half-owner.  The 
site  of  the  old  cellar  can  still  be  located,  and  is  near  the  place 
known  on  the  map  of  Rockingham  County  as  Mr.  Hamilton's. 
He  was  an  elder  in  the  West  Parish  church  (now  Londonderry), 
and  his  name  is  attached  to  an  agreement  to  settle  the  Rev. 
David  McGregor  in  the  West  Parish  in  1736.  It  is  also  on  an 
agreement  in  1740,  as  one  of  the  forty  families  in  the  East  Parish, 
to  attend  church  in  the  West  Parish.  He  was  chosen  parish 
selectman  in  1758,  '59,  '60,  and  1768,  '69.  His  name  appears 
upon  the  list  of  the  "Association  Test,"  June   24,   1776.      He 


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never  married,  and  died  Feb.  7,  1794.  From  the  probate 
records  of  Rockingham  County,  it  appears  that  he  left  a  will, 
with  legacies  to  his  relatives.  "To  William  Morison  (son  of  my 
nephew,  David  Morison)";  to  "widow  Jean  Morison,"  his  sister- 
in-law,  £15  each  ;  to  Jean  Lnce  (daughter  of  William,  his  brother), 
wife  of  Moses  Luce,  of  Hartland,  Vt.,  and  to  Mary  Shirley,  wife 
of  William  Shirley,  of  Chester,  N.  H.,  £15  of  lawful  money. 
To  his  nephew,  David  Morison,  he  wills  the  residue  of  his 
property,  if  any  remain.  He  makes  mention  of  his  "honoured 
father."  Date  of  will,  Feb.  4,  1794.  Dr.  Isaac  Thom  was  ap- 
pointed executor.  By  the  side  of  his  friends  and  kindred,  in  the 
first  cemetery  of  old  Ijondonderry,  Robert  Morison  rests  in  peace. 
2847.  William'-  [2844]  (Robert^)  ;  was  born  in  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  30,  1726;  died  Feb.  28,  1788,  aged  62  yrs.  He 
lived  upon,  and  owned  half  of,  the  homestead  ;  his  wife  was  Jane 
Rogers.  Her  death  did  not  occur  till  after  1794.  His  name 
appears  upon  the  Association  Test,  June  24,  1776. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 

2848.  Robert  (2854),  b.  Jan.  1747;  res.  Windsor,  Vt. ;  d.  June  10.  1802. 

2849.  Hannah ;  m.  Alexander  Clark,  and  rem.  to  Belfast,  Me. ;  d.  Dec. 

23,  1820  ;  no  issue. 

2850.  Jane ;  m.  Moses  Luce :  res.  Stowe,  Vt. ;  five  daughters,  who  lived 

and  died  in  Stowe;  there  are  a  large  number  of  descendants, 
who  are  scattered  over  the  country. 

2851.  Lizzie;  in.  Montgomery;  res.  Hartland,  Vt. 

2852.  David  (2862),  b.  Oct.  14,  1756;  res.  Windsor,  Vt.  ;  d.  Jan.  5,  1826, 

aged  69  yrs. 

2853.  Mary  (2871),  b.  1760;  m.  Lieut.  William  Shirley,  of  Chester,  N.  H.  ; 

she  d.  1843,  aged  83  yrs. 


THIRD    GENERATION. 

2854.  Roberf^  [2848]  (William^  Robert^) ;  farmer ;  born  in 
Londonderry,  N.  li.,  Jan.  1747  ;  settled  in  Windsor,  Vt.,  about 
1790;  his  wife  was  Catherine,  daughter  of  Adonijah  and  Abigail 
(Athorn)  Luce,  of  Martha's  Vineyard,  Mass. ;  she  was  born  Oct. 
27,  1747 ;  he  died  in  Windsor,  June  10,  1802,  aged  55  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2855.  Abigail,  b.  May  29,  1776;  m.  John  Bagley ;  res.  Hartland,  Vt. 

2856.  Jane  (2878),  b.  March  11,  1778;  m.  James  Walker;  res.  Hartland. 

2857.  Mary,  b.  March  29,  1782;  d.  April  3,  1795,  aged  13  yrs. 

2858.  Catherine,  b.  Jan.  25,  1783 ;  m.  Moses  Weed,  of  Hartland,  Vt. 

2859.  James  (2885),  b.  March  1,  1785;  d.  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  Sept.  29, 

1844,  aged  59  yrs. 

2860.  William  (2891),  b.  April  9,  1788;  d.  June  26,  1873,  aged  85  yrs. 

2861.  Zebina,  b.  May  20,  1790;  d.  young. 

2862.  David^  [2852]  (William-,  Robert^) ;  farmer;  born  in 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  14,  1750;  settled  in  AVindsor,  Vt.,  about 
1794,  and  died  there,  Jan.  5,  1826,  aged  69  yrs.  He  took  a  deed 
of  his  farm  in  Windsor,  Oct.  12,  1795.     His  wife  was  jNIargaret 


276  CHAHTKR    ROBERT^  ;    WILLIAM^  ;    MARY3    (SHIRLF.Y).       [2863 

McGrath,  of  Londonderry,  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  July  5, 
1766.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Irehind.  In  Feb.  1781,  he 
went  as  a  soldier  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution,  where  his  health 
was  much  impaired,  and  he  nearly  lost  his  hearing;  she  died 
Aug.  30,  1843,  aged  77  yrs. 

CHILDHEX,    ALL   BORN   IX   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H.    (EXCEPT   DIADAJIA). 

2863.  William;  m.  Rachel  Lewis,   of  Windsor,  Vt.,  and  d.   in   Rutland, 

Vt.     One  son,  William;  no  record. 

2864.  Hannah  (2900),  b.  1790;  m.  William  Adams,  of  Windsor,  Vt. 

2865.  John-Bush  (2907),  b.  Feb.  8,  1793  ;  d.  Plattskill,  N.  Y.,  1855,  aged  62. 

2866.  Eliza;  m.  Nahum  Temple,   of  Windsor,  Vt.,   who  d.   about   1844; 

m.,  2d.  Edward  Bachelder,   of  Baltimore,  Vt.  ;  she  d.   Spring- 
held,  Vt.,  Jan.  7,  1864;  he  is  deceased. 

2867.  Daniel  (2916),   b.   Nov.   9,  1796;  d.   Windsor,   Vt.,   Jan.    12,  1839, 

aged  43  yrs. 

2868.  Diadama,  b.  about  1801 ;  rem.  to  New  York  ;  m. Hoyt;  m.,  2d, 

Rev.  Leet,  of  Michigan. 

2869.  Relief  (2921),   b.   Feb.    13,    1804,  West  Windsor,   Vt.  ;    m.   Hiram 

King;  d.  Laugdon,  N.  H.,  1877,  aged  74  yrs. 

2870.  Lorenzo  (2924),  b.  West  Windsor,  Vt.,  Oct.  8,  1807;  d.  Claremont, 

N.  H.,  1874,  aged  66  yrs. 

2871.  Mary3  (Shirley)  [2853]  (William  Morison-,  lloberti) ; 
born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  1760 ;  married  Lieut.  William 
Shirley,  of  Chester,  N.  H.  (see  Shirley  Family,  History  of  Chester, 
N.  H.) ;  she  was  a  person  of  strong  mind  and  remarkable  memory ; 
she  died  in  Chester,  N.  H.,  July,  1843,  aged  83  yrs  ;  he  was  for 
several  years  clerk  of  the  Presbyterian  parish ;  he  died  in  1807. 

CHILDREN. 

2872.  Margaret,  b.  Aug.  6,  1789;  d.  Chester,  N.  H.,  April  7,  1875. 

2873.  James  (2927),  b.  May,  1791;  d.  March  16,  1863. 

2874.  John  (2933),  b.  1793;,  d.  Jan.  2,  1864.    ' 

2875.  William  (2940),  b.  Feb.  1799;  res.  Goflstown,  N.  H. 

2876.  Mary  (2946),  b.  Nov.  9,  1800;  m.  Samuel  Cowdry,  of  Chester,  N.  H. 

2877.  Robert,    b.    1803;    m.    Sarah-Ann    Goodspeed ;    res.    Walnut   Hill, 

Chester,  N.   H. ;  farmer,  postmaster,  and  instice  of  peace ;  d. 
Nov.  12,  1878. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 

2878.  Jane'»  (Walker)  [2856]  (Robert  Morison^,  Willianr, 
Robert^);  born  March  11,  1788;  married,  1796,  James  AValker ; 
res,  Hartland,  Vt. ;  she  died  Sept.  15,  1817,  aged  39  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2879.  Matilda,  b.  Feb.  13,  1798;  d.  Nov.  30,  1856;  m.  March,  1821,  Gard- 

ner Marcy,  Jr.,  of  Hartland,  Vt. 

2880.  William,   b.   April  7,   1800;  d.   Nov.  1866;  m.   Rachel   Stevens,    of 

Hartland,  Vt. 

2881.  Mary,  b.  Feb.  19,  1805;  m.  Dec.  2,  1824,  Sebastian  Cabot,  of  Hart- 

land, Vt.,  d.  Nov.  26,   1833;  three  children;  m.,  2d,  Foster-T. 
Alexander,  of  Hartland,  Vt.  ;  she  d.  Aug.  18,  1873;  one  child. 

2882.  Jacob-C,  b.  June,  1809;  d.  Dec.  31,  1811. 

2883.  Harriet,  b.  Feb.  4,   1812;  d.  April  10,  1852;  m.  April  28,  1833,  Dr. 

J.-T.  Miller,  of  Hartland,  Vt. ;  rem.  to  Michigan,  1836. 

2884.  Caroline-F.,  b.  Dec.   19,   1814;  m.   May  5,   1833,  Wells-G.   Hadley ; 

res.  Hartland,  Vt. 


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2885.  James^  [2859]  (Robert^  William-,  Roborti) ;  bom  in 
Hartland,  Vt.,  March  1,  1784;  inarried,  Jan.  1,  1801),  Abigail,  dan. 
of  Francis  and  Marcia  (Hodginan)  Cabot,  born  in  Hartland,  Vt., 
July  11,  1784.  He  died  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  Sept.  29,  1844, 
aged  59  yrs. ;  she  died  in  Stowe,  Vt.,  May  29,  1836,  aged  51 
yrs.  10  mos. 

CIIILDKEX,    BORN   IN    WINDSOK,    VT. 

2886.  James  (2951),  b.  Jiilv  II,  1810;  res.  Stowe,  Vt. 

2887.  Francis  (296G),  b.  April  20,  1813. 

2888.  Abigail  (2959),  b.  March,  21,  1815;  d.  Jan.  19,  ISG5. 

2889.  Jane,  b.  Sept.  10,  1817;   d.  Feb.  18,  1807. 

2890.  Lucy-M.  (2966),  b.  May  28,  1821. 

2891.  William^  [2860]  (Robert^  William-',  Robert^) ;  was  born 
in  Hartland,  Vt.,  April  9,  1788;  married,  Feb.  11,  1813,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Marcia  (Hodgman)  Cabot,  of  Hartland, 
Vt.,  where  she  was  born  April  2,  1789,  and  died  Oct.  4,  1841. 
He  died  June  26,  1873,  aged  85  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2892.  Mary,  b.  Feb.  11,  1814;  d.  Jan.   22,    1842;  m.    Jolni  McAlister,  of 

Irasburg,  Vt.  Three  children  :  1st,  Henry.  2d,  Ellen.  3d,  Adelia. 

2893.  Ann  (2973),  b.   Dec.   4,    1815;  m.  April  7,  1840,  Lycander  Luce,  of 

Stowe,  Vt. ;    farmer;  res.  Hay  ward,  Minn. 

2894.  William  (2978),  b.  Nov.  26,  1817;  d.  Jan.  15,  1863. 

2895.  Caroline(2981),b.  Oct.3,  1819;  m.  Alm'd-D.  Luce  ;  hed.  Jan.  11, 1880. 

2896.  Harriet,   b.   June  10,    1821;  m.    A.   Barrows,   b.  Canada,  Dec.   19, 

1822 ;  she  d.  Oct.  4,  1845. 

2897.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  28,  1823;  d.  Dec.  8,  1858;  was  the  wife  of  William 

Blodgett.  Three  children:  1st,  Hattie.  2d,  Marion.  3d,  William. 

2898.  Susan,  b.  Dec.  30,  1825;  d.  March  12,  1854;  single. 

2899.  Cabot,  b.  Aug.  12,  1829;  m.  Mary  Bagley;  res.  Stowe,  Vt. 

2900.  Hannah^  (Adams)  [2864]  (David  Morison^,  William-, 
Robert^)  ;  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  1790 ;  died  in  Hartland, 
Vt.,  March,  1864;  her  husband  was  William  Adams,  born  1791; 
died  in  West  Windsor,  Vt.,  March  19,  1860. 

CHILDREN. 

2901.  Albert  (2986),  b.  Dec.  2,  1816;  res.  Woodstock,  Vt. 

2902.  Lois,  b.  1819;  res.  Hartland,  Vt. 

2903.  John,  b.  1822;  d.  Hartland,  Vt.,  Dec.  1846. 

2904.  David-M.,  b.  1824;  d.  Hartland,  Vt.,  Aug.  22,  1869. 

2905.  Eliza,  b.  1828 ;  res.  Hartland,  Vt. 

2906.  Charles,  b.  1831;  d.  Hartland,  Vt.,  Sept.  21,  1865. 

2907.  John-Busli^  [2865]  (David^  William-,  Robert^) ;  born 
in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Feb.  8,  1793 ;  rem.  to  Windsor,  Vt., 
when  young,  with  his  parents.  Being  far  from  any  school,  he 
did  not  acquire  a  knowledge  of  the  alphabet  till  about  fourteen 
years  of  age,  when  he  commenced  study,  and  made  rapid  prog- 
ress. He  removed  to  Plattskill,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  when 
eighteen  years  of  age,  and  devoted  himself  to  teaching,  in  which 
calling  he  was  eminently  successful,  and  was  a  teacher  for  more 
than  forty  years  in  the  common  schools.     He  often  occupied  the 


278         CHARTER    ROBERTi  ;    WILLIAM-^  ;    DAVIDS  ;    DANIEL".       [2908 

position  of  school  committee  and  supervisor  of  the  town.  He 
married,  Nov.  G,  1828,  Sarah  Douglierty,  of  Montgomery,  N,  Y,, 
where  she  was  born,  March  27,  1796.  They  Avere  members  of  the 
Dutch  Reformed  Chm-ch.  "  He  was  a  man  of  sound  judgment 
and  unwavering  truth,  and  died  in  the  faith  of  the  Gospel,"  Jan. 
6,  1853.     She  died  at  Plattskill,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  1872,  aged  77  yrs. 

CHILDREX,    BORN   IX   PLATTSKILL,    N.    Y. 

2908.  Isabella-H.  (2989)  ;  d.  July,  1862. 

2909.  Peter;  farmer;  res.  Green  Bay,  Wis.;  m.  Sept.  17,  1861,  Mary-B. 

Appazilia.  Eleven  children:  1st,  Robert-D.,  b.  July  24,  1862. 
2d,  Charles,  b.  1863.  3d,  John-Franklin,  b.  1865;  d.  1870.  4th, 
Mary,  b.  1867.  5th,  Olive,  b.  1868.  6th,  Isabella,  b.  1870.  7th, 
Janiiie,  b.  1871;  d.  1872.  8th,  Jannie,  b.  1873.  9th,  Ida,  b. 
1875.     10th,  Edith,  b.  1877.     11th,  Peter,  b.  1879. 

2910.  Robert-Douii-hertv  ;  steamboat  engineer ;  d.  1859. 

2911.  Lydia-E.-E.  T  res.' Plattskill,  N.  y7 

2912.  Ferdinand-V.  (2995),  b.  Sept.  19,  1834;  res.  New  York. 

2913.  Eugene-C.  (2998),  b.  Jan.  22,  1837;  res.  New  York. 

2914.  Charles-Drake;  d.  Soldiers'  Hospital,  Baton  Rouge,  La. 

2915.  Mary-Caroline;  res   Plattskill,  N.  Y. 

2916.  Daniel^  [2867]  (David^  William-',  Robert^) ;  farmer ;  was 
born  in  Windsor,  Vt.,  Nov.  9,  1796  ;  married,  June  2,  1822,  Chloe 
Bishop,  born  in  Barre,  Vt.,  June  12,  1800  ;  he  died  Jan.  12,  1839, 
aged  42  yrs.;  she  died  June  10,  1852. 

CHILDKKN,    BOUN    IN    WINDSOR,    VT. 

2917.  Solon  (3004),  b.  April  14,  1823;  teacher;  res.  Montreal,  P.  Q. 

2918.  Marquis-F.  (3012),  b.  March  2,  1825;  farmer;  res.  Windsor,  Vt. 

2919.  Lorenzo  (3023),  b.  June  5,  1827;  res.  Ilartland,  Vt. 

2920.  David  (3032),  b.  May  4,  1830;  d.  April  5,  1877. 

2921.  Relief^  (King)  [2869]  (David  Morison^  William^,  Rob- 
ert^);  born  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Feb.  13,  1804;  married,  Dec.  1, 
1836,  Hiram  King,  born  in  Langdon,  N.  H.,  Aug.  31,  1811; 
farmer  ;  has  res.  in  Haverhill,  Bath,  Benton,  and  Langdon,  N.  H. ; 
now  res.  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. ;  she  died  in  Langdon,  N.  H.,  April 
11,  1877  ;  she  was  admired  and  respected  by  all. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    HAVERHILL,    N.    H. 

2922.  Clara,  b.  Feb   26,  1839;  d.  Feb   26,  1839. 

2922^.  Eliza-M.,  b.  May  13,  1840;  m.  Aug.  25,  1862,  Franklin  Blodgett,  b. 
July  12,  1833;  res.  Dorchester,  N.  H. :  farmer.  Two  children: 
Isti  Jeremiah,  b.  April  16,  1867.     2d,  Willie,  b.  Dec.  23,  1869. 

2923.  Hiram,  b.  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Nov.  24,  1842;  res.  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.  ; 

has  res.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Charlestown,  Langdon,  Bath,  N.  H. ; 
prop,  of  marble  works,  Bellows  Falls;  m.  Nov.  17,  1864,  Liz- 
zie-A.,  dan.  of  Pembroke  Leland,  of  Mt.  Desert,  Me. ;  she  was 
b.  Eden,  Me.,  Sept.  22,  1842.  One  child,  Ethel-N.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1871. 

2924.  Lorenzo^  [2870]  (David^  William'^,  Robert^) ;  was  born 
in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  8,  1807  ;  mason  ;  res.  Lowell,  Mass., 
and  Claremont,  N.  H. ;  a  worthy,  conscientious  man.  He  mar- 
ried, Dec.  18,  1837,  Eliza,  daughter  of  John  and  Polly  (Hilliard) 
Weld,  of  Cornish,  N.  H.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1816;  he  d.  in  Claremont, 
N.  H.,  July  18,  1874 ;  his  widow  res.  with  a  dau.  in  latter  place. 


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CIIILDREX,    BORN  IN   CLAREMOXT,    N.    II. 

2925.     Francena-E.,    b.    March   2,    1840;    m.    Sept.   26,   ISGl,   Georiic-W. 

Howe,   of  Lowell,    Mass.,   b.   New  Hampton,  N.   H.,    April  6, 

1828;  res.   Claremout;  mason.     One   son,    DeWitt-Clinton,    b. 

Oct.  11,  1872. 
2920.     Henrietta,   b.   June   14,   1847;  tl.  Clareraont,   N.  H.,   Sept.  G,  18G5, 

aged  18  yrs. 

2927.  James  Shirley^  [2873]  (Mary^  (Shirley),  William  Mor- 
ison'^,  Robert^)  ;  born  in  Chester,  N.  H.,  May,  1791 ;  blacksmith  ; 
res.  at  different  times  at  Derry,  Chester,  N.  H.,  Canton,  Mass., 
and  Manchester,  N.  H. ;  died  at  Goftstown,  N.  H.,  March  16, 
1863.  He  married,  in  1823,  Mrs.  Clara  (Hazelton)  Forsaith,  who 
died  Aug.  24,  1843,  aged  44  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

2928.  Lucinda,  b.  Chester,  N.  H.,  April  5,  1824;  m.  March  20,  18G2,  John 

Ferson ;  res.  Goflstown,  N.  H.  ;  farmer.  Two  children:  ]>t. 
Mary-Frances,  b.  May  20,  18G5;  d.  Sept.  22,  1SG5.  2d,  Jolm- 
Russell,  b.  Nov.  9,  18G7. 

2929.  John,  b.  Chester,   N.  H.,   Feb.  11,  1827;  m.  Dorcas  Collins.  Sept. 

5,  1850;  she  d.  Feb.  18,  1876;  machinist;  res.  Lyndonville,  Vt.  ; 
was  a  member  of  3d  Vt.  Kegt.  in  the  late  war.  One  child. 
Clara-Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  8,  1852. 

2930.  William-Morisou,  b.  Derry,  N.  H.,  Sept.  7,  1829;  d.  Sept.  23,  1831. 

2931.  Margaret-A.,   b.   Derry,   N.   H.,  Feb.  22,  1831  ;  m.  Robert   Shirley 

(see  No.  2944),  d.  18G1;  she  m.,  2d,  William  Shirley,  of  Gofls- 
town (see  No.  2943)  ;  farmer. 

2932.  George-Henry,  b.  Manchester,  N.  H.,   May  8,    1836;  m.   Jennie-A. 

Sweatt,  June  24,  i8G5,  b.  June  17,  1844;  is  in  the  employ  of  Am. 
Watch  Co.,  Waltham,  Mass.  Two  children:  1st,  Bertha-A., 
b.  Nov.  18,  1869.     2d,  Jennie-L.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1877;  d.  young. 

2933.  John  Shirley^  [2874]  (Mary^  (Shirley),  William  Morison^, 
Robert^)  ;  born  in  Chester,  N.  H.,"  March,  1793 ;  married  Folly 
Graham  ;  farmer;  res.  Chester,  N.  H.,  where  he  died,  Jan.  2,  1863, 
She  died  Feb.  7,  1868,  aged  73  }^ts. 

CHILDREN. 

2934.  Hannah ;  res.  Chester,  N.  H. 

2935.  William;  res.  Chester. 
293G.     Mary;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

2937.  Harriet;  d.  March  1,  18G8. 

2938.  Dolly;  d.  Sept.  12,  1851,  aged  20  yrs. 

2939.  John;  res.  Methuen,  Mass. 

2940.  William  Shirley*  [2875]  (Mary^  (Shirley),  William 
Morisoir,  Robert^);  born  in  Chester,  N.  H.,  Feb.  1,  1799; 
married  Cyrena  Page,  in  1828,  and  res.  Goffstown,  N.  H. ;  died 
March  20,  1860. 

CHILDREN. 

2941.  John-Dinsmoor,  b.  Sept.  1,  1829;  d.  Sept.  23,  1840. 

2942.  Lydia-Dinsmoor,  b.  Nov.  9,  1832;  d.  Aprils,  1858. 

2943.  William,  b.  Dec.  19,   1834;  m.  Nov.  2,   1863,  Margaret-A.   Shirley 

(his  cousin)  ;  res.  Goftstown,  N.  H.  ;  farmer.  Five  chiklren  : 
1st.  Moses-Gage,  b.  May  15,  1865.  2d,  L3'dia-Dinsmoor,  b.  Feb. 
7,  1SG7.  3d,  Lizzie,  b.  April  23,  1869:  d.  Oct.  1,  18G4.  4th, 
William,  b.  July  22,  1871.     5th,  Annie-Olive,  b.  Dec.  28,  1874. 

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280  CHARTER   ROBERTi  ;    WILLIAM^  ;    ROBERTS  ;   JAMES^.     [2944 

29U.     Robert,  b.  April  5,  1837;  d.  Oct.  27,  1801 ;  m.  Margaret-A.  Shirley. 
2945.     Rodney,  b.  Nov.  27,  1843;  d.  Aug.  11,  18G2. 

2946.  Mary^  (Cowclrey)  [2876]  (Mary^  (Shirley),  William 
Morison-,  Robert^);  born  in  Chester,  N.  H.,  Nov.  9,  1800  ;  mar- 
ried Samuel  Cowdrey,  and  res.  on  the  homestead  (1880). 

CHILDREN. 

2947.  William-S.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1819;  m.,  Lst,  Eliza-J.  Wilson,  of  Methueu, 

Mass.  ;  m.,  2d,  Martlia-M.  Farnham,  of  North  Andover,  Mass. ; 
m.,  3d,  Sarah-E.  Irving;  res.  North  Andover. 

2948.  Robert,  b.  Dec.  2,  1826;  m.  Hannah  Shaw,  of  Chester,  N.  H. ;  res. 

Winchester,    Mass. ;    piano  business,    firm   of  Cowdrey,  Cobb 
&  Co. 

2949.  Elizabeth-Ann,    b.  Dec.  16,  1834;    m.  John  Heminway;  res.  AViu- 

chester,  Mass. 
29.50.     Keziah-Jane,  b.  Oct.  6,  1838;  m.  William-C.  Ela;  farmer:  res.  on 
the  homestead. 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

2951.  James^  [2886]  (James",  Eobert^  William^  Robert^) ; 
born  in  Windsor,  Vt.,  July  11,  1810;  married,  March  29,  1835, 
Christina,  daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Luce)  Wilkins  ;  farmer ; 
res.  Stowe,  Vt.  She  died  July  17,  1878,  with  consumption,  aged 
63  yrs.  6  mos.  He  married,  2d,  May  13,  1874,  Lucetta  Bailey, 
born  in  1837. 

CniLDREN,    BORN  IN   STOWE,    VT. 

2952.  Mary-Jane,  b.  Jan.  81,   1838;  m.  Feb.  4,  1860,  Sylvester  Sears,  b. 

Feb.  5,  1829 ;  res.  Stowe,  Vt. 

2953.  Jane-W.,   b.    March    18,    1840;    m.    March    13,    1866,    Solomon-K. 

Weeks,  b.  Dec.   1822;  d.   April  8,   1875,  with  consumption. 

2954.  Phoebe-C,  b.  May  15,  1845;  m.  Nov.  19,  1871,  Geo.-W.  Adams,  b. 

July  25.  1840;  res.  Stowe,  Vt. 

2955.  Frances-J.,  b.   April  8,   1848;  m.   Aug.   3,    1868,   James  Houston, 

b.  March  1,  1846;  res.  Stowe,  Vt. 

2956.  Francis^  [2887]  (James",  Robert^  William^,  Robert^)  ; 
born  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  April  20,  1813;  married  Hannah-R., 
daughter  of  E.  and  Nancy  (Lathrop)  Perkins,  of  Stowe,  Vt., 
Dec.  24,  1840. 

CniLDREX. 

2957.  Henry-B.,  b.  Stowe,  Vt.,  Nov.  29,  1843;  m.  Ada  Benson,  of  Minn. 

2958.  Oscar-P.,  b.  Waterbury,  Vt.,  Oct.  2,  1849. 

2959.  AbigaiP  (Heath)  [2888]  (James  Morison",  Robert^ 
William-,  Robert^)  ;  born  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  March  21,  1815  ;  mar- 
ried, Feb.  1,  1840,  William  Heath,  of  Johnson,  Vt. ;  she  died 
with  a  cancer,  at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  19,  1865,  aged  48  yrs. 

CniLDUEX. 

2960.  Susan-A.,   b.   Johnson,  Vt.,   April   6,   1842;  m.  Lewis  Hudson,  of 

Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  1867;  rem.  to  Minnesota;  d. 

2961.  Cora,  b.  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  April  26,  1844;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

2962.  James,  b.  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  1846. 

2963.  Carlos,  b.  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  3,  1849. 


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2964.  Rosa,  b.  Aug.  11,  1854;  m.  Royal  Hamlin,  of  Potsdam,  N.  Y. ;  res. 

(1876")  Lowell,  Mass. 

2965.  Emma-J.,  b.  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  April  13,  1858. 

2966.  Lucy-M.5  (Fish)  [2890]  (James  ISIorisonS  Robert^,  Wil- 
liam-, Robert^) ;  born  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  May  28,  1821 ;  m.  May 
18,  1848,  EdwarcT-L.  Fish,  of  Stowe,  Vt.;  res.  Brookline,  X.  H. 

CIIILDKEX. 

2967.  Emma-Jane,    b.    Stowe,  Vt.,    March   9,    1849;  m.  March  9,   1869, 

Lewis-H.  Hodgman,  of  Mason,  N.  H. ;  res.  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 

2968.  Wellnian-Jenness,  b.    Stowe,  Vt.,  Jan.   4,    1855;  m.   May  4,    1878, 

Lyra  Haj'ward;  res.  Ashby,  Mass. 

2969.  Flore'nce-Viola,    b.   Stowe,  Vt.,   Sept.   2,    1858;  m.   Nov.   6,    1876, 

Marcelliis-T.  Robbins;  res.  West  Towusend,  Mass. 

2970.  Walter-Edward,  b.  Stowe,  Vt.,  Jan.  20,  1861. 

2971.  Eugene-Wallace,  b.  Waterbnrv,  Vt.,  Jan.  31,  1865. 

2972.  Alice-May,  b.  Morristowu,  Vt.,  April  2,  1867. 

2973.  Ann5  (Luce)  [2893]  (William  Morison^  Robert^, 
William-,  Robert^);  born  Dec.  4,  1815;  married,  April  7,  1840, 
Lysander  Luce,  of  Stowe,  Vt. ;  farmer  ;  res.  Hay  ward,  Minn. 

CHILDIJEX. 

2974.  Sebastian-Cabot,  b.  Jan.  25,  1841;  d.  Sept.  13,  1864. 

2975.  Milton-Morrison,  b.   Sept.  21,  1843;  Oct.  11,  1861,  he  enlisted  iu 

Co.  F,  4th  Regt.  Miun.  Vols.,  and  served  through  the  war, 
having  a  varied  experience,  and  did  what  he  could  for  the 
overthrow  of  the  rebellion;  m.  Maria -E.  Stults ;  farmer;  res. 
Hayward,  Minn. 

2976.  Susan-Elizabeth,  b.  March  9,  1847;  m.  Jan.  1,  1866,  T.-J.  Holtou; 

res.  Havward,  Minn. 

2977.  Isidore-Anianda,  b.   Dec.    12,    1849;    m.   March  20,   1869,   Robert 

Campbell,  Jr. ;  res.  Hayward,  Minn. 

2978.  William^  [2894]  (William*,  Robert^,  William^  Robert^)  ; 
born  Nov.  26,  1817;  died  Jan.  15,  1863  ;  m.  Dec.  20,  1846,  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Harper  and  Susan  (Churchill)  Sears  ;  res.  Stowe,  Vt. 

CHILDREX. 

2979.  Fred,  b.  July  31,  1849;  d.  March,  1872. 

2980.  Mary,  b.  June  30,  1851 ;  d.  Nov.  31,  1874. 

2981.  Caroline^  (Luce)  [2895]  (William  MorisonS  Rotert^, 
William-,  Robert^) ;  born  Windsor,  Vt.,  Oct.  3,  1819  ;  married 
Almond-D.  Luce;  res.  Waterbury,  Vt. ;  died  Jan.  11,  1880. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   STOWE,    VT. 

2982.  Sarah-Jane  (3040),  b.  Oct.  25,  1839;  m.  Christopher  Sanborn. 

2983.  Clarence,  b.  Jan.  11,  1843;  m.  Sept.  3,  1866,  Eliza-J.,  dau.  of  Win- 

gate  Webster,  b.  Morristown,  Vt.,  Oct.  19,  1842;  three  chil- 
dren ;  res.  Stowe.  Vt. 

2984.  Alphonso,   b.   July  12,   1847;  m.   Feb.   19,   1870,  S:irah-J.,  dau.  of 

Ezekiel  Smith  ;  thi-ee  children  ;  res.  Waterburv,  Vt. 
2935.     Luther,  b.  Jan.  25,  1841;  d.  Sept.  17,  1849. 

2986.  Albert-Adams=-  [2901]  (Hannah^  (Adams),  David  Mor- 
ison^,  William'-,  Robert^) ;  farmer ;  born  Windsor,  Vt.,  Dec.  2, 
1816  ;  married,  Nov.  4,  1839,  Lucina,  daughter  of  AVilliam  Lewis, 
of  Windsor,  born  April  5,  1809  ;  res.  Woodstock,  Vt. 


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CHILDREN. 

2987.  Carlos-C,  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  Oct.  2,  1840;  m.  Jan.  8,  1868,  Laiira-C. 

Caswell,  of  Canada  East;  res.  Woodstock,  Vt. 

2988.  Lizzie-Anna,  b.  Dec.  26,   1842;  m.  Feb.   11,   1856,  Edward,  son  of 

Henry  McGrath,  of  Reading,  Vt. ;  res.  Woodstock,  Vt. 

2989.  Isabella^H.5  (Campbell)  [2908]  (Johii-B."  Morrison, 
DavicP,  William-,  Kobert^)  ;  married,  Oct.  2,  1852,  William 
Campbell ;  removed  to  Green  Bay,  Mich.,  1860,  where  she  died, 
July,  1862.     He  enlisted  in  U.  S.  Vols. ;  died  in  Texas,  1865. 

CHILDREN. 

2990.  Jolm-M.,  b.  1854;  res.  State  of  New  York. 

2991.  Sarah,  b.  1856;  res.  New  York. 

2992.  May,  b.  1858  ;  d.  New  York. 

2993.  Jennie,  b.  1860 ;  d.  New  York. 

2994.  William,  b.  March,  1862 ;  res.  Wequiock,  Wis. 

2995.  Ferdinand-V.^  [2912]  (Johu-B.^  David^  William-,  Rob- 
ert^)  ;  born  Sept.  19,  1834,  at  Plattskill,  N.  Y.  When  twenty 
years  of  age,  he  w^ent  to  Wisconsin  with  his  brother  Peter,  pur- 
chased land,  and  was  a  farmer  for  eight  years.  In  1862,  he 
joined  another  brother  in  Virginia  (who  was  employed  as  assist- 
ant civil  engineer  on  the  defences  of  Washington  on  south  side 
of  the  Potomac),  where  he  remained  nearly  two  years;  is  now  in 
the  wood  and  coal  business  in  New  York  City ;  married,  Jan. 
1873,  Mary  Bodine,  of  Plattskill,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN  MOTT   HAVEN,   NEW   YORK   CITY. 

2996.  Ferdiuand-Van-DeVeer,  b.  June  29,  1877. 

2997.  Archie-Bodine,  b.  Aug.  26,  1879. 

2998.  Eugene-C.^  [2913]  (John-B.^  David^,  William-,  Robert^) ; 
born  at  Plattskill,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  22,  1837 ;  graduated  at  Union 
College  as  a  civil  engineer ;  was  employed  as  engineer  on  New 
York  Central  Park.  In  1861,  he  went  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
was  em})loyed  as  assistant  engineer  on  the  defences  of  that  city, 
remaining  till  the  close  of  the  war ;  was  on  the  survey  for  the 
government  of  the  battle-field  of  Gettysburg ;  since  then  employed 
on  surveys  for  department  of  parks  for  city  of  N.  Y.  He  married, 
Oct.  1865,  at  Milton-on-the-Hudson,  Emeline  DeGwinio. 

CHILDREN. 

2999.  .Tulia,  b.  Va.,  Nov.  10,  1866. 

3000.  Ralph,  b.  Va.,  Jan.  12,  1868. 

3001.  Isabella,  b.  High  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  July  28,  1872. 

3002.  Nc'lsoii-Wheeler,  b.  Fordham,  N.  Y.,  June  10,  1876. 

3003.  Maud,  b.  Fordham,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  1,  1878. 

3004.  Solon^  [2917]  (DanieP,  David^  William-,  Robert^). 
The  following  autobiography  of  Solon  Morrison  was  furnished  at 
my  request.  "The  first  event  of  my  life  occurred  April  14,  1823. 
I  Avas  the  eldest  of  four  bi'others.  The  house  in  which  my  child- 
hood was  spent  stands  amongst  the  Vermont  hills,  in  the  town  of 
West  Windsor ;  but  at  the  time  of  which  I  speak,  it  was  Windsor 


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West  Parish.  It  is  a  lonely,  wind-swept  i)lace,  with  ho  hnman 
habitation  in  sight,  and  no  road  within  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  along 
which  seldom  any  one  passed.  Complete  desolation  reigns  aronnd 
that  old  homestead  to-day ;  and  the  rocky,  uneven  acres  that  sup- 
ported a  family  fifty  years  ago,  refuse  to  do  so  now.  Our  school 
was  more  than  a  mile  away,  in  a  deep  valley;  and  we  attended 
*  meeting'  at  a  school-house  in  Hartland,  more  than  two  miles 
distant.  Near  this  is  the  graveyard  in  which  members  of  four 
generations  of  our  family  repose  in  that  dreamless  sleep.  The 
dreariness  of  my  childhood's  home  and  of  its  surroundings  has 
•always  exerted  a  saddening  influence  over  me;  and  though  nearly 
three  fourths  of  my  life  have  been  spent  in  crowded  schools  and 
the  busy  office,  seldom  an  hour,  never  a  day,  passes  by,  that  the 
remembrance  of  that  lonely  old  hill-top  does  not  come  over  me. 

"When  I  was  eleven  years  old,  our  family,  to  my  great  delight, 
mo^-ed  from  the  old  hill-farm  to  one  adjoining  it  on  the  east,  Avhere 
a  road  passed  by  us,  and  we  had  neighbors  in  sight.  Here  the 
years  went  more  pleasantly  by,  forty  weeks  of  each  being  devoted 
to  labors  on  the  farm,  and  twelve  to  attendance  on  the  district 
school.  Two  days  in  each  of  these  years  stand  prominently  out 
in  my  remembrance,  namely,  June  Training  and  Thanksgiving. 
Many  a  severe  day's  work  passed  almost  unnoticed  in  anticipation 
of  these  holidays,  and  many  a  one  was  rendered  lighter  in  recalling 
the  events  that  had  attended  them.  My  father  died  in  January, 
IS'69.  At  that  time  I  likely  had  not  seen  in  all  my  life  fifty  books, 
besides  the  spelling  and  reading  books  used  in  our  small  district 
schools.  A  desire  had  been  for  some  time  springing  up  in  me,  to 
know  more  of  what  had  been,  and  what  then  Avas,  than  I  was 
likely  to  learn  on  the  farm,  and  I  attended  the  academy  at  Unity, 
N.  H.,  during  the  spring  and  autumn  terms  of  that  year.  Tlie 
autumn  of  1840  I  passed  at  Meriden,  N.  H.,  in  attendance  on  the 
academy  there.  In  December,  1842,  I  entered  the  Kew  England 
Seminary,  a  school  conducted  by  Swett  &  Jackman,  at  Windsor, 
Vt.,  in  which  I  remained  two  years.  Here  I  went  through  a 
course  of  mathematics,  studying  history,  moral  science,  and  intel- 
lectual philosophy;  also,  commencing  Latin  and  Greek.  I  shall 
never  forget  hoAV  the  boundaries  of  the  world  were  opened  up  to 
me  during  these  two  years. 

"•A  slight  event  about  this  time  determined  the  course  of  my 
subsequent  life.  One  day  I  came  across  an  encampment  of  Cana- 
dian-French, consisting  of  men,  women,  and  children,  with  horses, 
dogs,  and  cai'ts,  all  reposing  by  the  wayside.  I  listened  to  their 
strange  talk,  and  wondered  that  they  could  understand  each  other . 
I  determined  to  go  to  Canada  and  learn  French,  and  in  April,  184.5, 
I  turned  my  face  towards  Montreal.  I  had  intended,  on  arriving, 
to  enter  the  College  of  St.  Sulpice ;  but  on  visiting  it,  I  Avas  ad- 
vised by  the  siiperior  to  go'ta  some  place  where  I  Avould  hear  less 
English.  I  accordingly  re})aired  to  the  village  of  Longueuil, 
which  stands  on  the  banks  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  opposite  the 
eastern  extremity  of  Montreal,     There  were  at  that  time  only 


284  CHARTER    ROBERTi  ;    "WILLIAM^  ;    DAVID3  ;    DANIEL*.      [3004 

two  or  three  English-speaking  families  in  the  place,  and  I  Avent 
into  a  Canadian  family  to  board,  in  which  not  an  English  word 
was  used.  Here  I  remained  until  the  last  of  August,  being  con- 
tinually in  the  society  of  the  villagers,  studying  diligently,  and 
taking  private  lessons  in  French.  In  four  months  I  had  so  far 
advanced  that  I  could  read  it  quite  readily,  converse  on  the  ordi- 
nary affairs  of  daily  life,  and  gather  the  gist  of  general  conversa- 
tion. While  in  this  village  I  wrote  my  first  letter  to  the  Journal, 
a  paper  published  in  my  native  town ;  thus  commencing  a  corre- 
spondence that  has  continued,  with  more  or  less  of  interruption, 
down  to  the  present  time.  Previous  to  July  of  this  year  (1845), 
the  postage  on  a  letter  from  Montreal  to  Windsor  was  18f  cts.  I 
have  several  double  letters  on  which  I  paid  37^  cts. 

"About  the  20th  of  August,  I  went  to  St.  Hyacinthe,  a  beauti- 
ful village  forty-five  miles  nearly  east  from  Montreal,  pleasantly 
situated  on  the  Yamaska  River,  at  that  time  containing  three  or 
four  thousand  inhabitants,  a  very  large  stone  church,  a  venerable 
college,  a  convent,  nunnery,  and  public  market.  In  this  Canadian 
village  I  spent  three  of  the  happiest  years  of  my  life ;  attending 
classes  in  the  college  most  of  the  time,  living  wholly  within  its 
walls  during  one  year,  and  teaching  English  one  hour  a  day  for 
one  year.  Amongst  one  hundred  and  fifty  students,  there  were 
generally  not  more  than  a  half-dozen  English-speaking.  French- 
Canadian  colleges  are  wholly  under  the  control  of  Catholic  priests, 
and  in  this  there  were  about  thirty  priests  and  ecclesiastics.  The 
regular  course  of  studies  comprises  eight  years ;  but  students  are 
admitted  into  any  class  they  are  prepared  to  enter,  from  that 
in  which  the  French  elements  are  taught,  upward  to  the  last  year's 
course.  My  three  years  were  passed  in  the  classes  of  belles-lettres, 
rhetoric,  and  philosophy.  A  thoroiigh  classical  education  is  given 
in  these  colleges.  Most  of  the  students  board  in  the  college,  and 
are  virtually  prisoners  during  the  school-year,  from  about  Sept.  1 
to  July  1.  They  are  constantly  iinder  the  eye  of  a  priest,  and 
cannot  go  out  or  come  in  without  his  permission.  My  favorite 
authors  during  the  three  years  passed  at  St.  Hyacinthe  Avere 
Shakespeare,  Racine,  and  Horace. 

"While  at  this  place  I  had  become  acquainted  with,  and  visited 
several  times,  some  English  families  living  at  Eougemont,  about 
eighteen  miles  from  St.  Hyacinthe ;  and  on  leaving  college,  July 
1,  1848,  I  repaired  thither.  Here  I  was  married  July  10,  to  Susan 
Wells,  and  in  a  few  weeks  I'eturned  to  Windsor,  my  native  town. 
If  I  should  forget  the  three  following  years,  it  would  cause  me  no 
sorrow;  suffice  it  to  say,  that  I  passed  them  in  working  during 
the  summer  months  on  a  farm,  and  in  teaching  in  winter.  During 
these  years  I  studied  Italian,  becoming  able  to  read  it  readily ;  and 
I  never  omitted  for  a  day  to  look  into  the  classical  writers,  cojiy- 
ing  off  every  morning  several  lines  from  Homer,  which  I  studied 
and  learned  by  heart  while  at  work.  In  1850  a  friend  at  Syracuse, 
X.  Y.,  found  a  position  for  me  as  teacher  in  an  academy  near  that 
place,  and  I  went  out  to  accept  it;  but  I  was  a  few  days  late; 


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another  had  taken  it ;  and  I  returned,  without  accomplishing 
anything. 

While  living  in  Canada,  I  had  become  strongly  attached  to  the 
country,  to  the  Canadian-French,  their  manners,  customs,  and 
language,  and  I  longed  to  return.  In  October,  1851,  I  moved 
to  Rouo-emont,  and  eno-ao-ed  a  school  which  I  taught  during  six 
years.  There  are  at  this  place  about  twenty  English  tanulies, 
living  in  the  midst  of  a  dense  French  population.  They  have 
a  church  and  school  by  themselves.  While  teaching  at  this  place, 
I  carried  on  a  small  farm,  and  I  still  have  an  interest  there ;  two 
of  my  children  are  buried  under  the  shadow  of  the  little  church, 
and  there  I  expect  to  lay  myself  down  some  day. 

"In  the  autumn  of  1857,  I  moved  to  Cote  St.  Paul,  which  is  a 
manufacturing  village  just  three  miles  from  the  centre  of  Montreal, 
where  I  have  remained  to  the  present  time.  During  nineteen 
years  —  till  the  autumn  of  1876  —  I  was  employed  as  bookkeeper 
and  cashier  in  a  manufacturing  establishment;  but  the  hard  times 
closed  that  up,  and  I  fell  back  on  teaching.  As  before  intimated, 
I  have  kept  up  a  corresi)ondence  with  the  Vermont  Journal  for 
nearly  thirty-five  years;  and  since  August,  1873,  have  written  a 
letter  for  nearly  every  number  of  the  paper.  In  consequence  of 
this,  I  was  not  wholly  forgotten  by  the  people  of  Windsor ;  and, 
in  making  arrangements  for  their  centennial  celebration,  July  4, 
1876,  I  was  invited  to  be  present  and  deliver  a  poem.  In  com- 
jiliance  with  this  request,  I  once  more  stood  in  the  streets  of 
Windsor,  on  that  4th  of  July,  after  an  absence  of  twenty-five  years, 
gazing  wonderingly  upon  the  hills  that  stand  roundabout  the  old 
town,  and  being  a  stranger  to  almost  every  one  I  met.  A  pam- 
phlet was  published,  giving  an  account  of  the  doings  of  that  day, 
and  containing  the  oration  and  poem  then  delivered. 

"My  father,  when  a  youth,  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade,  and 
Avorked  at  it  more  or  less  till  two  or  three  years  before  he  died. 
After  laboring  hard  all  day  on  liis  farm,  he  went  to  his  bench  in 
the  evening  and  worked  till  midnight,  mending  and  making  boots 
and  shoes  for  the  neighboring  farmers.  He  was  very  exact  in  his 
affairs,  as  his  old  account-book,  now  in  the  possession  of  my 
brother  Marquis,  will  show.  He  received  his  pay  invariably  in 
kind,  taking  wheat,  corn,  and  other  produce  for  his  work,  and 
never  a  cent  of  money.  AYhen  I  was  six  or  seven  years  old,  I 
saw  him  baptized,  and  he  joined  the  Freewill  Baptists.  My 
mother  belonged  to  the  Methodist  church.  As  for  myself,  I 
never  united  with  any  church,  but  can  devoutly  worship  with 
any  religious  denomination.  I  have  now  for  years  attended  an 
Episcopal  service  every  Sunday  morning,  and  a  ^Methodist  in  the 
evening. 

Soi.ox    .MOUKISOX." 
•'Cote  St.  Paul,  Moxtukal,  March   27,  1880." 

CUILDRKN. 

3005.     Kticiue.  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  Feb.  18,  1840;  d.  April  11,  18G1'. 
300G.     Eduaid,  b.  Kouycinoiit,  P.  Q.,  Sept.  li',  ls52. 


286  CHARTER    ROBERTi  ;    WILLIAM^  ;    DAVIDS  ;    DANIEL*.      [3007 

3007.  Horace  (3044),  b.  Rouijemont,  P.  Q.,  Nov.  19,  1854. 

3008.  Floribel,  b.  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Jan.  19,  1858. 

3009.  Francina,  b.  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Aug.  6,  18G3. 

3010.  Albert,  b.  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Jan.  24,  18(J5. 

3011.  Frederick,  b.  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  June  10,  1869;  d.  July  26,  1870. 

3012.  Marquis-F.5  [2918]  (Daniel\  DavicP,  William^  Robert^) ; 
born  in  Windsor,  Vt.,  March  2,  1825  ;  farmer  ;  res.  West  Wind- 
sor, Vt. ;  has  served  as  selectman  fourteen  years;  overseer  of 
poor,  eight  years ;  and  Avas  member  of  general  assembly  of  Ver- 
mont in  1864-65 ;  married,  Dec.  16,  1847,  Caroline-S.,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Sophia  (Lull)  Davis,  of  West  Windsor,  Vt., 
where  she  was  born  June  3,  1830. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   WEST   WINDSOR,    VT. 

3013.  Alice-L.,  b.  April  5,  1849;  m.  March   15,  1870,  John-S.   Ainsworth, 

b.  Hartland,  Vt.,  Feb.  9,  1844;  farmer;  res.  Reading,  Vt. 
One  child,  Leua-A.,  b.  Reading,  Vt.,  April  5,  1876. 

3014.  Alma-E.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1851;  d.  April  27,  1852. 

3015.  Galo,  b.  June  27,  1853;  d.  Sept.  18,  1859. 

3016.  Lolo-S.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1859. 

3017.  Milo,  b.  July  14,  18G0;  d.  July  29,  1860. 

3018.  Isabel,  b.  March  27,  1863. 

3019.  Hattie-C,  b.  April  14,  1864. 

3020.  Etta,  b.  Jan.  18,  1866;  d.  April  2,  1866. 

3021.  Galeu-H.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1869;  d.  Dec.  10,  1869. 

3022.  Eva-T.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1870;  d.  Feb.  24,  1871. 

3023.  Lorenzo^  [2919]  (DanieP,  David^,  William-^,  Robert^)  ; 
was  born  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  June  5,  1827;  married,  Feb.  4,  1850, 
Adeline-L.,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sophia  (Lull)  Davis,  of 
West  Windsor,  Vt.,  where  she  was  born,  oSTov.  14,  1833  ;  she  died  ; 
res.  Hartland,  Vt. 

CHILDREN. 

3024.  Herschel,  b.  West  Windsor,  Vt.,  Jan.  9,   1851;  d.  Hebron,  Wis., 

March  3,  1853 

3025.  Loren-L.,  b.  Hebron,  Wis.,  Nov.  18,  1852. 

3026.  Daniel-C,   b.    Sherburne,  Vt.,   March  5,    1854;  m.    Sept.   3,    1878, 

Mary-E.  Secoid,  b.  Rock  Island,  111.,  Oct.  6,  1860;  fanner;  res. 
White  Rock,  Kan.  One  child,  Mabel,  b.  Sinclair,  Kan.,  Aug. 
9,  1879. 

3027.  Stella-L.,  b.  Sherburne,  Vt.,  Oct.  20,  1856;  m.  Sept.  3,  1877,  Lewis- 

C.  Parker,  b.  Memphis,  Mo.,  1856;  res.  Menasha,  Wis. 

3028.  Achsa-M.,  b.  Sherburne,  Vt.,  Sept.  7,  1859. 

3029.  Flora-M.,  b.  Sherburne,  Vt.,  Aug.  5,  1861. 

3030.  Addie-M.,  b.  Woodstock,  Vt.,  July  27,  1864;  d.  Sept.  12,  1867. 

3031.  Melvin-W.,  b.  Sherburne,  Vt.,  Sept.  17,  18G6. 

3082.  David«  [2920]  (Daniel^  David^  William^,  Robert^) ; 
born  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  May  4,  1830  ;  married,  Nov.  2,  1852,  Ellen, 
daughter  of  jSTatlianiel  and  Roxina  (Proctor)  Blood,  of  West 
Windsor,  Vt.,  where  slie  was  born  Sept.  13,  1831  ;  died  March  6, 
1864;  he  married,  Oct.  18,  1864  (2d  w.),  Sarah-D.  Towne,  of  West 
Windsor,  Vt.,  born  8ei)t.  4,  1833.  Mr.  Morrison  filled  positions 
of  trust  in  A\"indsor  and  West  AVindsor,  and  was  selectman  of 
Windsor  at  time  of  liis  death,  April  5,  1876. 


3046]  FIFTH    GENERATION.  —  DAVID   MORRISON.  287 

CHILDREN,    BY   FIRST   WIFE. 

3033.     Fnink-P.,  b.  West  Windsor,  Vt.,  Feb.  25,  1857. 
3084.     Fred-B.,  b.  West  Windsor,  Vt.,  Dec.  6,  1858. 
3035.     Nellie-C,  b.  West  Windsor,  Vt.,  Nov.  18,  1861. 
3086.  f  Lucy,  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  Dec.  22,  1863;  d.  Feb.  6,  1864. 

3037.  t  Laura,  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  Dec.  22,  1868;  d.  Feb.  6,  1864. 

CHILDREN,   BY   SECOND   WIFE,    BORN   IN   WINDSOR,    VT. 

3038.  Henry-D.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1869. 

3039.  Max,  b.  Feb.  6,  1876 ;  d.  July  19,  1876. 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 


CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   STOWE,    VT. 

3041.  Lizzie-A.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1860. 

3042.  Carrie-E.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1861;  d.  Aug.  29,  1868. 

3043.  Osmon,  b.  Aug.  20,  1865. 

3044.  Horace^  [3007]  ( Solon^  DanieP,  David^,  William^, 
Robert^) ;  was  born  at  Rougemont,  P.  Q.,  Nov.  19,  1854 ;  married, 
July  20,  1874,  Alene,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Chloe  (Wheeler) 
Cumraings,  of  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  where  she  was  born  May  31, 1854  ; 
scythe  manufacturer ;  res.  Lebanon,  N.  H, 

CHILDREN. 

3045.     Solon-Frederick,  b.  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Feb.  17,  1875 ;  d.  July  24,  1875. 
5046.     Leon,  b.  Jan.  16,  1877. 


88  SAMUEL   MORISOX,  JR.  —  FIRST   GENERATION.  [3047 


CHAPTER    XIV. 

First  Generation.  —  History  of  Samuel  M orison,  Jr.,  who  settled 
IN  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1730,  and  his  Descendants. 


FIRST   GENERATION. —  SAMUEL   MORISON,    JR. 

3047.  Samuel  Morison,  Jr.,  according  to  tradition,  was  born 
in  Scotland  ;  emigrated  to  the  North  of  Ireland,  and  again  emi- 
grated, and  settled  in  the  west  part  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in 
1730.  He  bought  forty  acres  of  land  of  Alexander  McCollum, 
Dec.  1,  1730,  and  "one  seat  in  the  meeting-house"  March  16, 
1738.  He  made  a  Avill  April  10,  1752,  and  died  soon  after.  An 
inventory  of  all  his  property,  dated  Dec.  7,  1752,  was  £1,306  IL*;. 

3(7.,  old  tenor.     He  man-ied  Mary ,  Avho  survived  him  several 

years.     The  son  succeeding  him  on  the  homestead  was  known  as 
"  Samuel  Morison,  5th." 

children,    born   in   LONDONDERRY,    N.    II. 

3048.  Susauua,  b.  Sept.  17,  1731 ;  m.  either Miller  or McFee. 

3049.  Johu:  farmer;  res.  Bedford,  N.  H.  ;  in.  Elizabeth  Moore ;  il.  Bed- 

ford, aged  over  90  yrs ;  was  in  the  battle  of  Beuningtou  under 
General  Stark.  Children :  1st,  Dauiel-Moore,  b.  Aug.  16, 
1776.  2d,  Susauua,  b.  Dec.  30,  1778;  m.  Dauiel  Moore,  of 
Bedford,  N.  H.  3d,  Ann,  b.  April  5,  1781.  4th,  Elizabetli- 
Shaw,  b.  May  7,  1783;  m.  General  Leaveuworth.  5th,  Samuel- 
McDuffie,  b.  May  19,  1785.  6th,  Mary;  m.  Samuel  Moore, 
of  Bedford,  N.  H.  7th,  John,  b.  Sept.  5,  1789.  8th,  William, 
b.  July  12,  1791.  9th,  David,  b.  May  4,  1794;  m.  Feb.  15,  1816, 
Lydia  Streeter :  merchant ;  res.  Woousocket,  R.  I. ;  was  an 
honest,  successful,  and  much  respected  citizen ;  d.  March  18, 
1878,  aged  84  yrs;  she  d.  Sept.  6,  1875;  seven  children:  1.  Em- 
ily, b.  Aug.  15,  1818;  m.  A.-T.  Wilkinson;  res.  Miiford,  Mass.  ; 
2.  Minerva,  b.  July  14,  1821;  d.  Nov.  29,  1821;  3.  Morioh,  b. 
April  17,  1822;  m.  Robert-8.  Wilkinson,  of  Smithfield,  R.  I.; 
4,  Celinda,  b.  Oct.  5,  1824;  d.  Jan.  19,  1837;  5.  Napoleon-Bona- 
parte, b.  Aug.  18,  1829 ;  m.  Martha  Whipple,  of  Woonsocket, 
R.  I.,  where  lie  res.  ;  merchant;  6.  Pauline-E.,  b.  July  15,  1832; 
d.  Aug.  27,  1848;  7.  Lucian-R.,  b  Jan.  29,  1835;  d.  Oct.  3,  1836. 

3050.  Samuel  (3052),  b.  July  23,  1734;  d.  Henniker,  N.  H. 

3051.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  6,  1736;  m.  either McFee  or Miller. 

SECOND    GENERATION. 

3052,  Samuel-  [3050]  (SamueP) ;  known  as  Samuel  Morison, 
5th.  The  probability  is  that  the  Samuel  Morisons  in  1752  were 
classed  in  the  following  order:  1st,  Charter  Samuel,  born  1661. 


3069] 


SECOND    GENEEATIOX.  —  SAMUEL   MORISON  5th.  289 


2cl,  Samuel,  Jr.,  who  settled  in  Londonderry,  1730.  3d,  Samuel,  son 
of  John  Morison,  who  died  1736,  and  was  born  1710.  4th,  Samuel, 
son  of  Charter  Samuel,  and  born  March  13,  1727.  5th,  Samuel, 
5th,  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  b.  July  23,  1734;  married  Margaret 
MacFerson,  who  emigrated  from  Ireland  when  nine  years  of  age. 
He  inherited  the  homestead,  which  he  sold  about  1769,  when  he 
settled  in  Bedford,  N.  H.  March  10,  1783,  he  bought  a  farm  in 
Henniker,  N.  H.,  where  he  died,  aged  77  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

3053.  James  ;  became  totally  blind  ;  res.  Henniker,  N.  H.  ;  d.  Aug.  12, 1853. 

3054.  William  (3061),  b.  1761 ;  d.  1851,  aged  90  yrs. 

3055.  John ;  rem.  to  Middleburj^  Vt. ;  had  a  family,  and  d.  there.     Little 

is  known  of  his  history.     His  grandson,  James-S.   Morrison, 
lives  in  Franklin,  N.  H. 

3056.  David  (3069),  b.  Bedford,  N.  H  ,  March  24,  1773. 

3057.  Mollie ;  m.  Matthew  Dickey ;  lived  and  d.  Deering,  N.  H. 

3058.  Jennie ;  m. Heath ;  rem.  to  N.  Y.  State,  where  she  d. 

3059.  Susanna;  never  m.  ;  rem.  to  Vt. 

3060.  Ann ;  m.   Ephraim  Morrison,   of  Henniker,  N.    H. ;  not  a  known 

relative;  rem.  to  Vt.,  or  went  West. 


THIRD    GENERATION. 

3061.  William^  [3054]  (SamueP,  SamueP) ;  farmer;  born 
1761  ;  died  Jan.  31,  1853,  aged  92  yrs. ;  lived  and  died  on  the 
homestead  in  Henniker,  IST.  H. ;  married,  Nov.  28,  1792,  Jennie, 
daughter  of  John  Dinsmoor,  of  Windham,  N.  H. ;  born  Goffs- 
town,  N.  H.,  1759;  died  Henniker,  N.  H.,  March  21,  1851. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN  HENNIKER,    N.    H. 

3062.  Sally,  b.  Oct.  10,  1793;  d.  Henniker,  March  31,  1869. 

3063.  Samuel  (3084),  b.  Oct.  11,  1795. 

3064.  Margaret,  b.    Aug.   16,   1797;  m.   John  Tilton;  rem.   to    Sherman, 

N.  Y.  ;  d.  Nov.  16,  1835.    One  child,  John  ;  m  ;  res.  Denver,  Col. 

3065.  Jane,  b.  Oct.  15,  1799;  m.  Feb.  27,  1821,  Elisha  Wood;  res.  Henni- 

ker, N.  H. ;  d.  Nov.  23,  1862.  Three  cliildren  :  1st,  Helen-M.,  b. 
Dec.  5,  1827;  m.  Salma  Hall,  Nov.  11,  1846;  res.  Barnet,  Vt. 
2d,  Sarah-B.,  b.  May  8,  1831 ;  m.  Aug.  20,  1860,  Albion-B.  Cum- 
mings,  who  was  killed  on  R.  R.  in  Iowa;  m.,  2d,  J.-W.  Chad- 
bourne,  of  Hudson,  111.,  where  he  d.  ;  she  res.  Hudson,  111.  3d, 
Charles-E.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1841 ;  serg't  in  11th  N.  H.  Regt.  Vols.  ; 
d.  Aug.  9,  1864. 

3066.  Clarissa  (3090),  b.  Aug.  20,  1802. 

3067.  William-Dinsmoor,  b.  June  19,  1804;  res.  Lowell,  Mass.  ;  m.  Sarah 

Eastman,  d.  Sept.  1860;  no  issue. 

3068.  Lydia  (3090),  b.  Oct.  9,  1806;  d.  Aug.  20,  1833. 

3069.  David'^  [3056]  (Samuel-,  SamueP);  born  March  24, 
1773,  Bedford,  X.  H. ;  rem.  to  Henniker,  N.  H.,  with  his  parents 
when  young;  married,  1800,  Betsey,  daughter  of  xVbiel  Lovejoy, 
of  Hebron,  N.  H. ;  saddler  ;  res.  at  different  times  in  Walpole, 
Lyme,  Orford,  and  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Montreal,  P.  Q.,  Barnet,  and 
Newbury,  Vt.  He  died  in  Kunmey,  N.  H.,  April  25,  1852,  and 
is  buried  there  ;  she  died  Aug.  24,  1859,  at  Attleboro',  Mass. 


290  SAMUEL   MOKISON,  JK.i  ;    SAMUEL2  ;    \yiLLIAM3.         [3070 

CIIILDKKN. 

3070.  Ebenezer-B.  (3095),  b.  Dec.  7,  1800. 

3071.  David  (3100),  b.  Aug.  2G,  1802. 

3072.  Eliza,  b.   Montreal,  P.   Q.,  July  19,  1805;  m.   Samuel  Lovell,  of 

Lunenburg,  Vt. ;  farmer;  she  d.  Aug.  14,  1877,  iu  Lawrence; 
cliildren  died  in  infancy. 

3073.  Mary-H.,  b.  May  6.  1807;  died  Oct.  1,  1835. 

3074.  Betsey  (3103),  b.  March  6,  1809. 

3075.  Auu-S.  (3110),  b.  Oct.  20,  1810. 

3076.  Adeline  (311(3),  b.  Sept.  16,  1812. 

3077.  John,  b.  Feb.  14,  1814;  farmer;  res.  Lunenburg,  Vt. ;  m.  Dec.  28, 

1841,  Anna  Lovevvell,  of  Lunenburg. 

3078.  Margaret-C.  (3119),  b.  Feb.  20,  1816. 

3079.  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  1,  1817;  d.  Nov.  20,  1819. 

3080.  Abiel-L.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1819;  d.  Jan.  12,  1820. 

3081.  Isabel-C.  (3124),  b.  Juno  30,  1821. 

3082.  Abiel  (3129),  b.  Wells  River,  Vt.,  Dec.  28,  1822. 

3083.  Phoebe-Jane  (3133),  b.  March  13,  1824. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

3084.  Samuel*  [3063]  (William^,  Samuel',  SainueP) ;  born  Oct. 
11,  1795;  farmer;  res.  Henniker,  N.  H. ;  married,  Sept.  3,  1808, 
Betsey,  daix.  of  Ephraim  Goss,  born  in  Henniker,  Dec.  10,  1797. 

CniLDREN,    BOIIN    IN    HENNUfKR,    N.    H. 

3085.  Jacob-Goss,  b.  May  1,  1820;  d.  April  21,  1844. 

3086.  Samuel-Worcester,  b.  Dec.  21,  1821;  m.   Dec.   17,   1845,  Emily-V. 

Bragg;  farmer;  res.  HenniJs^er,  N.  H.  Six  children:  1st,  Sam- 
uel-Clarence, b.  Aug.  2,  1847;  d.  Sept.  20,  1853.  2d,  George- 
William,  b.  Feb.  24,  1849.  3d,  Jacob-Worcester,  b.  Feb.  18, 
1853;  d.  Dec.  7,  1859.  4th,  Thomas-Scott,  b.  March  26,  1854; 
d.  March  26,  1854.  5th,  Samuel-Worcester-Clareuce,  b.  Aug. 
4,  1859;  d.  Nov.  16,  1863.     6th,  Belle-Bragg,  b.  Sept.  2,  1864. 

3087.  Sarah-Jane,  b.   Sept.   17,   1823 ;  d.   Nov.   18,   1871 ;  m.  April,  1848, 

Tristam  Sawyer,  of  Hillsboro',  N.  H.,  who  d.  July  24,  1872.  One 
child,  Jessie-Marian,  b.  Dec.  8,  1852;  m.  Nov.  28,  1876,  Frauk- 
E.  Edwards;  res.  Naticli,  Mass. 

3088.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  17,  1827;  d.  June  25,  1841. 

3089.  Thomas-Scott,  b.  Augri2,  1831 ;  d.  April  4,  1833. 

3090.  Lydia*  (Gilchrist)  [3068]  (William  Morison^  Samuel^, 
SamueP)  ;  born  Oct.  9,  1806;  died  Aug.  20,  1833  ;  married.  May 
29,  1832,  Frederick  Gilchrist,  born  in  Goffstown,  N.  H.,  July  4, 
1803 ;  one  son  ;  married,  2d,  her  sister  Clarissa  (3066),  May  4,  1837. 
He  died  April  15,  1874.  She  res.  Franklin,  N.  H.,  with  her  two 
•daughters. 

CIIILDRKN. 

3091.  David-Stowell(3150),b.Goflstown,N.  H.,June5, 1833;  res.  Franlvlin. 

3092.  William-F.,  b.  Hillsboro'  B'dge,  N.H.,  May27,  1838  ;  d.  Feb.  17, 1861. 

3093.  Mary-F.,  b.  Hillsboro'  Bridge,  Jan.  13,  1842;  res.  Franklin. 

3094.  Jenuie-L.,  b.  Hillsboro'  Bridge,  June  12,  1844;  res.  Franklin. 

3095.  Ebenezer-B.*  [3070]  (David^  Samuel-,  SamueF)  ;  born 
Dec.  7,  1800  ;  res.  Campton,  N.  11.,  till  1854;  after  that,  in  Chelsea, 
Mass.,  till  his  death,  March  12,  1876;  married,  Jan.  31,  1832, 
Eliza  Bartlett,  of  Campton,  N.  H. ;  she  died  at  Campton,  N.  H., 
June  11,  1861. 


3116]  FOURTH    GENERATION.  —  DAVID   MORRISON.  291 

CHILDREN. 

3096.  Lydia  (3138),  b.  Dec.  30,  1823;  res.  Chelsea,  Mass. 

3097.  Thomas-F.  (3143),  b.  Dec.  27,  1825;  res.  Chelsea,  Mass. 

3098.  Adeline,  b.  April  5,  1832;  d.  April  2,  1834. 

3099.  Richard-L.  (3144),  b.  Jan.  Ifi,  1837;  res.  Chelsea,  Mass. 

8100.  David*  [3071]  (David^  SaniueP,  SamueP) ;  born  Aug. 
26,  1802;  married  Betsey  Kyder,  of  Barnet,  Vt. ;  he  was 
drowned,  Sept,  1833,  at  Mclndoe's  Falls,  Barnet;   she  is  dead. 

CHILDREN. 

3101.  Stephen;  went  to  sea  in  1850;  fate  unknown. 

3102.  Abiel;  d.  young. 

3103.  Betsey*  (Buzzell)  [3074]  (David  Morison^  SaniueP, 
SamueP) ;  born  March  6,  1809 ;  married  Gihnan  Buzzell,  of 
Rumney,  N.  H. ;  farmer;  born  May  2^1805;  died  Jan.  1,  1846. 
She  died  Sept.  28,  1868. 

CHILDREN. 

3104.  Charles,  b.  Aug.  9,  1834;  was  thrown  from  a  carriage  and  killed. 

May  16,  1849. 

3105.  Mary-J.,  b.  March  6,  1836;  d.  March  17,  1836. 

3106.  Betsey-Ann,  b.  March  28,  1838;  d.  Feb.  11,  1843. 

3107.  Abiel-Morrison,  b.  Eumney,  N.  H.,  Oct.  1,  1839;  m.  March  3,  1864, 

Phoebe-J.  Hall,  in  Rumney,  Feb.  10,  1844  ;  fanner.  Two  children  : 
1st,  Ardelle-Josephine,  b.  May  2,  1873.  2d,  Harry-Abiel,  b. 
Sept.  6,  1874. 

3108.  Sarah- Ann,  b.  Danville,  Vt.,  Aug.  21,  1842;  m.  Dec,  1868,  J.-New- 

ton  Foster ;  res.  Wentworth,  N.  H. 

3109.  Betsey-Ann,  2d,  b.  Sept.  18,  1844. 

3110.  Ann-S,*  (Cole)  [3075]  (David  Morison^  SamueP,  Sam- 
ueP) ;  born  Oct,  20,  1810;  married,  June  26,  1828,  John-H. 
Cole,  born  Aug.  2,  1805;  blacksmith;  res.  at  different  times  in 
Concord,  Bedford,  and  Rumney,  N,  H, ;  died  April  10,  1839 ; 
she  died  Feb.  1,  1842,  at  Rumney,  N,  H. 

CHILDREN. 

3111.  Betsey- Ann,  b.  May  28,   1830;  m.  George- A.  Bryant ;  res.  Peters- 

ham, Mass. 
31114.  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  14,  1831;  d.  June  16,  1832. 

3112.  Sarah-A.,  b.  July  17,  1833;  d.  Nov.  28,  1850. 

3113.  Daniel-Quincy,  b.  June  6,  1835;  d.  Columbia,  N.  H.,  May  11,  1873; 

served  in  the  navy  in  the  war,  and  was  taken  prisoner  and  con- 
fined at  Belle  Isle  ;  after  his  exchange  he  enlisted  in  the  army  as 
a  veteran. 

3114.  Charles-H.,  b.  July  13,   1836 ;:  res.  Lunenburg,  Vt.  ;  was  corporal 

in  Co.  E,  15th  Regt.  Vt.  Vols.  ;  m.  Nov.  6,  1859,  P^miline  Gray, 
of  Lunenburg,  Vt.  Four  children:  1st,  Edwin-P.,  b.  Nov.  26, 
1860.  2d,  John-H.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1865.  3d,  Frank,  b.  Feb.  17, 
1867.     4th,  Daniel-Q.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1873. 

3115.  Maria-R.,  b.  May  20,  1838;  d.  Oct.  26,  1839. 

3116.  Adeline*  (Merrill)  [3076]  (David  Morison^  Samuel-, 
SamueP)  ;  born  Sept.  16,  1812  ;  married  Gardner  Merrill ;  farmer  ; 
res,  Campton,  N.  H,,  and  Bloomfield,  Yt,,  now  in  N,  Stratford, 
N,  H. 


292        SAMUEL    MORISOX,  JR.i  ;    SAMUEL2  ;    DAVID3  ;    ABIEL^.     [3117 

CniLDREN,    BORN    IN    CAMPTON,    N.    H. 

3117.  Sarah-E.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1837;  res.  N.  Stratford,  N.  H. 

3118.  Abby,  b.  Sept.  27,  1843;  d.  18G3. 

3119.  Margaret-C."  (Moses)  [3078]  (David  Morison^  Samuel'^ 
SaraueP)  ;  b.  Feb.  20,  1816;  m.  Isaac  Moses  ;  res.  Campton,  N.  H. 

CHILDREN. 

3120.  Martha;  m.  Charles  Stauton;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

3121.  Naucy;  m.  Cox;  res.  Campton,  N.  H. 

3122.  Ruhaberah ;  m.  John-R.  Kennedy;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

3123.  David-Morrison;  res.  Campton,  N.  H. 

3124.  Isabel-C.^  (Hall)  [3081]  (David  Morisoll^  Samuel-, 
SamueP) ;  born  June  30,  1^21;  married  Oliver-S.  Hall;  res. 
Bi-istol,  N.  H. ;    farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

3125.  Nancy-Jane;  res.  Bristol,  N.  H. 

3126.  Aduah;  d.  in  the  rebellion. 

3127.  Porter;  res.  Bristol,  N.  H. 

3128.  Caroline;  m.  •  Damon;  res.  Bristol. 

3129.  AbioP  [3082]  (David^,  SamueP,  SamueP);  born  Dec. 
28,  1822,  at  Wells  River,  Vt. ;  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Chris- 
topher-P.  Flanders,  of  Groton,  N.  H. ;  born  in  Landaff,  N.  H., 
Nov.  1,  1818.  Mr.  Morrison  res.  for  a  time  in  Rumney,  N.  H., 
and  was  colonel  of  K.  H.  35th  Regt.  of  militia ;  removed  to 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  in  1850,  and  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Bay 
State  Mills  (now  Washington).  Went  into  the  Sentinel  printing 
office  in  1857,  and  in  1867  he  became  proprietor  of  the  paper, 
which  he  continues  to  conduct ;  was  a  member  of  the  city  council 
in  1857,  and  was  elected  register  of  deeds  for  Essex  County  in 
1874,  '75,  '76. 

CHILDREN. 

3130  Mira,  b.  Rumney,  N.  H.,  Nov.  7,  1847;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass.;  ra. 
Alfred-C.  Robbius.  Three  children:  1st,  Frcd-A.,  b.  Feb.  19, 
18G6.  2d,  George- A.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1867.  3d,  Walter-M.,  b.  Jan. 
26,  1877. 

3131.  Charles,  b.  July  30,  1849 ;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. ;  printer,  member 

of  firm  of  A.  &  C.  Morrison ;  member  of  city  council,  1879-80 ; 
ra.  Eva,  dau.  of  George-D.  Cook,  of  LaAvreuce.  Two  chil- 
dren: 1st,  Mary-L.,  b.  April  24,  1876.  2d,  Charles-F.,  b.  Sept. 
30,  1877. 

3132.  EUa-F.,  b.  June  15,  1856;  res.  Lawreuce. 

3133.  Phoebe-Jane^  (Foster)  [3083]  (David  Morison^,  Samuel-, 
SamueP)  ;  born  March  13,  1824;  married,  Nov.  7,  1855,  Samuel 
Foster,  and  res.  Plymouth,  N.  H. ;  carpenter. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    PLYMOUTH,    N.    II. 

3134.  Mary-S.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1857;  m.  June  12,  1879,  Frank-0.  Sargent. 

3135.  Elizabeth-B.,  b.  July  19,  1860. 

3136.  John-S.,  b.  July  12,  1863;  d.  Aug.  3,  1864. 

3137.  Caroliue-I.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1869. 


3152]  FIFTH    GENERATION.  —  THOMAS-F.   MORRISON.  293 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

3138.  Lydia-B.-^  (Merrill) [3096]  (Ebenezer-B.  Morrison^  David^, 
Samuel-^,  SamueP) ;  married,  Aug.  27,  1851,  Jacob-0.  Merrill,  of 
Runiney,  N.  H. ;  res.  Chelsea,  Mass. ;  furniture  dealer. 

CHILDllEN. 

3139.  Addie-E.,  b.  April  11,  1853. 

3140.  J.-Eveline,  b.  April  6,  1856. 

3141.  Emma,  b.  June  24,  1858 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

3142.  Eben-G  ,  b.  April  7,  18G3. 

3143.  Thomas-F.^  [3097]  (Ebenezer-B.^  David^,  Samuel-,  Sam- 
ueP) ;  res.  at  different  times  in  Campton,  N.  H.,  Lowell,  Mass., 
Mooers,  N.  Y.,  and  now  res.  in  Chelsea,  Mass. ;  has  served  as 
assistant  city  marshal,  and  as  marshal  of  that  city ;  is  now  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Merrill  &  Morrison,  furniture  dealers ; 
married,  Jan.  27,  1852,  Lucretia  Bartlett,  of  Campton,  N.  H., 
who  died  Dec.  17,  1853  ;  married,  2d,  Jan.  30,  1856,  Eveline-A. 
Hazard,  of  N.  Y. ;  she  died  Feb.  21,  1866.  On  July  30,  1874, 
he  married  Mary-E.  Currier,  of  Newburyport,  Mass. 

3144.  Richard-L.5  [3099]  (Ebenezer-B.^  David^,  SamueP, 
SamueP)  ;  res.  Chelsea,  Mass. ;  carpenter ;  he  was  a  member  of 
Co.  H,  1st  Mass.  Vols. ;  he  married  Mary-A.  Mitchell,  of  Camj^ton, 
N.  H. ;  she  died  May  21,  1876. 

CHILDREN'. 

3145.  Gertrude-E.,  b.  March  19,  1862;  ra.  Feb.  26,  1880,  Fred-R.  Johnson; 

res.  Maiden,  Mass. 

3146.  Eva-Lucretia,  b.  June  16,  1867. 

3147.  Edith-Lyman,  b.  Dec.  23,  1870. 

3148.  Freddie-A.,  b.  July  15,  1874;  d.  Aug.   15,  1874. 

3149.  Mary-A.,  b.  May  16,  1876. 

3150.  David-Stowell  Gilchrist^  [3091]  (Lydia^  (Gilchrist), 
William  Morison'',  Samuel",  SamueP) ;  born  June  5,  1833 ;  mer- 
chant; res.  Franklin,  N.  H. ;  married,  June  20,  1861,  Emily-J. 
Cheney,  born  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  22,  1833. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   FRANKLIN,    N.    H. 

3151.  Frederick-A.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1862;  d.  Oct.  18,  1863. 

3152.  Harry-W.,  b.  May  13,  1868. 


OTHER  MORISONS  IN  LONDONDERRY,  N.  H. 

Hugh  Morison  lived  in  the  West  Parish  of  Londonderry.  He 
M\as  brother  to  AVilliam  and  David  Morison,  of  Nottingham,  and 
settled  in  Londonderry  in  1726  or  '27,  where  he  remained  till 
about  1740,  when  he  rem.  to  Coleraine,  Mass.  (For  fui-ther 
account,  see  History  of  the  Morisons  of  Nottingham,  N.  H., 
Chapter  XVI.) 

Rev.   William  Moriuson,  d.  d.,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H. 

He  was  born  about  1748,  in  the  town  of  Auchlinnes,  Parish 
of  Comrey,  Perthshire,  Scotland.     His  ancestors  had  for  several 


294         REV.    WILLIAM    MORRISON,  OF    LONDONDERRY,  N.  II. 

generations  occupied  the  same  house  at  that  place.  His  father 
was  an  elder  in  the  Established  Church.  Young  Morrison  emi- 
grated to  America  in  1766;  studied  divinity  with  Rev.  Robert 
Annan,  and  was  "ordained  Feb.  12,  1783,"  "to  take  the  charge 
of  the  second  parish  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,"  where  he  re- 
mained as  pastor  till  his  death,  March  9,  1818,  aged  70  years. 
He  was  an  able  preacher  and  faithful  pastor.  He  married, 
June  28,  1784,  Jean  Fullerton,  of  Octoraro,  Penn.,  who  died 
Sept.  25,  1829. 

CHILDHEN. 

rWilliam-Fullerton,  b.  Nov.  6,  1785;  grad.  Dartmouth   ColL  in  1806, 
J  and  practised  law  iu  Salem,  N.  Y.,  till  1820,  when  he  removed  to 

1  Southern  N.  Y.,  and  d.  1831. 

L  Jean,  b.  Nov.  6,  1785. 

Daniel,  b.  June  23,  1787. 
f  Sally,  b.  March  21,  1789. 
\  James,  b.  March  21,  1789. 

Margaret,  b.  Sept.  11,  1791. 

John,  b.  Nov.  21,  1793;  d.  1796. 
f  John,  2d,  b.  April  5,  1797. 
t  Eliza,  b.  April  5,  1797. 

Robert-Malcolm,  b.  Oct.  8,  1799. 

Mary- Ann,  b.  April  3,  1802. 


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CHAPTER    XV. 

BY   JUDGE   C.    R.    MORRISOX,    OF  MAXCHESTER,    X.    H. 


'^CHARTER"   SAMUEL   MORISON   AND    HIS    DESCENDANTS. 

1.  Explanatory.  He  is  called  "Charter"  Samuel  because  he 
was  one  of  the  grantees  in  the  Charter  of  Londonderry,  and  as 
a  convenient  designation  to  distinguish  him  from  others  of  the 
same  name.  The  consecutive  numbering  is  by  heads  of  families 
and  biographical  sketches.  The  star  refers  back  to  the  consecu- 
tive number  under  which  parents  and  brothers  and  sisters  may 
be  found.  Added  sections,  by  reference,  are  other  sections  where 
the  same  person  appears  again  or  has  appeared.  A  figure  over 
a  name  indicates  the  descent  from  Charter  Samuel  counting  him 
as  one.  All  references  included  in  parenthesis,  as  (Margaref*, 
SamueP,  John'^),  are  to  3Iorrisons,  and  by  the  christian  name 
only.  Any  intermediate  parent  of  another  7iame  Avill  be  readily 
found  from  the  star  number,  which  in  all  cases  refers  back  to 
the  father  or  mother,  whether  a  Morrison  or  some  other  name. 
All  places  are  in  New  Hampshire  unless  otherwise  indicated. 
The  first  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  sections  are  genealogical 
tables ;  but  added  sections  refer  the  reader  to  biograpliical 
sketches  where  other  necessary  information  will  be  found.  It 
is  believed  that  this  arrangement  will  be  conducive  to  the  con- 
venience of  the  reader.  He  will  also  find  in  added  sections  back 
references  from  the  bioo-raphical  sketches  to  the  o-enealoc-ical 
tables. 

I.  — GENEALOGICAL,   TABLES. 

2.    Samuel  a7icl  "Margret"  (Henry)  Morrisox. 

1.  Grizel,  b.  at  Loudonderry  Ireland  iu  1708;  d.  at  Londonderry 
N.  H.  June  8,  1756 ;  m.  Alexander  Craige.     §§  3,  167,  169. 

2.  Jenet,  b.  at  Lond.  Ireland;  d.  at  Loud.  N.  H.  in  1790;  m.  Mr. 
Cliaraber<.     §§  1G9,  170. 

3.  David  ;  place  of  l)irth  unknown  :  d.  at  Lond.  N.  H.  in  1760.   §  169. 

4.  John,  b.  at  Lond.  Ireland;  d.  at  Lond.  N.  H.  in  1776;  m.  Eliz- 
abeth Alexander.     §§  4,  168,  169. 

5.  Martha,  b.  at  Lond.  N.  H.  Oct.  28,  1723  ;  d.  after  1761.    §§  169,  171. 
G.    Mathew,  place  of  birth  unknown;    d.  at  Lond.  N.  H.  in  1777. 

§  172. 

7.  Samuel,  b.  at  Loud.  N.  H.  March  13,  1727;  d.  at  Lond.  March 
15,  1775;  m.  his  cousin  Isabel  Alexander.     §§  5,  169,  173. 

8.  Abram,   b.   at  Lond.    N.   H.  May  29,   1731;    ni.   Elizabeth  . 

§§  6,  169,  174. 

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296  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISOX. 

3.  Gkizel  Mokisox'^  *2  and  Alexander  Craige. 

2  childreu,  b.  at  LoncL,  John  Sept.  17,  1736,  aud  Samuel  April  25, 
1739.     §§  167,  169. 

4.  JoHN^  *2  and  Elizabeth  (Alexander)  Morisox. 

1.  David,  b.  at  Loud.  Aug.  29,  1750,  and  d.  at  Niagara  N.  Y.  iu 
1812;  m.  1st,  Hannah  Whitaker;  2d,  Mrs.  Hall;  3d,  Mrs.  McDou- 
ald.     He  had  children  by  his  lirst  wife.     §§  7,  168,  175. 

2.  Samuel,  b.  at  Lond.  March  5,  1752,  aud  d.  at  West  Fairlee  Vt. 
in  1802;  m.  Mary  Roch  of  Derryfleld  June  30,  1774.     §§  8,  168,  176. 

3.  John,  b.  at  Lond.  Sept.  22,  1755;  d.  near  Schenectady  N.  Y. 
after  1806;  ra.  Hannah  Richardson  before  1786.     §§  9,  168,  177. 

4.  James,  b.  at  Lond.  May  9,  1757;  d.  at  Lond.  after  1814;  m. 
Martha  Whitaker  of  Loud.     §§  10,  168,  178. 

5.  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Loud.  Jan.  2,  1766;  d.  after  1814  iu  New  York 
State;  m.  Job  Leonard  of  Schenectady  N.  Y.     §§  168,  179. 

G.  Robert,  b.  at  Lond.;  date  of  birth  unknown;  d.  after  1776, 
under  age. 

5.  Samuel"^  *2  ayxd  Isabella  (Alexander)  Morisox, 

1.  Samuel,  b.  at  Lond.  iu  1750;  d.  after  1803;  m.  Martha  Craige. 
§§  11,  ISO. 

2.  Abram,  b.   at  Lond.    in  1752;  d.   after  1825;  m.  Mary .     §§ 

12,  181. 

3.  Robert,  b.  at  Lond.  Aug.  29,  1754;  d.  at  Loud.  Feb.  12,  1846;  m. 
Jenny  Alexander  July  6,  1780.     §§  13,  182. 

4.  Jonathan,  b.  at  Lond.  1757;  d.  at  Rochester;  m.  Miss  Hartford. 
§§  14,  183. 

5.  David,  b.  at  Lond.  Aug.  27,  1763;  d.  at  Alton  Dec.  8,  1832;  m. 
Mary  Kiml)all  of  Rochester  iu  1787.     §§  15,  184. 

6.  Margaret,  1).  at  Loud,  iu  1764;  cf.  at  Lynn  Mass.;  ui.  1st,  Mr. 
Ray  of  Heuuiker;  and  2d,  Mr.  Pratt.     §  185. 

7.  Isabella,  b.  at  Lond.  Nov.  14,  1765;  d.  at  Rve  March  23,  1858; 
m.  Heury  Drown  of  Rochester  Aug.  18,  1793.     §§  16,  186. 

8.  Jane,  b.  at  Loud. ;   m.  David  Gove  of  Weare  aud  d.  there. 

6.  Abram-  *2  and  Elizabeth  Morrisox. 

Tradition  says  that  they  had  children,  but  I  am  unable  to  trace  them. 
See  section  174. 

7.  David^  *4  (John'^)  and  Haxxah  (Whitaker)  Morrisox. 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Loud.  April  28,  1775;  m.  Nathan  Towle  of  Deer- 
fleld  April  3,  1800.     §  17. 

2.  Moody,  b.  at  Chester  in  1776,  aud  d.  at  sea.     §  187. 

3.  John,  b.  at  Chester  Oct.  22,  1777,  and  d.  at  Rarkersburg  Va.  iu 
1862;  m.  Marv  Campbell  Feb.  17,  1800,  in  the  Episcopal  church  at 
Buflalo  N.  Y.  *  §§  18,  188. 

4.  Pollv,  b.  at  Chester  in  1779;  m.  Nathan  Gookin  of  Piermout. 
§§  19,  lfi6'. 

'  '5.    David,  b.  at  Chester  March  12,  1783,  aud  d.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Mav 
23,  1850;  m.  Sally  Clark  of  Bradford  Vt.  Jan.  1,  1809.     §§  20,  190. 

6.  Hannah,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  July  29,  1785,  aud  d.  at  Schenectady 
N.  Y.  Dec.  12,  1858;  m.  Edward  Clark  Nov.  12,  1812.     §§  21,  166. 

7.  Franklin  D.  b.  at  Corinth  Vt.  Nov.  26,  1788,  and  d.  at  Calais  Me. 
April  6,  1835:  m.  Hannah  Teuuey.     §§  22,  190. 

8.  Moses  F.  twin  brother  of  Fraukiiu  D.  d.  at  Decatur  Ohio  Nov. 
1856;  m.  Zilpha  Smith  of  Bath  March  23,  1812.     §§  23,  192. 

8.    Samuel^  *  4  (John-)  cmfZ  Mary  (Roach)  Morrisox. 

1.  John,  b.  at  Lond.  Oct.  17,  1774;  d.  at  Lyme  in  1848;  m.  Rachel 
Howard  in  1797.     §§  24,  196.     One  dying  iu  infancy. 


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3.  Samuel,  b.  at  Derryfleld  (now  Manchester)  Feb.  13,  1777 ;  d.  at 
Fairlee  Vt.  Feb.  24,  18-i4 ;  m.  Elizabeth  R.  Rowe  of  AUeustown  1802. 
§§  25,  197. 

4.  Mari?aret,  b.  at  Loud,  in  1780;  d.  at  Strafford  Vt.  Sept.  22,  1802; 
m.  Noah  Norton  of  Strafford  Vt.  iu  1798.     §§  26,  198. 

5.  James,  b.  at  Loud.  1781;  d.  Oct.  15,  1841  at  Fairlee  Vt. ;  m. 
Martha  Poltou  iu  1802.     §^  27,  199. 

6.  Mary,  b.  at  Loud.  March  14,  1783 ;  d.  Oct.  27,  1854,  at  Couesus 
N.  Y.  ;  m.  Davenport  Alsyer  of  Strafford  Vt.  July  1,  1804.     §§  28,  200. 

7.  William,  b.  at  Loncl.  May  3,  1786;  d.  July  17,  1853  at  Bath;  m. 
Stira  Young  of  Haverhill  N.  H.  Oct.  8,  1808.     §§  29,  201. 

8.  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Lond.  in  1788;  d.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  at  fourteen 
years  of  age. 

9.  Robert,  b.  at  Loud.  April  19,  1790;  d.  at  Camptou  July  6,  1819; 
m.  Aun  Ford  of  Piermont  April  24,  1814.     §§  30,  202. 

10.  Charlotte,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Nov.  25,  1794;  d.  at  Couesus  N.  Y. 
Aug.  1850;  m.  Charles  Thorpe  of  Couesus  Jan.  1,  1810.     §§31,  203. 

9.  JoHN^  *4  (Jolin"^)  a7id  Haxnah  (Richardson)  Morrison. 

Ten  children,  b.  iu  the  Mohawk  Valley  N.  Y.  as  follows  :  — 

1.  David  in  1785;  m.  Ciuthla  Dodge.     §§32,204. 

2.  Martha  in  1787;  m.  James  Stark,  by  wliom  two  children. 

3.  Robert  in  1789;  married  and  had  live  children. 

4.  Elizabeth  iu  1791;  ra.  Simon  Rail  in  1808.     §§33,  204. 

5.  Folly  iu  1793;  m.  Mr.  Fisher,  by  whom  one  child. 

6.  Jane  in  1795;  m.  James  Wright. 

7.  Margaret  Iu  1797:  m.  Abraham  Levey  of  Amsterdam  N.  Y.  §§ 
'  34,  204. 

8.  John  after  1797.     §§  35,  204. 

9.  Dinah  about  1803;  m.  James  Crawford  of  Chilton  Calumet  Co. 
Wis.    §  204. 

10.  Samuel  iu  1806,  and  d.  iu  1837;  m.  Mary  Mount  in  1829.  §§  36, 
204. 

10.  James^  *4  (John-)  a7id  Martha  (Whitaker)  Morrisox. 

Five  children,  b.  at  Lond.  as  follows  :  — 

1.  Peggy  July  26,  1776;  d.  at  Lond;  and  unmarried. 

2.  Thomas  April  4,  1782;  d.  at  Lond.  Sept.  1851;  m.  Sarah  Giles 
in  1825.     §§  37,  205. 

3.  James"  March  17,  1783;  d.  at  Brighton  0.  April  15,  1870;  m. 
Betsey  Hnrd  in  1816.     §§  3,  38,  206. 

4.  Rebecah  Feb.  16,  1787;  d.  at  Lond.  Dec.  12,  1836. 

5.  John  Aug.  29,  1794;  d.  at  Lond.  iu  1870;  m.  Sally  Coburn  of 
Loud,  in  1832."    §§  39,  207. 

11.  Samuel^  *5  (Samuel-^)  and  Martha  (Craige)  Morrison. 

Jane,  m.  David  Gove  of  Weare;  were  other  children,  who  went  to 
Ohio  before  his  death. 

12.  Abram^  *5  (SamueP)  and  Mahy  Morrison. 

One  son  Daniel.    He  was  a  Quaker  and  went  to  Saratoga  N.  Y.    §  181. 

13.  Robert^  *5  (SamueP)  and  Janet  (Alexander)  Morrison. 

1.  David,  b.  at  Lond.  in  1781,  and  d.  there  May  4,  1819. 

2.  Mary,  b.  at  Lond.  after  1782,  and  d.  there  unmarried. 

3.  Jenny,  b.  at  Lond.  May  2,  1792,  and  d.  there  Sept.  4,  1862;  ra. 
Robert  Dickey  of  Lond.  May  24,  1821.  He  was  b.  Nov.  4,  1786,  at 
Lond.  and  d.  there  May  28,  1866,  iu  his  80th  year.     §§  40,  208. 

14.  Jonathan^  *5  (SamueP)  and  (Hartford)  Morrison. 

Five  children,  b.  at  Rochester  —  Jonathan,  Samuel,  Ephraim,  Sarah, 
and  Isabella. 


298  CHARTER   SAMUEL  MORISON.         * 

15.  David^  *5  (SamueP)  and  Maky  (Kimball)  Moekisok. 

1.  Daniel,  b.  at  Rochester  Oct.  26,  1788;  d.  at  Alton  Oct.  31,  1869, 
aged  81 ;  ni.  Joanna  McNiel  of  Barrington  now  Straflbrd.     §§  41, 209. 

2.  Isabel,  b.  at  Rochester  Feb.  7,  1790 ;  d.  at  Barrington  June  24, 

1870,  aged  79;  m.  Daniel  Caverly  of  Alton.     §§  42,  212. 

3.  Martha,  b.  at  Rochester  April  1,  1792 ;  d.  at  Northwood  Feb. 
1864,  aged  72;  m.  Daniel  Dudley  of  Alton.     §§  43,  212. 

4.  Nehemiah,   b.  at  Rochester  Aug.   21,  1794;  d.   at  Candia  Jan. 

1871,  aged  76;  m.  Mary  French  of  New  Durham.     §§  44,  210. 

5.  Mary,  b.  at  Rochester  July  10,  1796;  d.  at  Alton  June  2G,  1814. 

6.  Lydia,  b.  at  Alton  March  30,  1800,  and  is  still  living;  m.  Benja- 
min Bennett  of  Alton  June  10,  1822.     §§  45,  211. 

7.  David,  b.  at  Alton  Oct.  6,  1803 ;  d.  at  Alton  on  the  old  home- 
stead Oct.  21,  1855,  aged  52;  m.  Sophia  Nutter  of  Farmington.  §§  46, 
212. 

8.  Jane,  b.  at  Alton  Nov.  23,  1806;  m.  Richard  Furber  Oct.  25, 
1827.     §§  47,  212. 

16.  Isabella  Morrison^  *5  (Samuel'-)  and  Henry  Drown. 

1.  Ezra,  b.  at  Rochester  May  3,  1794;  m.  Sarah  Young.     §213. 

2.  Charlotte,  b.  at  Rochester  Jan.  27,  1796;  m.  1st,  Noah  Holmes 
of  Rochester  Nov.  16,  1821  (§  48)  ;  2d,  Robertson  Foss  of  Rye.  §§  49, 
213. 

3.  Ruth,  b.  at  Rochester  March  14,  1796 ;  m.  John  Huntington. 

4.  Isabel,  b.  at  Rochester  Nov.  3,  1799 ;  in.  Thomas  Beck. 

5.  Patience,  b.  at  Rochester  Sept.  5,  1801 ;  m.  Moses  Place  of 
Rochester.     §  213. 

6.  Sarah,  b.  at  Rochester  July  25,  1804 ;  m.  William  Libbey  of 111. 

7.  Cenith,  b.  at  Rochester  April  3,  1806;  m.  Richard  Nutter  of 
Farmington.     §  213. 

8.  Hannah,  b.  at  Rochester  April  28,  1808;  m.  Isaac  Dolby  of 
Farmington.     §  213. 

9.  Mary,  b.  at  Rochester  Sept.  16,  1810;  ra.  William  H.  Foss  of 
Chicago.     §  213. 

17.  Elizabeth  Morrison* *7  (DavitP,  John'-)  a?if?NATHxVN  Towle. 

1.  Adaline,  b.  at  Piermont  April  22,  1802;  m.  Stephen  Merrill  of 
Piermout  March  3,  1834.     §§  50,  214. 

2.  Phelinda,  b.  at  Piermont  Jan  26,  1804,  and  d.  there  unmarried. 

3.  Nathan,  1).  at  Piermont  May  30,  1810,  and  d.  unmarried. 

4.  Franklin  M.  b.  at  Piermont  March  13,  1814;  m.  Percy  A.  Rollins 
of  Piermont  Oct.  9,  1837.     §§  51,  214. 

18.  John*  *7  (DavicP,  Jolin'^)  and  Mary  (Campbell)  Morrison. 

1.  David,  b.  Dec.  18,  1800;  m.  Amanda  Landon  Fox  at  Bufl'alo 
N.  Y.  Aug.  14,  1827.     §  215. 

2.  Christeen,  b.  Aug.  17,  1802;  m.  Nathan  Hawley  March  10,  1818. 
§§  52,  215,  216. 

3.  Hannah,  b.  April  3,  1805 ;  m.  1st,  Jonathan  Prosser,  Feb.  27, 1819, 
by  whom  one  child;  2d,  Wilber  Manard;  3d,  Lewis  House.     §  215. 

4.  Mary,  b.  June  12,  1807.     §  215. 

5.  Elizabeth  Jane,  b.  Sept.  8,  1809;  m.  Charles  N.  Slocum  Feb.  24, 
1825.     §  215. 

6.  Catherine,  b.  May  15,  1812;  m.  1st,  Uriah  Burgess  March  1, 
1829  (§  53)  ;  2(1,  Jesse  ilill  Oct.  20,  1839.     §§  54,  215. 

7.  Irene;  date  of  birth  unknown;  m.  Jacob  Culver  March  6,  1833. 
8   and  9.    Walter  and  Edward  ;  date  of  births  unknown.     §  52. 

10.  Franklin  B.,  b.  June  28.  1822.     §§  52,  215. 

11.  John  C,  b.  July  11,  1825.     §215. 

12.  Josephine  A. ;  date  of  birth  unknown.    §  215. 


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19.  Polly  Morrisox^  *7  (David^,  John-')  and  Xathax  Gookix. 

Four  children — Eliza,  Mary  Ann.  Adelaide,  and  Frederick.    Adelaide 
married  Mr.  Wilson.     §§'lG6,  168. 

20.  David*  *7  (DaVicF,  John-)  and  Sally  (Clark)  Morrisox. 

1.  Hannah,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  March  4,  1811 ;  d.  June  8,  1845.    §  221. 

2.  Joseph  C.  b.  at  Fairlf'e  Feb.  14,  1814;  m.  Mary  Burnap  Nov.  18, 
1839.     §§  55,  218. 

3.  David,  b.  at  Fairlee  Nov.  18,  1H15 ;  m.  Laurette  G.  Eastman 
Nov.  4,  1849.     §§  5G,  219. 

4.  Sally,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  July  18,  1820;  d.  Sept.  26,  1844.     §221. 

5.  George  G.  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Feb.  25,  1823;  m.  Amanda  M.  Robie 
of  Bradford  Vt.  May  U,  1848.     §§  57,  220. 

6.  Fanny  C.  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Nov.  16,  1825;  d.  May  26,  1857;  m. 
Lewis  B.  liobie  Julv  1,  1849.     §§  58,  222. 

7.  Susan  E.  b.  at  Fairlee  July  19,  1829;  m.  Wells  M.  Badger  Dec. 
25.  1854.     §§  59,  223. 

8.  Philinda  T.  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Jan.  8,  1832,  and  died  March  17, 
1849. 

21.  Haxxah  Morrisox''  *7  (David^,  John'-)  and  Edward  Clark. 

1.  Edward,  b.  at  Schenectady  N.  Y.  March  10,  1814;  m.  Catherine 
Covington  April  20,  1843.     §§  60,  224. 

2.  Laban  Fairchild,  b.  at  Schenectady  Oct.  31,  1815;  d.  at  Susque- 
hanna Depot  Pa.  July  1867;  m.  Hulda  G.  Beach  Sept.  14,  1847.  §§  61, 
225. 

3.  Adeline  Eliza,  b.  at  Schenectady  July  29,  1818;  m.  Prof.  Lock- 
wood  Hoyt  of  Schenectady  Oct.  16,  1853.     §§  62,  226. 

4.  Charles  Wesley,  b.  at  Schenectady  Oct.  28,  1820;  d.  in  1830. 

5.  Joseph  M.  b.  at  Schenectady  March  22,  1825,  and  d.  in  infancy. 

6.  Louisa  F.  b.  at  Schenectady  Dec.  5,  1827.     §§  166,  177,  227. 

22.  Fraxklix  D."  *1  (David\  John^)  and  Haxxah  (Tenney) 
Morrisox, 

1.    Adeline  Clinton,  b.  at  Calais  Me.  Nov.  28,  1833.     §  228. 

23.  Moses  F.*  *7  (David^,  John-)  and  Zilpha  (Smith)  Morrisox. 

1.  Jane  Z.  b.  at  Bath  Oct.  31,  1812;  m.  Alexander  Nelson  of  Rye- 
gate  Vt.  in  1839.     §§  63,  229. 

2  and  3.  Moses,' b.  Feb.  22,  1815,  and  Eliza  Aug.  23,  1816;  both 
dying  in  infanc}'. 

4.  Albert,  b.  at  Landafl"  June  18,  1818 ;  ra.  1st,  Luthera  Cook  of 
Lyme,  who  d.  of  cholera  at  New  Vienna  0.  July  30,  1854 ;  2d,  Eliza- 
beth Rosenkrans  of  Hammoudsport  N.  Y.  July  19,  1859,  at  Webster 
City  la.     §§  64,  230. 

5.  Adeline  E.  T.  b.  at  Bath  May  25,  1820;  m.  James  Swain  in  1846. 
§  231. 

6.  John,  b.  at  Bath  Feb.  22,  1822;  m.  1st,  Emma  S.  Barrett  in  1860, 
bv  whom  one  child,  dying  in  infancy;  2d,  Airs.  Molly Frazelle  in  1864. 
§§  65,  232. 

7.  Napoleon  B.  b.  at  Waterford  Vt.  Feb.  12,  1824;  m.  Laviua  M. 
Smart  of  Greenfield  O.  Oct.  11,  1854.     §§  ^i>,  233. 

8.  Helen,  b.  at  Bath  Jan.  6,  1828;  m.  John  A.  Blauchard  at  Buffalo 
N.  Y.  Oct.  25,  1855.     §§  (S^,  234. 

9.  Eugenia  A.  b.  at  Bath  June  25,  1834;  m.  Charles  W.  Jerome  at 
Shelbyville  111.  in  1858.     §§  67,  235. 

10.  Pauline,  b.  at  Bath  May  31,  1836;  m.  Hezekiah  Beecher  at  Fort 
Dodge  Iowa  Dec.  13,  1858.     §§  68,  236. 

24.  JoHx*  *8  (SamueP,  Johu^)  and  Rachel  (HoAvard)  Morrisox. 

1.    Zadock,  b.  at  Lyme  in  1797;  d.  in  1828.     §  237. 


300  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

2.  Koxanna,  b.  at  Lyme  in  1801,  and  d.  there  in  1872;  m.  Joel 
Whipple  of  Lyme  in  1832.     §§  69,  237. 

3.  Margaret,  b.  at  Lyme  in  1804 ;  d.  in  1848 ;  m.  Oliver  Gary,  by 
whom  two  children,  both  now  dead. 

4.  Mary,  b.  at  Lyme  in  1806,  and  d.  there  in  1819. 

5.  John,  b.  at  Lyme  in  1809;  d.  in  1834;  m.  Sarah  Stetson  in  1832. 

6.  Ralph,  b.  at  Lyme  in  1811  ;  m.  Almira  Lord  in  1835.     §§  70,  237. 

7.  Marquis  C.  b.  at  Lyme  in  1814;  m.  Mary  C.  Ball  in  1839.  §§  71, 
237. 

8.  Lnra  D.  b.  at  Lyme  in  1822 ;  m.  1st,  David  Warner  in  1845 ;  2d, 
David  Hill  in  1852.     §§  72,  237. 

25.  Samuel*  *8   (SaraueP,  John-)   and  Elizabeth    R.    (Rowe) 
Morrison. 

1.  Twin  sisters,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Dec.  1801 ;  lived  but  a  few  days. 

2.  Samuel,  b.  at  Fairlee  Feb.  28,  1803,  and  d.  Nov.  26,  1823.  §§  166, 
238 

3.  Daniel  W.  b.  at  Fairlee  Sept.  20,  1805 ;  d.  at  Lyme  Dec.  9,  1862 ; 
m.  Bertha  Gaye  of  Orford  in  1830.     §§  73,  238. 

4.  William,  b.  at  Fairlee  in  1807  ;  m.  Ann  Day  of  Weare.  §§  74,  238. 

5.  Josiah  T.  b.  at  Fairlee  April  6,  1812;  m.  Abigail  A.  Ayers  of 
Plainfleld  Vt.  Aug.  9,  1840.     §§  166,  238. 

6.  Uriah  B.  b.  at  Fairlee  April  6,  1812;  m.  Emily  Hodges  March 
17,  1837.     §§  75,  238. 

26.  Margaret  MoRRifeox''  *8  (Samuel'^  John-)  and  Noah  Norton. 

1.  Elihue,  b.  at  Straflbrd  Vt.  Oct.  6,  1799,  and  d.  at  Chelsea  in 
June  1876;  m.  Sarah  Dewing  of  Boston  Mass.    §§  76,  239. 

2.  Seymour  M.  b.  at  Strafford,  May  10,  1802;  d.  April  5,  1869;  m. 
Fannie  Stevens  of  Strafford  April  13,  "1828.     §§  77,  239. 

27.  James*  *8  (SamueP,  John-)  and  Martha  (Polton)  Morrison. 

1.  John,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Sept.  10,  1803,  and  d.  at  Dover  N.  H. 
Aug.  8.  1837;  m.  Mehitable  Tibbetts  of  Dover  about  1825.    §§  78,  240. 

2.  Betsey,  b.  at  Fairlee  June  20,  1805,  where  she  still  lives.  §§  166, 
241. 

3.  Hannah,  b.  at  Fairlee  Oct.  9,  1807;  d.  at  Lisbon  Aug.  3,  1865. 
m.  1st,  Russell  Kemp  of  Piermont  in  1838 ;  2d,  Erastus  Fisk  of  Lis- 
bon.    §§  79,  242. 

4.  George  W.  b.  at  Fairlee  Oct.  16,  1809;  m.  Maria  L.  Fitch  of 
Thetford  Vt.  Nov.  5,  1838.     §§  243,  256. 

5.  Elinus  J.  b.  at  Fairlee  Feb.  12,  1812;  killed  by  rebels  at  St. 
Albans  Vt.  Oct.  22,  1862;  m.  Mary  A.  Elliott  of  Boscawen  Oct.  18, 
1840.     §§  80,  244. 

6.  Joel  L.  b.  at  Fairlee  Oct.  17,  1814,  and  d.  Nov.  17,  1814. 

7.  Ira  Parker,  b.  at  Fairlee  Nov.  3,  1815;  m.  Martha  Marshall  of 
Lyme  in  1845.     §§  81,  245. 

8.  Robert,  b.  at  Fairlee  Nov.  9,  1818,  and  d.  at  Chelsea  Mass.  Aug. 
23,  1844. 

9.  Mary  E.  b.  at  Fairlee  Feb.  3,  1821 ;  d.  at  San  Francisco  June  24, 
1871;  m.  "Timothy  Sarsrent.     §^82.246. 

10.  Davenport,  b.  at  Fairlee  June  23,  1823  ;  m.  1st,  Lucy  M.  Fogg  of 
Epping  N.  H.  Jan.  18,  1848  (§  83)  ;  2d,  Jennie  McNiel  of  Carlisle  Eng. 
Nov.  24,  1874.     §§  84,  247. 

28.  Mary  Morrison*  *8  (SamueP,  John-)  a;? f^ Davenport  Alger. 

1.  Jehlel,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  April  1,  1805;  d.  at  Conesus  May  24, 
1857 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Allen  Feb.  25,  1829.     §§  85,  248. 

2.  Lucinda,  b.  at  Conesus  Oct.  12,  1808,  and  d.  Aug.  2,  1810. 

3.  Polly,  b.  at  Conesus  Nov.  15,  1810;  m.  Sylvester  ^lorris  of  Con- 
esus Jan.  20,  1833.     §§  86,  251. 


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4.  John  D.  b.  at  Couesus  Au,ff.  17,  1814 ;  m.  Lst,  Dimis  Stephens, 
Jan.  8.  1836  (§  87)  ;  2cl,  Adeline  Morris  iu  1842.     §§  87,  249. 

5.  Electa,  b.  at  Conesus  June  16,  1816;  m.  Nathaniel  Cole  Nov.  5, 
1846.     §§  88,  252. 

6.  James  M.  b.  at  Conesus  April  25,  1820;  m.  Mary  J.  Stone  Nov. 
17,  1852.     §§  89,  250. 

29.  William^  *8  (SamueP,  John-)  a7id  Stira  (Young)  Mop.risox. 

1.  Franklin,  b.  at  Bath  Sept.  9,  1809 ;  d.  at  South  Lee  Mass.  Nov. 

17,  1831.     §  253. 

2.  IMary  Roach,  b.  at  Bath  July  1,  1811,  and  d.  Aug.  22,  1845.     §  254. 

3.  Frederick  William,  b.  at  Bath  July  29,  1813;  d.  at  Grinnell  la. 
Aug.  16,  1876;  m.  Ann,  dau.  of  Rev.  David  Sutherland  of  Bath  Oct. 
4,  r843.      ^§  90,  255. 

4.  Maria  Louisa,  b.  at  Bath  April  15,  1816,  aud  d.  May  4,  1819. 

5.  Charles  Robert,  b.  at  Bath  Jan.  22,  1819;  m.  Susan  Fitch  of 
Littleton  Dec.  22,  1842.    §  256. 

6.  George,  b.  at  Bath  June  12,  1821 ;  m.  Susan  Ricker  of  Bath  Aug.. 
30,  1848.     §  257. 

7.  Louisa,  b.  at  Bath  June  11,  1824,  and  died  Aug.  3,  1824. 

8.  James  Swan,  b.  at  Bath  Oct.  30,  1825;  m.  Eliza  G.  Cumining  of 
Greensboro'  X.  C.  iu  1865.     §§  91,  258. 

9.  Heurv,  b.  at  Bath  Dec.  7,  1828,  and  d.  Sept.  29,  1832.    §  259. 

10.  Eleanor  Gookin,  b.  at  Bath  Nov.  25,  1832.   §  260. 

30.  Robert-*  *8  (SamueP,  John-)  cmd  Aj^:s  (Ford)  Morrison. 

1.    Welhnau,  b.  at  Campton  Oct.  8,  1815;  d.  at  Boston  ]\[ass.  April 

18,  1857,  aud  was  buried  by  his  mother  at  Reading  Mass.    §  261. 

31.  Charlotte  Morrison*  *8   (SamueP,  Jolni-)   and  Charles 
Thorp. 

1.  Luciuda  A.  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  Nov.  14,  1810;  d.  at  Conesus 
Feb.  13,  1876;  m.  James  G.  Daniels  of  Conesus  in  1832.     §§  72,  262. 

2.  Henry,  b.  at  Conesus  in  1814,  and  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Betsey  Olivia,  b.  at  Conesus  Feb.  8,  1811!,  aud  d.  at  Conesus 
Jan.  4,  1828. 

4.  Seymour  Norton,  b.  at  Conesus  Feb.  1,  1818  ;  m.  Emma  Dean  of 
Livonia  N.  Y.  Feb.  22,  1846.     §§  93,  263. 

5.  Marv  Ann,  b.  at  Conesus  Oct.  23,  1821;  m.  Matthew  Allen  of 
Conesus  Dec.  31,  1845.     §§  94,  264. 

6.  Stira  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Conesus  Oct.  14,  1825 ;  m.  John  McVicar 
of  Conesus  iu  Feb.  1846.     §§  95,  265. 

3-2.   David'*  *9  (John^,  John-)  and  Cyxthia  (Dodge)  Morrison. 

1.  Matilda;  m.  Jonathan  Hare,  living  at  Blisslield  Lenawee  Co. 
Mich,  by  wiiora  there  are  four  children. 

2.  Sarah ;  m.  Charles  Palmer,  by  whom  one  son,  David. 

3.  Hannah.     4.    Amanda.     5.    Henrietta. 

6.  John;  m.  Alexine  Young,  by  whom  two  children,  now  living- 
near  his  sister  Matilda  at  Blisslield. 

33.  Elizabeth  Morrison'*  *9  (John^,  John-)  and  Surox  Ball. 

1.  Melviue,  b.  1809.  2.  John,  b.  1811.  3.  Abraham,!),  in  1813; 
m.  Lois  Priest.     §§  96,  266. 

34.  Margaret   Morrison*    *9    (John^,   John-)    and   Ar.UAiiA:\r 
Levey. 

1.  Betsey,  b.  at  Amsterdam  N.  Y.  ;  m.  Alouzo  French,  l\v  whom 
two  sons  and  one  daughter.     §j  166,  266. 

2.  Hannah,  b.  at  Amsterdam  ;  m.  William  HoH'mau,  by  whom  two 
daughters  and  one  son.     ^^  166,  266. 


302  CHARTER  SAMUEL  MORISOX. 

3.  Catherine,  b.  at  Amsterdam;  ra.  John  McChemphie.  §§  166,266. 

4.  Dinah,  b.  at  Amsterdam ;  m.  A.  Cousoul,  by  whom  one  daughter. 
§§  166,  266. 

5.  Jennett.  6.  Margaret.  7.  Martha.  8.  Adeline.  9.  John,  b. 
at  Amsterdam;  m_.  Jennie  Fargusou.     §§  166,  266. 

10.  Agnes,  b.  at  "Amsterdam ;  d.  Aug.  1879  ;  m.  Isaac  De  Grafl'.  §§  166, 
266. 

35.  John*  *9  (John^,  John'-^)  and MoRRisoisr. 

Two  daughters,  said  to  be  now  living  at  Harris'  Corners  New  Castle 
Co.  Delaware.     §§  166,  267. 

36.  Samuel*  *9  (John^  John-)  and  Mary  (Mount)  Morrison. 

1.  Julia.  2.  John  H.  3.  Lewis,  all  b.  at  Amsterdam  N.  Y.  John 
H.  is  in  trade  at  Fultonville  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  about  1832.  Julia  and 
Lewis  ai'e  dead.    §  268. 

37.  Thomas*  *10  (James^,  John-)  and  Sarah  (Giles)  Morrisox. 

Five  children,  b.  at  Lond.  as  follows  :  — 

1.  Martha  M.  who  married  Addison  Brooks  (and  lives  in  Arlington 
Mass.),  by  whom  four  children.    There  are  seven  grandchildren.  §  269. 

2.  Mark,  Avho  married  Sarah  Beau,  l)y  whom  eight  children,  four  of 
them  now  living. 

3.  Jame^,  who  married  Phebe  A.  Robinson,  by  whom  four  children, 
three  of  them  now  living.     §  270. 

4.  Margaret,  who  d.  at  Loud,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years. 

5.  Charles,  who  married  Abbie  Floyd,  by  whom  one  child.  See 
§§  270,  271  for  particulars  of  his  death,  and  also  that  of  James. 

38.  James**  10  (James^,  John-)  a^ic^ Elizabeth  (Hurd)  Morrison. 

1.  Jaue,  b.  at  Duaneslnu'gh  N.  Y.  June  19,  1817;  m.  John  H.  Berk- 
ley of  Esperance  N.  Y.  June  30,  1850.     §§  97,  272. 

2.  Wellington,  b.  at  N.  Y.  Feb.  I,  1820.     §  98. 

3.  James,  b.  at  Duauesburgh  N.  Y.  about  1823;  m.  Caroline  M. 
Webb.     §  273. 

4.  Daniel  H.  b.  at  Root  N.  Y.  June  28,  1825;  m.  Mary  A.  Graves  at 
Lansing  Mich,  in  1864.     §§  100,  274. 

39.  John*  *10  (James^,  John-)  and  Sally  (Coburn)  Morrison. 

Seven  children,  all  b.  at  Lond.  as  follows  :  — 

1.  Franklin  G.  June  13,  1833;  James  May  13,  1835;  Dorcas  Nov. 
23,  1836;  Elizabeth  May  23,  1838;  Harlan  P.  June  6,  1840;  Belinda 
Sept.  3,  1841  (now  deceased),  and  Emeliue  March  18,  1844.  She 
married  Edward  P.  Boynton  April  7,   1868.     See  §§  101,  275. 

40.  Jennie    Morrison*   *13    (Robert^    SamueP)    and  Robert 
Dickey. 

1.  Robert,  b.  at  Loud.  March  1,  1822,  and  d.  Oct.  3,  1825. 

2.  Zoe  Ann,  b.  at  Loud.  March  3,  1824;  m.  Charles  A.  Flanders  of 
Hebron.     §§  102,  276. 

41.  Daniel*  *15  (DavicP,  Samuel-)  and  Joanna  (McMel)  Morri- 
son. 

1.  Samuel,  b.  at  Alton,  and  is  now  living  there  on  the  farm  of  his 
deceased  father.  He  m.  Susan  Jones  of  Farmington,  now  deceased. 
§  277. 

42.  Isabel  Morrison*  *15  (David^,  Samuel'-)  and  Daniel  Cav- 

ERLY. 

1.  Nancy,  who  m.  Charles  H.  Waterhouse  of  Barriugton.     §  103. 

2.  Jane,  m.  Matthew  Hale  of  Conway,  by  whom  three  children. 


GENEALOGICAL   TABLES.  303 

43.  Martha    Moreisox*    *15   (David^    SamueP)   and    Daxiel 
Dudley. 

1.  Mary,  m.  John  Page  of  Newmarket,  by  whom  four  children. 

2.  David,  m.  a  lady  in  N.  Y.  by  whom  four  children.     §  278. 

3.  Frances,  m.  Alexis  Dudley  of  Northwood.     §  104. 
4  and  5.    Children  who  died  in  infancy. 

44.  Nehemiah*  *15  (David^  Samuel-)  and  Mary  (French)  Mor- 
rison. 

1.  Abrara,  m.  Naomi  Cilley  of  Barnstead,  by  whom  eight  children ; 
four  of  them  are  now  living. 

2.  Joseph.     He  died  a  young  man  and  unmarried. 

3.  Nancy,  m.  Mr.  "Wiugate,  by  whom  one  daughter.    §  279. 

4.  Nehemiah,  m.  and  settled  in  Natchez  Louisiana.    §  279. 

5.  David,  m.  Mary  Foss  of  Barrington,  by  whom  one  son,  David. 
Father  and  son  both  dead.     §  279. 

6.  John,  lives  at  South  Berwick  Me. ;  m.  Abbie  Cate,  by  whom  five 
children. 

7.  Mary,  lives  in  Madbury;  m.  John  B.  Huckins.     §§  105,  279. 

8.  Valaria,  lives  in  Exeter;  m.  Ivory  Hayes,  by  whom  three  chil- 
-  dren,  one  of  them  deceased. 

9.  Daniel,  ra.  in  Boston  and  lives  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.     §  279. 

45.  Lydia  Morrison^    *15   (David^,    SamueP)    and  Bexjamix 
Bexxett. 

1.  Morrison  Bennett  Esq.  lives  in  Alton  ;  m  Christianna  E.  Berry 
of  Stratlbrd.     §§  lOG,  280. 

2.  Albert,  b.'at  Alton;  d.  at  Wolfboro'  in  18G7;  m.  Hannah  Pike. 
§§  108,  281. 

3.  Lieut.  John,  d.  in  18G6  at  Alton.     §  282. 

4.  Eveline,  m.  Jeremiali  York  of  Dover.     §§  107,  288. 

5.  David,  d.  in  childhood,  and  one  other,  dying  in  infancy. 

46.  David^  *15  (David-^,  Samuel-)  and  Sophia  (Nutter)  Mokrisox. 

1.  Mary  E   b.  at  Alton;  m.  John  H.  Elliott  of  Barnstead.     §  109. 

2.  James  N.  b.  at  Alton;  m.  Mary  Walker  of  Barnstead.     §  110. 

3.  David  H.  b.  at  Alton;  m.  Nancy  Walker  of  Barnstead.  §§111,284. 

47.  Jaxe  Morrisox'*  *15  (David'^,  Samuel-)  and  Richard  Furber. 

1.  John  F.  b.  at  Alton;  m.  1st,  Electa  Clough  of  Alton,  by  whom 
three  children;  2d,  Mary  Munsey  of  Barnstead  about  1872. 

2.  Almira,  d.  in  childhood. 

3.  Samuel  E.  b.  at  Alton  ;  m.  Sarah  Hodgdon  of  Barnstead.     §  112. 

48.  Charlotte    Drowx*   *16    (Isabella^,    Samuel")   and  Noah 
Holmes. 

1.  Elvira,  b.  at  Rochester  April  18,  1822;  m.  Hardison  Foss  of 
Rye  July  16,  1843.     §  113.  - 

2.  Juiia  A.  b.  at  Rochester  Jan.  12,  1827;  m.  Eben  L.  Seavey  of 
Rye  Dec.  25,  1849  (§  114);  and  3  and  4,  Sylvanus  and  Morris,  who 
died  young.     For  her  children  by  Rol)ertson  Foss,  see  §  49. 

49.  Charlotte  Drowx*  *16  (Isabella'',  Samuel-)  and  Eobertsox 
Foss. 

1.  John  H.  b.  Dec.  9,  1830;  m.  1st,  Elizabeth  H.  Felker  of  Barring- 
ton  Sent.  10,  185(5;  2d,  Augusta  A.  Felker  of  Barrington  Sept.  9, 
1859.     §§  115,  294. 

2.  Huiiry  D.  b.  Sept.  18,  1832 ;  m.  Clara  E.  Mathes  of  Rye  Oct.  5, 
1858.     §§  116,  28G. 


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CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISOX, 


3.  Daniel  Morrison,  b.   March  10,  ISo-t;  m.  Clielsedina  T.  Foss  of 
Rye  Nov.  28,  1857.     §§  117,  286. 

4.  Charlotte,  d.  young,  and  Robinson,  b.  Aug.  22,  1837;  d.  Dec.  8, 
18G5. 

50.  Adeline  Towle^  *17  (Elizabeth'',  David^,  John-)  and  Stephen- 
Merrill. 

1.    Adeliza,  b.  March  19,  1835.     2.    Mercy  Jane,  b.  March  22,  1836. 
3.    Mary  A.  b.  Oct.  28,  1841.     4.    Percy  A.  b.  Aug.  21,  1843. 

51.  Franklin'^  *17  (Elizabeth^  DavicP,   John-)  and  Percy  A. 
(Rollins)  TowLE. 

1.   Lizzie  R.  b.  at  Pierraont  Oct.   26,  1888;  d.  at  Bradford  Vt.  in 
1879;  m.  Adelbert  Osborne  of  Bradford  Oct.  26,  1858.     §§  121,  214. 

Walter^  *18  (John^,  DavicF,  John'^)  and  Eliza  Morrison. 

Franklin,  killed  in  the  late  war,  and  six  other  children. 
Edward^    *18    (John^,    David^,    John-)    and    Caroline 
(Fletcher)  Morrison. 

Five  children,  viz.  1.  Josephine,  m.  Mark  Carley  of  Louisville 
Ky.  2.  Frederick,  he  perished  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness; 
was  about  eigliteen.  3  and  4.  Clara  Lavina  and  Caroline  Eliza- 
beth, twins ;  the  former  m.  her  cousin  Wallace  Morrison,  the 
latter  Albert  Brown.  5.  Grace  m.  E.  H.  Southworth  of  Lockport 
N.  Y.    §215. 

52.  ^  Franklin^   *18   (John^,  David^,  John^)  and  Mehitaeel 
(Slocuni)  Morrison. 

1.    Wallace;  m.  his  cousin  Clara  L.  Morrison. 
Franklin^  *18  (John^,  David^,  John'-)  and  Amelia  (Kin- 
sey)  Morrison. 

Seven  children,  viz.  Mercedes,  Charles,  Albert,  Edward,  Wiu- 
fleld,  Mary,  and  Clarice.     §  216. 

Christeen  Morrison^  *18  (John'*,  David'',  John'-)  and  Na- 
than Hawlet. 

Four  children,  John,  William,  Betsey,  and  INIary.  §§  118,  215, 
210,  287. 

53.  Catherine  Morrison'^  *18  (John^,  David^  John'-)  and  Uriah 
Burgess. 

1.  David  F.   b.  April   7,    1830;  m.   Anna  Monauge,  by  whom  one 
child. 

2.  Charles  L.  b.  Nov.  18,  1832;  m.  Lucinda  Wilson  Jan.  1,  1858,  by 
whom  two  children.     §§  166,  216. 

3.  iSarah,  b.  March  11,  1835;  m.  Charles  M.  Swarthout  of  Reading 
Schuyler  Co.  N.  Y.  Feb.  27,  1857.     §§  118,  215. 

For  children  by  second  husband,  see  No.  54. 

54.  Catherine  Morrison^  *18  (John\  David'\  John"-)  a?if?  Jesse 
Hill. 

1.  Harriet,  b.   Sept.  4,  1840;  m.  John  M.  Cole  Nov.  10,  1873.     §§ 
119,  215,  216. 

2.  George,  b.  Dec.  7,  1842;  d.  March  17,  1860. 

3.  John,  b.  Oct.  2,  1844.     4.    Alva,  b.  Nov.  18,  1850,  and  d.  Jan.  11, 
1871. 

5.  Lillie,  b.  March  20,  1850,  and  died  July  30,  1867. 

6.  William,  b.  Sept.  1,  1853;  m.  Carrie  Bell  Olds  March  23,  1880. 

7.  Luthera,  b.  Aug.  1,  1855,  and  d.  Nov.  8,  1861. 

ChiUlren  all  born  at  Youngstown  Niagara  Co.  N.  Y.    §§  166,  215,  216. 


GENEALOGICAL   TABLES.  305 

55.  Joseph^  *20  (David*,  DavicV^,  John'^)  and  Mary  (Burnap) 

MOREISOi^. 

L    Sarah  Addie,  b.  at  Bradford  Vt.  Sept.  9,  1847;  m.  J.  A.  Marshall 
of  St.  Johnsbiirv  Vt.  Feb.  13,  1869.     §§  121,  190,  191,  288. 

2.  George  B.  b.  at  Bradford  Sept.  20,  1848;  d.  May  18,  1849. 

3.  Oue  daughter,  dying  in  infancy. 

4.  Mary  Albee,  b.  at  Bradford   Sept.  12,  185.5;  ni.   Casper  R.   Kent 
of  St.  Johnsbury  June  30,  1875.     §§  122,  190,  191,  289. 

56.  David^   *20  (David*,  David'^,  John-)  and  Lauretta  (East- 
man) MORRISOX. 

1.  Ida  Eliza,  b.  at  Bradford  Vt.  Nov.  13,  1850;  m.  D.  D.  Jones  of 
St.  Johnsbury  Vt.  Dec.  2G,  1871.     §§  123,  290. 

2.  Abbie  Laurette,  b.  at  Bradford  May  25,  1854,  and  d.  Oct.  19, 1854. 

3.  Eber  E.  b.   at  Bradford  May  19,  1856;  m.  Nellie  Grav  of  North 
Berwicl<  Me.  May  1,  1875.     §§  123,  291. 

57.  George  G.°  *20  (David*,  David^,  John'-)  and  Am A.^jy a  (Robie) 

MORRISOX. 

1.  Byron  G.  b.  at  Bradford  Vt.  Sept.  18,  1849. 

2.  Philinda,  1).  at  Bradford  March  22,  1851,  and  d.  July  9,  1852. 

3.  Carrie  Belle,  b.  at  Bradford  Aug.  22,  185G;  d.  at  Lyudouville  Vt. 
Oct.  26,  1877. 

58.  Fanxt  Morrison^  *20  (David*,  David'',  John'-)  and  Lewis 
B.  Robie. 

Three  sons,  .lohn  F.,  Edgar,  and  George,  b.  at  Bradford  Vt. 

59.  Susax  E.  Morrison^  *20  (David*,  David^,  John'-)  and  Wells 
M.  Badger. 

1.  David  M.  b.  at  Bradford  Vt.  Nov.  20,  1854. 

2.  Eugene,  b   at  Bradford  Dec.  18,  1856. 

3.  C.  Albert,  b.  at  Wentworth  Sept.  9,  1858. 

4.  Mary  E.  b.  at  Wentworth  Sept.  18,  1860. 

5.  E.  Belle,  b.  at  Orford  July  14,  1863. 

6.  George  F.  b.  at  Orford  March  5,  1866. 

7.  Edward  J.  b.  at  Orford  Feb.  26,  1868. 

8.  Adna  W.  b.  at  St.  Johnsbury  Vt.  Aug.  11,  1870. 

9.  Fred  W.  b.  at  St.  Johnsbury  Nov.  18,  1874. 

60'.    Edward^    *21   (Hannah*,    David'',    John-)   and  Catherine 
(Covington)  Clark. 

Eight  children,  born  at  Schenectady  N.  Y.  as  follows  :  — 

Louisa  Adeline  July  21,  1844;  m.  Wm.  Adwell  Jan.  8,  1861.     §  124. 

Charles  Edward  March  3,  1846;  m.  Theresa  Farley.     §  125. 

Ezra  June  7,  1848 ;  ra.  Sally  A.  Hunton  Dec.  23,  1879. 

Catherine  Shephard,  d.  in  infancy ;  Fannie  Cordelia  April  30,  1854. 

Mary  Eugenia  Sept.    17,   1856.     Festus  Bryant  Nov.   15,   1858 ;  m. 
Catherine  Mitchell  May  20,  1879;  and  Henry  Luther  May  21,  1864. 

61.  Labax  F.5*2l  (Hannah*,  David^  John'-)  andllxjwx  (Beach) 
Clark. 

Alice,  b.  Jan.  25,  1853,  and  Edward  Beach  in  1863. 

62.  Adeline   E.   Clark^    *21    (Hannah*,   David\   John'^)    and 

LOCKWOOD  HOYT. 
Edward  Clark,  b.  at  Schenectady  N.  Y.  Dec.  26,  1856. 


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306  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

63.  Jane  Morrisox^  *23  (Moses  F,*,  DavicF,  John'^)  and  Alex- 
ander Nelsox. 

1.    Edward  Thompsou,  b.  at  Delaware  0.  Oct.  14,  1845;  m.  Jeaunie 
Wilsou  of  Bellaird  0.  in  1872.     §§  126,  302. 

2   aud  3.    Children  dying  in  infancy.     4.    Clara  Albertina,  b.  April 

4,  1852. 

64.  Albert^   *23  (Moses   F.'*,    DavicP,    John-)   and  Elizabeth 
(Rosencrans)  Morrison. 

1.  Eliza,  b.  July  11,  1860  at  Fort  Dodge  la.  and  d.  Feb.  1,  1861. 

2.  Adeline  Swaiu,  b.  Dec.  27,  1861. 

3.  Pauline  Beecher,  b.  Oct.  4,  1864  in  Hammondsport  N.  Y. 

4.  Caroline  Sargeant,  b.  Nov.  25,  1866  at  Chicago  111. 

Napoleon  B.^  *23  (Moses  F.*,  DavicF,  John'-)  and  Latina 
M.  (Smart)  Morrison. 

6  children,  four  now  living,  viz.  Jennie  Bell,  b.  April  11,  1863; 
Nellie  Beecher  Oct.  30,  1867;  Charles  Hugh  Feb.  1,  1871,  audVedie 
Zilpha  March  10,  1873. 

JoHN^  (Moses   F.*,  DavicP,  John-)  and  Molly  (Frazelle) 
Morrison. 

I.    Albert  G.  b.  at  Barnard  Linn  Co.  Kansas  Dec.  18,  1866. 

66.  Helen  Morrison^  *23  (Moses  F.^  DavicP,  John-)  and  Dr. 
John  A.  Blanchard. 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Independence  la.  Aug.  22,  1858.     §  303. 

2.  Adeline,  b.  at  Elkador  la.  Feb.  12,  1860,  and  d.  Nov.  13,  1864. 

3.  Augustine,  b.  at  Fort  Dodge  la.  Oct.    11,   1865,  and  d.  Oct.  24, 
1865. 

4.  Helen  Kelsey,  b.  at  Fort  Dodge  April  20,  1867 ;  d.  at  Des  Moines 
la.  April  13,  1873. 

67.  Eugenia  Morrison^  *'23   (Moses   F.\  DavicF,   John'-)   and 
Charles  W.  Jerome. 

1.  Charles  Morrison,  b.  at  Shelbyville  111.  Nov.  1,  1867. 

2.  Carolena  Olivia,  b.  at  Carbondale  111.  Dec.  24,  1874. 

68.  Pauline   Morrison^   *23   (Moses    F.'',  DavicF,   John'-)  and 
Hezekiah  Beecher. 

Six  children,  b.  at  Fort  Dodge  la.  viz.  :  — 

Eugenia  Jerome  Feb.  12,  1861 ;  Albert  Morrison  Feb.  7,  1863  (§  296)  ; 
Harriet  Wooding  May  20,  1865;  Edwin  Jerome  Sept.  2,  1867;  d.  Feb. 

5,  1871 ;  Henry  Lee  Aug.  20,  1870,  and  James  Swaiu  Sept.  28,  1877. 

69.  RoxANNA  Morrison^  *24  (John*,  SamueP,  John'^)  and  Joel 
Whipple. 

1.  John  M.  b.  at  Lyme  Sept.  16,  1834;  ni.  Carrie  L.  Miner  Sept.  26, 
1860.     §§  127,  297. 

2.  Lois  G.  b.  at  Lyme  April  24,  1837;  m.  Alonzo  N.  Winn  Nov.  6, 
1869. 

70.  Ralph^   *24   (John^    SamueP,   John'-)  and  Almira   (Lord) 
Morrison. 

1.  Fi-ankliu  M.  b.  at  South  Berwick  Me.  April  9,  1836 ;  m.  Georgie 
Slocomb  Nov.  26,  1863,  by  whom  one  child,  not  living  now. 

2.  Sylvina  A.  b.  at  South  Berwick  May  15,  1838 ;  d.  March  19,  1847. 

3.  Mary  A.  b.  at  Lyme  Oct.  13,  1840 ;'m.  1st,  William  E.  Hodgdou 
of  Boston  Mass.  Sept.  7,  1858 ;  2d,  Calvin  Dunn  at  Natick  Feb.  17, 
1870.     §§  129,  298. 


GENEALOGICAL   TABLES.  307 

4.  Rachel  S.  b.  at  Lyme  June  26,  1842;  d.  July  31,  1848. 

5.  Olive  E.  b.  at  South  Berwick  Jan.  2,  1844 ;  m.  Ezekiel  G.  Dodge 
of  Auburudale  Mass.  May  1,  18C.0. 

6.  Charles  H.  b.  at  Natick  Mass.  Aug.  31,  1845;  d.  Nov.  21,  1862. 
§  300. 

7.  George  P.  b.  at  Natick  Oct.  21,  1848;  m.  Nellie  S.  Valentine  at 
Ashland  Mass.  March  13,  1876.     §§  128,  299. 

8.  Rachel  S.  b.  at  Natick  Nov.  19,  1850. 

71.  Marquis   C.^  *24   (John*,   SamueP,  John-)   cmd    Mary  C. 
(Ball)  MoRRiso:!^^. 

1.  Zadock  H.  b.  at  Lyme  Oct.  9,  1843;  m.  Ellen  L.  Rice  Nov.  28, 
1867.     §§  130,  301. 

72.  LuRA  D.  Morrison^  *24  (John'*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  David 
Hill. 

1.  EramaF.  b.  at  Natick  Mass.  July  20,  1853;    and  d.  Feb.  25,  1874. 

2.  .Ada  L.  b.  at  Natick  Mass.  June  17,  1857,  and  now  survives. 

3.  Willie  O.  b.  in  Melrose  Mass.  Jan.  22,  1861,  and  d.  Aug.  29,  1864. 

73.  Daxiel  W.^  *25   (SamueP,  SamueP,  John-)   and    Bertha 
(Gage)  Morrison. 

1.  Samuel  R.  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Oct.  6,  1833;  m.  Adeliza  Merrill  of 
Orford  Feb.  is,  18G0.     §§  131,  302. 

2.  Henry  b.  at  Fairlee  Sept.  7,  1835 ;  m.  1st,  Martha  W.  Caverly  of 
Orford  April  1,  1860;  2d,  Martha  E.  Eastman  of  Manchester  June  12, 
1873.     §§  132,  303. 

74.  William^   *25   (Samuel*,  Samuel'',  John'-)   and  Anx  (Day) 

MORRISOX. 

1.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt. ;  not  now  living;  m.  Charles  M. 
Wise  of  Fairlee.    §  134. 

75.  Uriah^   *25  (SamueP,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Emily  (Hodges) 

MORRISOX. 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Dec.  8,  1837;  d.  March  3,  1872;  m. 
1st,  Christopher  Marston  of  Fairlee  Vt.  ;  2d,  David  Bruce.    §§  134,  304. 

2.  Clarissa  W.  b.  at  Fairlee  Aug.  11,  1839;  m.  Richard  Hould  of 
Vershire,  Vt.     §§  135,  305. 

3.  Mary  H.  b.  at  Fairlee  Sept.  5,  1841 ;  is  now  living  with  third 
husband  ;  two  children  by  her  first  husband  and  two  l)y  her  second. 

4.  Rowe  R.  b.  at  Fairlee  Nov.  19,  1843;  m.  Almira  Swift  at  Fairlee, 
by  whom  six  children,  four  now  living. 

5.  Emily  H.  b.  Jan.  18,  1846;  m.  and  had  four  children,  two 
now  living. 

G.    Samuel  R.  b.  at  Fairlee  Feb.  6,  1848. 

7.  Leautha  L.  b.  Feb.  14,  1850,  and  d.  March  15,  1861. 

8.  Aurilla  M.  b.  Oct.  22,  1852 ;  m.  D.  Bruce  of  City  Valley  Dakota ; 
by  whom  two  children,  one  now  living. 

9.  Josiah  T.  b.  at  Fairlee  Jan  24,  1855 ;  m.  Martha  T.  Godfrev  of 
Post  Mills. 

76.  Elihu^*26  (Margaret*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Sarah  (Dewey) 
Norton. 

1.  Elizabeth  Sarah,  b.  at  Chelsea  Vt.  Sept.  13,  1831 ;  m.  H.  Wil- 
liams  at  Mendota  111.  (who  is  now  dead),  by  whom  one  child. 

2.  Charles  Elihu,  b.  at  Chelsea  March  3,  1834. 

77.  Seymour  M.^  *26  (Margaret*,  Samuel'',  John'-)    and  Fannie 
(Stevens)  Norton. 

1.   Margaret  M.  b.  at  Straflbrd  Vt.  July  4,   1829;  m.   1st,  Myron 


308  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

Hutchiuson  of  Rochester  N.  Y.  Feb.  4,  1850 ;  and  2d,  Euestus  T.  Cross 
of  Aldeu  N.  Y.  iu  1858.     §§  i;36,  306. 

2.  Harriet  Smith,  b.  at  Strafford  Vt.  March  15,  1831 ;  m.  1st,  Thomas 
S.  Gifford  of  Rochester  N.  Y.  Sept.  13,  1850;  and  2d,  William  Ring  of 
Rochester  Nov.  J 863.     §§  137,  307. 

3.  Luvia  Morell,  b.  at  Bethany  N.  Y.  Jan.  24,  1835. 

4.  Walter  Herman,  b.  at  Bethany  Oct.  14,  1837 ;  m.  Mary  Smith  in 
1868,  at  Wood  River,  Neb. 

5.  Georii;e  Frederick,  b.  at  Bethany  March  1,  1839;  m.  Elizabeth 
Leach  in  1870,  at  Ackley  Iowa.     §§  138,  308. 

6.  Charles  Elihu,  b.  at  Bethany  Nov.  13,  1841 ;  d.  at  Conesus  N.  Y. 
Feb.  16,  1844. 

7.  Charles  Peabody,  b.  at  Conesus  Jan.  6,  1844 ;  d.  at  Alden  N.  Y. 
June  7,  1862.     §  308. 

78.  JoHN^  *27  (James*,  SamueP,  Jolin-^)  and  Mehitablb  (Tib- 
betts)  MoERisoN, 

1.  Isaac,  b.  at  Dover  in  1827;  m.  1st,  Abbie  Cheever;  2d,  Anna 
Otto.     §§  139,  309. 

2.  Clara,  b.  at  Dover  in  1832;  m.  Jacob  K.  Davis  1851.     §§  140,  310. 

79.  Haxn^ah  Morrisox^  *27  (James*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Rus- 
sell Kemp. 

1.  Linus  Russell,  b.  at  Orford  Jan.  23,  1838 ;  m.  1st,  Lucia  Gordon 
of  Lyman  Jan.  1,  1863;  2d,  Laura  Dodge  of  Lisbon  Jan.  25,  1864. 
He  died  at  Lisbon  Feb.  21,  1880. 

2.  James  Bartlett,  b.  at  Orford  May  23,  1840;  m.  Susie  Johnson  at 
Haverhill  Sept.  12,  1865.     §§  141,  311. 

80.  Elixus  J.5  *27  (James*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Mary  A.  (Elliot) 

MORRISOX. 

1.  Anna  Eliza,  b.  at  Manchester  Aug.  14,  1841,  and  d.  April  9,  1856. 

2.  Maria  Louisa,  b.  at  Manchester  1843. 

3.  Frank  Elinus,  b.  at  Chelsea  Mass.  in  1847;  d.  in  1876;  m.  to  S. 
Fannie  Colburn  of  Lancaster  Mass. 

4.  Mary  Augusta,  b.  at  Chelsea;  m.  to  Robert  M.  Smith  of  Sals- 
bury  in  1871.     §§  142,  312. 

5.  George  Sumner,  b.  at  Salsbury  N.  H.  in  1852.     §  244. 

6.  Nellie  Marian,  b.  at  Manchester  1857.     §  244. 

81.  Ira  Parker^  *27    (James*,  SamueP,   John-)   and  Martha 
(Marshall)  Morrisox. 

1.  Analine  F.  b.  at  Fairlee  Vt.  Nov.  22,  1845 ;  m.  Rev.  John  D. 
Graham  then  of  Lawrence  Mass.  Jan.  1,  1879.     §  313. 

2.  Roland  M.  b.  at  Fairlee  July  29,  1849.  3.  Edson  S.  b.  at  Lvme 
Sept.  14,  1860.     §  21. 

82.  Mary   E.   Morrison^   *27    (James*,    Samuel-^    John"-)    and 
Timothy  Sargent. 

1.  Martha  Ella,  b.  at  San  Francisco  iu  1851;  m.  Charles  C.  Palmer. 
§§  142,  314. 

2.  George,  b.  in  1864,  and  d.  in  1867. 

83.  Davenport^   *27   (James*,   SamueP,   John'-)  and  Lucy   M. 
(Fogg)  Morrison. 

Nine  children,  the  first  b.  at  Epping,  the  others  at  Fairlee  Vt.  as 
follows:     James  Kirk  April  3,  1849;  Lucy  Bell  Nov.  15,  1850;  Ann 


GENEALOGICAL   TABLES.  309 

Maria  June  16,  1854 ;  Mary  E.  April  23,  1856 ;  Charles  Robert  June 
14,  1858;  George  W.  May  29,  1860;  Addie  F.  Dec.  11,  1863;  Mattie 
April  8,  1865,  and  Eliiuis  J.  Oct.  7,  1867.  For  cliildreu  by  second 
wife,  see  §  84.  Lucy  Bell  m.  H.  W.  Dailey  at  Stanstead  Canada.  §§  141, 
315.  Ann  Maria 'ni.  Fred  S.  Barbour  Oct.  30,  1875.  §§  144,  324. 
Charles  Robert  m.  Louisa  Tuttle  of  Exeter  May  10,  1876.     §§  144,  317. 

84.  Davexport^  *27  (James^  SamueP,  Jolni")  and  Jejtnie  (Mc- 
Neil) MORRISOX. 

1.  Florena  B.  b.  at  St.  Johnsbury  Vt.  July  11,  1876. 

2.  Alice  M.  b.  at  Danville  Vt.  April  1,  1878.      For  children  by  first 
wife,  see  No.  83. 

85.  Jehiel^*28  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Elizabeth  (Allen) 
Alger. 

1.  Mary  Jane,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  in  1829 ;    m.  Ei^hraim  Cole  Dec. 
1847.     §§  145,  318. 

2.  Davenport  P.  b.  at  Conesus  Aug.  2.  1828  ;  ni.  Cassia  M.  Needham 
July  4,  1854.     §§  146,  319. 

3.  William,  b.  Dec.  23,  1832.     4.    Electa,  b.  Dec.  9,  1834;    d.  March 
9,  1840. 

5.  George  Vi.  b.  Jan.  26,  1837;  m.  Laura  Jerome  Dec.  11,  1872.     §§ 

147,  320. 

6.  DeWitt,  b.  March  28,  1839 ;  m.  Emma  Brown  Feb.  12,  1869.     §§ 

148,  321. 

7.  Duane,  twin  brother  of  DeWitt;  d.  in  the  ai"m}%  1862. 

8.  Elizabeth  A.  b  March  1,  1844;  m.  Edwin  E.   Shutt  Dec.  8,  1861. 
§§  149,  322. 

■^9.    Jehiel  E.  b.  July  16,  1847;  m.  Emma  J.  Bayles  Dec.  23,  1870. 

86.  Polly   Alger^    (Mary*,    Samuel-^,    John-)    and   Sylyester 
Morris. 

1.  Sylvester  B.  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  in  1833;  m.  Rhoda  E.  McCal- 
mont.     §§  150,  323. 

2.  Orlando  K.  b.  at  Conesus  in  1835  ;  now  living  at  the  home  farm. 

3.  Davenport  A.  b.  at  Conesus   in  1837 ;  m.  Kate  Ford  of  Conesus 
in  1872.     §§  151,  324. 

4.  Joseph  Badger,  b.  at  Conesus  iu  1839 ;  d.  in  1840. 

5.  Mary  E.  b.  at  Conesus  in  1841. 

6.  Johu  D.  b.  at  Conesus  in  1842;  m.  Josephine  Frescott  in  1872. 
§  152. 

John  D.^  *28  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Dmis  (Stevens) 
Alger. 

1.  J.  DeWitt,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  1839. 

2.  Ashabell  S.  b.  in  Conesus  in  1841. 

John  D.^  *28  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Adeline  (Mor- 
ris) Alger. 

Four  children  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  namely  : 

Sarah  M.  (in  1843),  Laura  B.  (in  1846),  Frank,  and  Addie. 

Electa  Alger^  *28  (Mary*,  SanuicP,  John-)  and  ISTathaniel 
Cole. 

1.  Eugene  A.  b.  at  Conesus  Feb.  8,  1848;  m.  Elizabeth  Jlacomber 
in  1870.     §§  153,  326. 

2.  Roniayne  W.  b.  at  Conesus  Aug.  11,  1854. 
Nathaniel  Cole,  the  father,  d.  April  14,  1872. 


310  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

89.  James  M.^  *28  (Mary^  SamueP,  John-)  and  Mary  J.  (Stone) 
Alger. 

James  S.  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  in  1858,  aud  Kittie  in  1861. 

90.  Frederick  W,^  *29  (William'',   SamueP,  John^)  and  Akn 
(Sutherland)  Morrisox. 

1.  Frank  Henry,  b.  at  Bath  Aug.  11,  1844;  d.  Aug.  26,  1867  at 
Grinnell  la. 

2.  Mary  Louise,  b.  at  Bath  Aug.  18,  1846. 

3.  Leon  G.  b.  at  Bath  Sept.  14.  1849  ;  d.  at  Grinnell  la.  Nov.  11,  1873. 

4.  David  S.  b.  at  Bath  Oct.  23,  1851;  m.  Fannie  E.  Ricker  of  Grin- 
nell April  15,  1875.     §§  154,  327. 

5.  Anna  Jane,  b.  at  Bath  Jan.  30,  1854. 

91.  James    S.^   *29   (William",    Samuel,"   John-)   a?id  Eliza    G. 
(Gumming)  Morrisox. 

1.  Willie  C.  b.  at  Greensboro'  N.  C.  Nov.  25,  1866,  and  d.  July  17, 
1867. 

2.  Mary  L.  b.  at  Bowling  Green  Ky.  Nov.  4,  1868;  d.  June  8,  1871. 

3.  Eleanor  S.  b.  in  Ky.  Oct.  18,  1873. 

92.  LuciNDA    Thorpe^   *31    (Charlotte",    SamueP,    John^)    a?id 
James  G.  Daxiels. 

1.  John ;  m.  Martha  Granger,  who  is  now  dead.     §§  155,  328. 

2.  Eunice;  d.  in  June  1871;  m.  George  Cole. 

3.  Charles ;  m.  Julia  Small,  by  whom  one  child. 

4.  Elizabeth ;  d. ;  m.  William  Yates,  by  whom  one  child. 

5.  Electa;  m.  Henry  Granger. 

6.  Abel  Stevens;  d.  April  1872. 

7.  Charlotte ;  m.  Solomon  Artlip,  by  whom  thi-ee  children. 

8.  Frederick.     9.   Kate;  m.  Peter  Redick,  by  whom  one  child. 

93.  Seymour  N.^   *31  (Charlotte",    SamueP,  John^)  and  Emma 
(Dean)  Thorpe. 

1.  Jardell,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  June  8,  1849.    §  263. 

2.  Carrie,  b.  at  Conesus  Dec.  19,  1852 ;  m.  William  Jerome  at  South 
Livonia  N.  Y.  Feb.  18,  1875.     §§  155,  329. 

94.  Mary  Ann  Thorpe^  *31  (Charlotte",  SamueP,  John"-)  and 
Matthew  Allen. 

1.  America  Jane,  b.  at  Sparta  N.  Y.  July  4,  1846;  m.  Ezra  W. 
Clark  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  Jan.  4,  1866.     §§  156,  330. 

2.  Mary  Roach,  b.  at  Conesus  June  22,  1850 ;  ra.  William  P.  Boyd 
at  Conesus  Sept.  28,  1870.  §§  157,  331.  3.  Jennie  Blanch  Dec.  25, 
1854.      §  264. 

95.  Stira  Elizabeth  Thorpe^  *31  (Charlotte",  SamueP,  John'-) 
a?id  John  McVicar. 

1.  Frances  A.  b.  at  Conesus  Dec.  23,  1847;  m.  Charles  R.  Austin  of 
Genesee  N.  Y.    Dec.  12,  1867.     §§  158,  332. 

2.  George  C.  b.  at  Conesus  Feb.  26,  1850 ;  m.  Frona  Northrup  of 
Conesus  Dec.  12,  1867.  He  d.  at  Ionia  Mich,  Aug.  17,  1879.  §§  159, 
333. 

3.  John  Morrison,  b.  at  Conesus  May  6,  1858. 

96.  Abraham  P.'^  *33  (Elizabeth",  John^  John-)  a7id  Lois  (Priest) 
Ball. 

1.    Margaret  Jane.     2.    Cornelius  F.     §  266. 


GENEALOGICAL   TABLES.  311 

3.  Hannah  E. ;  m.  Joseph  Van  Duseu. 

4.  Emeliue ;  m.  Lambert  Conover,  by  whom  eleven  children. 

5.  Nancy  E. ;  m.  Weaver  Gage,  by  wliom  one  daughter. 

6.  William  J.  b.  in  1835;  m.  Ellen  R.  Hemstreet  Oct.  10,  1862.  §§ 
160,  334. 

97.  Jane  Morrison^  *38  (James*,  James",  John^)  and  John  H. 
Berkley. 

1.  Watson,  b.  at  Brighton  Ohio  April  28,  1851 ;  d.  Dec.  24,  1851. 

2.  Wason  H.  b.  at  Brighton  Oct.  24,  1852 ;  m.  Emma  A.  Ruggles 
Feb.  1,  1879.  She  died  May  30,  1879.  3.  Wilson  J.  b.  at  Clarksfleld 
Ohio  Oct.  25,  1854.  4.  Newton  F.  Dec.  9,  1857,  and  John  B.  Dec.  2, 
1859. 

98.  Wellington^  *38  (James'*,  James",  John'^)  and Morri- 
son. 

He  is  understood  to  have  children,  but  nothing  further  is  known.  . 

99.  James^  *38  (James*,  James",  John^)  and  Caroline  M.  (Webb) 
Morrison. 

1.  Julia  A.  b.  at  Jeflerson  Ohio  Aug.  12,  1849;  m.  at  Oberlin  Ohio 
by  Pres.  J.  H.  Fairchild  to  Dayton  B.  Morgan,  Esq.,  now  of  Morenci, 
Mich.  Oct.  28,  1868.     §§  161,  335. 

2.  Burr  T.  b.  at  Brighton  Ohio  March  28,  1852 ;  m.  Ella  Irene  Mer- 
win  Dec.  29,  1879. 

3.  Jay  W.  b.  at  Clarksville  Ohio  April  9,  1857.     §  336. 

100.  Daniel  H.^   *38  (James*,  James",   John-)    and  Mary  A. 
(Graves)  Morrison. 

1.  Ira  D.  b.  at  Lansing  Mich.  Oct.  26,  1864.  2.  Charles  D.  May 
21,  1869. 

101.  Emeline  Morrison^  *39  (John*,  James",  John'^)  and  Ed- 
ward  P.   BOYNTON. 

1.  Lizzie,  b.  at  Cambridge  Mass.  April  7,  1874;  d.  April  2,  1875. 

2.  Frank  M.  b.  at  Cambridge  Dec.  20,  1876. 

102.  ZoE   Ann   Dickey^   *40  (Jennie*,  Robert",    Samuel'^)  and 
Charles  I.  Flanders. 

1.  Clara  D.  b.  Lond.  Aug.  13,  1843 ;  m.  William  L.  Lord  of  Man- 
chester Dec.  11,  1863.     §§  162,  337. 

2.  Ransom,  b.  at  Lond.  Oct.  7,  1849 ;  m.  Mary  E.  Boyes  of  Lond. 
May  22,  1877.     §  337. 

Nancy  Caverly^  *42  (Isabel*,  David",  Samuel'-)  and  Chas. 
H.  Waterhouse. 

Frank,  Daniel,  and  Isabel,  all  b.  at  Barrington. 
Jane  Caverly^  *42  (Isabel*,  David",  Samuel-)  and  Mat- 
thew Hale. 

Three  children  living  with  parents  at  Conway. 

Mary  Dudley^  *43  (Martha*,  David",  SamueP)  and  John 
Page. 

Four  children  living  with  parents  at  New  Market. 

David^  *43  (Martha*,  David",  SamueP)  and Dudley. 

104.  -^  Four  children  living  with  parents  at  one  of  the  Philippine  Isles. 
Frances  Dudley^  *43  (Martha*,  David",  SamueP)  and 
Alexis  Dudley. 

1.     Florence  A.   b.  at  Northwood.     A  graduate  of  Northwood 
academy. 
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103.  \ 


312  CHARTER  SAMUEL  MORISOX. 

Abram^    *44    (Neheraiali^    DavicP,  SaraueP)  and  Naomi 
(Cilley)  Morrison. 

Eight  children,  four  of  them  and  parents  living  iu  Madbury. 
John  W.^  *44  (ISTehemiah'*,  DavitP,  Samuel-)  and  Abbie 
(Gate)  Morrison. 

Four  children,  living  with  parents  in  South  Berwick  Me. 
Mary  Morrison^  *44  (Nehemiah'*,  DavicP,  SamueP)  and 

105.  \  John  B.  Huckins. 
Austin,  Bell,  and  Mamie  living  with  parents  at  Madbury. 

Valaria  Morrison^  *44  (Nehemiali'',  DavicP,  SamueP)  and 
Ivory  Hayes. 

One  child,  living  with  parents  at  Exeter.     Two  have  died. 

Nancy  Morrison^  *44  (Neheraiah*,  David^,  Samuel-)  and 

WiNGATE. 

One  daughter.     The  mother  d.  about  a  year  after  the  birth. 

106.  Morrison^  *45  (Lydia*,  David^,  Samuel'-)  and  Christianna 
E.  (Berry)  Bennett. 

Nine  children,  b.  at  Alton  as  follows :  Ira  B.  Nov.  10,  1854 ;  Albie 
J.  March  6,  1858;  Hezekiah  H.  Julv  26,  1859;  Johu  M.  March  16, 
1861;  Cliarles  A.  Dec.  19,  1862;  Nettie  E.  Sept.  26,  1864;  Fred  S. 
Aug.  14,  1866;  Lilian  C.  June  12,  1868,  and  Ira  B.  Feb.  14,  1870.    §  280. 

107.  Albert^  *45  (Lydia^,  David-'',  SamueP)  and  Hannah  (Pike) 
Bennett. 

Three  children,  Lydia  J.,  Ada  M.,  and  Charles  H.  b.  at  Wolfboro'. 
§281. 

108.  Eveline  Bennett^  *45  (Lydia^,  David^,  Samuel-)  and  Jere- 
miah York. 

Five  children,  Emma  C,  Ella,   James  E.,  John  W.,  and  Charles  B. 
§283. 

109.  Mary  E.  Morrison^  *46   (David*,   David^    Samuel'-)  and 
Johh  H.  Elliott. 

1.    Ida,  b.  at  Barnstead;  m.  Johu  Dow  of  Boston  Mass.     §  284. 

11 0.  James  N.^  *46  (David^  David^  Samuel^)  and  Mary  (Walker) 
Morrison. 

1.    George  W.     2.    Charles  H.    §  284. 

111.  David    H.^    *46   (David^    David^    SamueP)   and   Nancy 
(Walker)  Morrison. 

Harry,  Hattie  S.,  David  A.,  and  Johu  W.  all  b.  at  Alton  N.  H.    §  284. 
John  F.^  *47  (Jane*,  David^,  SamueP)  a«f? Electa  (Clough) 

FURBER. 

Three  children,  b.  at  Alton. 

112-  -|  Samuel  E.^  *47  (Jane*,  David^,  Samuel'^)  and  Sarah  (Hodg- 
don)  Furber. 

1.   Electa  A.  Furber.     Samuel  inherits  the  farm  of  his  father  at 
Alton. 

113.   Elvira  Holmes^   *48  (Isabella^,   Samuel'-)  and  Hardison 
Foss. 

1.  Charlotte  M.  b.  at  Rye  Nov.  11,  1843;  d.  March  11,  1878;  m. 
James  E.  Seavey  of  Rye  June  13,  1860.     §§  163,  338. 


115. 


GENEALOGICAL   TABLES.  313 

2.  Sylvanus  W.  b.  at  Rye  March  13,  1845;    m.  Ella  F.  Philbrick 
April  3,  1879.     §§  163,  339. 

3.  Ezra  D.  b.'at  Rye  March  8,  1847,  aud  d.  Feb.  28,  1848. 

4.  Aim  Julia,  b.  at  Rye  Jau.  24,  1849 ;  m.  Lewis  E.  Walker  of  Rye 
May  13,  1783.     §§  103,  340. 

5.  Ezra  II.  b.'at  Rye  Jau.  2,  1851 ;  d.  Jau.  28,  1868. 

6.  Alice  Elvira,  b.  at  Rye  Nov.  27,  1858.     7.    Ella  K.  H.  b.  Feb.  29, 
1856.     8.    S.  Miuuette,  b.  at  Boscawen  Dec.  3,  1864. 

114.   Julia  A.  Holmes^  *48  (Isabella^,  SaiuueP)  atid  Eben   L. 
Seavey. 

1.  Charles  Everett,  b.  at  Rye  Nov.  1,  1850;  d.  Jau.  2,  1862. 

2.  May  C.  b.  at  Rye   Jau.  21,  1854;  m.  Emmons  B.  Philbrick.     §§ 
163,  341. 

3.  Albert  S.  b.  at  Rj-e  Jau.  11,  1863,  aud  d.  July  11,  1864. 

'  JoHN^  H.^  *49  (Isabella^,  SamueP)  and  Elizabeth  (Felker) 
Foss. 

1.    George  E.  b.  at  Rye  Sept.  9,  1859.    §  286. 
John  H.^  *49  (Isabella^,  Samuel"^)  and  Augusta  (Felker) 
Foss. 

1.    Elizzie  H.  b.  at  Rye  Oct.  5,  1866.     §  286. 

116.  Henry  D.'  *49  (Isabella^,   SamueP)   a?id  Claka  (Mathes) 

Foss. 

Three  children  born  at  Rye  as  follows  : 

Hermon   H.  Au<>-.    24,   1859;  died  July  31,    1862;  Lizzie  A.    May   28, 
1864,  and  Robert  O.  Oct.  18,  1870.     §§  285,  286. 

117.  Daniel   M.^   *49    (Isabella^,    SamueP)    and    Chalcedonia 

(Foss)  Foss. 
Christie  C.  b.  at  Rye  Jan.  30,  1859,  aud  Arthur  M.  Oct.  15,  1868.    §  286. 

118.  Sarah   Burgess^  *53  (Catherine^   JohnS   DavicP,  John'^) 
and  Charles  M.  Swarthout. 

Two  children,  b.  at  Reading  Schuyler  Co.  N.  Y.  as  follows :  Arthur 
Balch  Dec.  18,  1857,  and  George  Edson  April  17,  1859. 

119.  Harriet  Hill®  *54  (Catherine^  John^,  DavicP,  John^)  a7id 
John  M.  Cole. 

1.    Jesse,  b.  March  2,  1875. 

120.  Lizzie  Towle®  *51  (Elizabeth^  DavicP,  John-)  and  Adel- 
bert  Osborne. 

1.    Walter  T.  b.  at  Bradford  Vt.  Sept.  15,  1864.     §  193. 

121.  Sarah  A.  Morrison®  *55  (Joseph^  David^  DavicF,  Jolm^) 
andS.  A,  Marshall. 

1.  Joseph  Edward,  b.  at  St.  Johusbury  Vt.  May  4,  1872;  d.  Dec.  24, 
1877.     §  288. 

2.  Josephine  Addie,  b.  at  St.  Johusbury  Dec.  20,  1878.     §  288. 

122.  Mary  A.  Morrison®  *55  (Joseph^  David^  David^  John^) 
and  Caspar  R.  Kent. 

1.  Mary  Gertrude,  b.  at  Si.  Johusbury  April  6,  1876.      §  289. 

2.  Etheliel   Abbie,  b.  at  White  River  Juuctiou  Vt.  Feb.  26,  1880. 
§289. 


314  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

'  Ida  Eliza  Morrison*'  *56  (DavitP,  DavidS  David^,  John^) 
and  D.  D.  Jones. 

1.    Stella,  b.  at  St.  Johusbury  Sept.  13,  1872.     §  290. 

123.  \  Eber  E.*'  *56  (David^  David^  David^  John^)  and  Nellie 

(Gray)  Morrison. 

1.   David  Clinton,  b.  at  North  Berwick  Me.   April  21,  1878.     2. 
Ida  May,  b.  Jane  8,  1880.    §  291. 

124.  Louisa  A.  Clark"  *60  (HannahS  David^,  John^)  and  Wil- 
liam Adwell. 

Three  children,  Samuel  L.,  Henry  A.,  and  Lawrence  E.     §  292. 

125.  Charles   Edward"   *60    (Hannah*,    David^   John'^)    and 
Theresa  (Farley)  Clark. 

Three  children,  Lilia  Birdie,  John  Morrison,  and  Edward.     §  293. 

126.  Edward  T."  *63  ( Jane^  Moses  F.^  David'',  John-)  and  Jean- 
NiE  (Wilson)  Nelson. 

Three  children,  Dana  Alexander,  Cora  Jeannettie,  Elbert  James. 
§  294. 

127.  John  M."  *69  (Koxanna^,  John^  SamueP,  John")  and  Carrie 
L.  (Miner)  Whipple. 

1.    John  M.  b.  July  24,  1867.     2.    Lois  A.  b.  Sept.  20,  1874.     §  297. 

128.  George  P."  *70  (Ralph^  John^  SamueP,  John'^)  and  Nellie 
S.  (Valentine)  Morrison. 

1.  Alice  E.  b.  at  Natick  Mass.  June  19,  187G.  2.  Olive  G.  Sept.  10, 
1877.     §  299. 

129.  Mary  A.  Morrison"  *70  (Ralph^  John^    SamueP,  John^) 
and  Calvin  Dunn. 

1.  Helen  M.  b.  at  Natick  Mass.  July  21,  1875  (§  298).  She  had 
two  children  by  her  first  husband,  William  E.  Hodgdon,  both  dying 
young.     §  298. 

130.  Zadock  H."  *71    (Marquis^  John^    SamueP,   John-)    and 
Ellen  L.  (Rice)  Morrison. 

1.  Mary  A.  b.  at  Lyme  Oct.  3,  18G8.  2.  Minnie  E.  Aug.  26,  1872. 
§301. 

131.  Sainiuel  R."  *73   (DanieP,    SamueP,  SamueP,   John-)    and 
Adeliza  (Merrill)  Morrison. 

l":    Albert  Edwin,  b.  at  Orford  Aug.  25,  1865;  d.  June  15,  1866. 

2.  Harry  Edgar,  b.  at  Orford  May  4,  1868.  3.  Lettie  Adeline,  b. 
Aug.  1,  1874.     §  302. 

Henry"  *73  (DanieP,  SamueP,  SamueP,  John'-^)  and  Mar- 
tha (Caverly)  Morrison. 
j       1.    G.  H.  b.  at  Orford  July  5,  1855.     §  303. 
■^^^'  ]  Henry"  *73  (DanieP,  SamueP,  SamueP,  John^)  and  Mar- 
tha (Eastman)  Morrison. 
[     One  sou  b.  Aug.  1874,  and  a  daughter  Nov.  1878.     §  303. 

133.   Eliza  Ann  Morrison"  *74   (William^   SamueP,  SamueP, 
John'^)  and  Charles  M.  Wise. 
Three  daughters,  Mary,  Nellie,  and  Jane. 


GENEALOGICAL   TABLES.  315 

134.  Elizabeth  Morrison" *75  (Uriahs  SamueP,  SamueP,  John^) 
and  Christopher  Marston. 

Two  children,  Charles  and  Sarah.  Mr.  Marstou  d.  and  Elizabeth  had 
one  child  by  her  second  hnsband,  David  Bruce.     §  304. 

135.  Clarissa  Morrison"  *75  (Uriah^,  Samuel'*,  SamueP,  John-) 
and  Richard  Hould. 

Three  children,  two  of  them  now  living  at  Vershire  Vt.    §  305. 

136.  Margaret  Norton"  *77   (Margaret^   SamueP,  John"^)  and 
Myron  Hutchinson. 

2.  Annie,  b.  at  Lei'ov  N.  Y.  Feb.  14,  1851 ;  m.  George  Mead  of  San 
Francisco  Oct.  14,  1873.     §§  164,  306. 

137.  Harriet  Norton"  *77    (Margaret^,   SamueP,   John'-^)    and 
Thomas  L.  Gifford. 

1.  Charles  Thomas,  b.  at  Rochester  N.  Y.  June  24,  1852.  2.  Carrie 
M.  b.  June  28,  1856.     §  307. 

138.  George  F."  *77  (Margaret*,  SamueP,  John'-)  and  Elizabeth 
(Leach)  Norton. 

1.  Fannie  Harriet,  b.  at  Ackley  Iowa  April  12,  1874.  2.  Lillian 
Maud,  b.  Feb.  6,  1879.     §  308. 

139.  Isaac"   *78    (John^,   James*,    SamueP,   John'^)    and  Anna 
(Otto)  Morrison. 

Two  daughters,  Clara  and  Ida,  both  said  to  be  married.     §  309. 

140.  Clara  Morrison"  *78  (John^,  James'*,  SamueP,  John'-)  and 
Jacob  K.  Davis. 

Six  children,  all  b.  at  Bradford  Vt.  as  follows  :  Millard  F.  in  1853, 
George  M.  in  1854,  Alice  C.  in  1859,  Arthur  L.  in  1865,  Hattie  L.  iu 
1868  (d.  in  1872),  and  Henry  E.  iu  1874.     §  310. 

141.  James  B."  *79  (Hannah^,  James*,  SamueP,  John^)  and  Susie 
(Johnston)  Kemp. 

1.  James  Henry,  b.  at  Chelsea  Mass.  Nov.  11,  1866.     §  311. 

2.  Charles  Linus,  b.  at  Lisbon  Dec.  1,  1868.     §  311. 

Mary  Augusta  Morrison"  *80  (Elinus^,  James*,  SamueP, 
John'^)  and  Robert  M.  Smith. 

1.    George  Sumner,  b.  at  Salisbury  Mass.  March  21,  1875.   §  312. 

Martha  E.    Sargeant"   *82    (Mary^,   James*,    SamueP, 
John'^)  and  Charles  C.  Palmer. 

1.   Mary  Eunice,  b.  iu  Sau  Francisco  Nov.  1871.     2.    Harry,  b. 
Aug.  1876.     §  314. 

143.   Lucy  Bell  Morrison"  *83  (Davenport^  James*,  SamueP, 
John'-^)  and  H.  W.  Daily. 

Three  children,  b.  at  Stansteatl  Canada,  as  follows  :  Ilazeu  about 
1873,  Lewis  1875,  and  Addie  1877.     §  315. 

'  Ann  Maria  Morrison"  *83  (Davenport^  James*,  SamueP, 
John"-)  and  Fred  S.  Barbour. 

1.  Carl  Morrison,  b.  at  Charlestown  July  27,  1877.     §  316. 
Charles    Robert"   *83    (Davenport",    James*,    SamueP, 
John"^)  anc?  Louisa  (Tuttle)  Morrison. 

1.    Enid  Mac,  b.  at  Exeter  May  1,  1878.     §  317. 


142. 


144.  i 


316  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

145.  Mary  Jane  Alger*^  *85  (Mary^  SamueP,  John-)  and  Eph- 
RAiM  Cole. 

1.  Edward,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  Sept.  1848 ;  m.  Louisa  Hayward 
Nov.  1869.     §  165,318. 

146.  Davenport"  *85  (Mary^   SamueP,  John^)   and  Carrie   M. 
(Needham)  Alger. 

1.  Allie,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  Dec.  27,  1856;  m.  George  Snyder  in 
1876.     §  319. 

147.  George  M.«  *85  (Mary^  SamueP,  John'-)  and  Laura  (Je- 
rome) Alger. 

1.    George  M.  b.  May  25,  1875.     §  320. 

148.  Dewit  C.«  *85  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John^)  and  Emma  (BroAvn) 
Alger. 

1.  Arcelia,  b.  Oct.  1864;  d.  June  4,  1869.  2.  Duane  B.  b.  July  9, 
1866.  3.  Clarence,  b.  Nov.  20,  1870.  4.  Elmer,  b.  March  5,  1874.  5. 
Bertie,  b.  Aug.  8,  1875.     6.    Arthur  J.  b.  Dec.  5,  1876.     §  321. 

149.  Elizabeth   A.  Alger*^  *85   (Mary*,  SamueP,  John'^)  a^id 
Edwin  E.  Shutt. 

1.  Edwin  E.  b.  Dec.  28,  1864.  2.  Emmett  J.  Sept.  12,  1869.  3. 
Cameron  May  27,  1871.     §  322. 

150.  Sylvester  B.*^  *86  (Mary*,   SamueP,  John^)    and  Rhoda 
(McCalmont)  Morris. 

1.  Maud  McCalmont,  b.  in  1867;  Grace  Alger  in  1871,  and  R.  B. 
in  1880.     §  323. 

151.  Davenport"  *86  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Kate  (Ford) 
Morris. 

1.  Fred,  b.  in  1873 ;  d.  in  1875.  2.  Louisa,  b.  in  1877.  §  324. 

152.  John  D."  *86  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John'-)  and  Josephine  (Fres- 
cott)  Morris. 

1.   L.  Mabel,  b.  in  1876  at  Conesus  N.  Y.     §  325. 

153.  Eugene  A."  *88   (Mary*,   SamueP,  John'^)  and  Elizabeth 
(Macomber)  Cole. 

1.  W.  Scott,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  Jan.  1871.     §  326. 

2.  George  Eugene,  b.  at  Conesus  Jan.  1872.     §  326. 

154.  David  S."  *90  (Frederick^  William*,  SamueP,  John^)  and 
Fannie  (Ricker)  Morrison. 

Three  children  b.  at  Grinnell  Iowa,  as  follows  :  Eleanor  June  20, 
1876,  Frederick  June  9,  1879,  and  Addie  Ricker  July  4,  1880.    §  327. 

John"   *92    (Charlotte*,    SamueP,    John'-)    ayid    Martha 
(Grange)  Daniels. 

Edgar  A.  m.  Sarah  Sharpsteen  Feb.  14,  1880.     §  328. 
Two  other  childi'eu,  names  not  known. 

Carrie  Thorp"  *93  (Charlotte*,  SamueP,  John'^)  ayid  Wil- 
liam Jerome. 

1.   Maud,  b.  at  Lyronia  N.  Y.  Aug.  26,  1877.     2.   Blanch  B.  b  at 
Conesus  May  28,  1879.     §  329. 

156.   America  Jane  Allen"  *94  (Charlotte*,  SamueP,  John-)  and 
Ezra  W.  Clark. 

1.  John  Adams,  b.  at  Conesus  N.  Y.  Jan.  27,  1867.  2.  Grace  Mary 
Ann,  b.  at  Conesus  May  24,  1872.  3.  America  Matilda,  July  17,  1878. 
§330. 


155.  \ 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  317 

157.  Mary  R.  Allen"   *94    (Charlotte*,    SamueP,   John')    and 
William  P.  Boyd. 

1.    Victor  Hiram,  b.  at  Couesus  Marcli  21,  1878.     §  331. 

158.  Frances  A.  Mc Vicar®  *95  (ChaI•lotte^  SamueP,  John^)  and 
Charles  K..  Austin. 

1.  Lizzie  A.  b.  at  Genesee  N.  Y.  Aug  3,  1869 ;  d.  Jan.  25,  1874. 

2.  Julian  Riley,  b.  at  Genesee  April  5,  1878.     §  332. 

159.  George  C.*'  *95   (Charlotte^  SamueP,  John'-)   and  Frona 
(Northup)  Mc Vicar. 

1.    Leon  Wilber,  b.  Sept.  7,  1870.     2.    Georgie  May,  Sept.  3,  1876. 
§333. 

160.  William  J.«  *96  (Elizabeth*,  John^  John-)  and  Ellen  R. 
(Hemstead)  Ball. 

1.   Minnie,  b.  in  1863.   2.  Simon,  b.  1866,  at  Amsterdam  N.  Y.  §334. 

161.  Julia  A.  Morrison*'  *99   (James^  James*,  James^,  John^) 
and  Dayton  B.  Morgan. 

1.    Ray  B.  b.  at  Camden  Ohio  Feb.  9,  1873.     2.    Rena,  b.  at  Morenci 
Midi.  April  15,  1876.     §  335. 

162.  Clara  D.  Flanders*'  *102  (Jennie*,  Robert^  SamueP)  and 
William  L.  Lord. 

1.  George  C.  b.  at  Manchester  Aug.  30,  1864.  §  337. 

'  Charlotte  Foss"  *113  (Isabella^,  SamueP)  and  James  E. 
Seavey. 

1.    Ella  May,  b.  at  Rye  May  6,  1870.     §  338. 
Sylvanus  W.*'*113  (Isabella^   SamueP)  and  Ella  (Phil- 
brick)  Foss. 

1.    Bertha,  b.  at  Rye  Feb.  28,  1880.     §  339. 
"^  Ann  Julia  Foss*'  *113  (Isabella'^,  SamueP)  and  Lewis  E. 
Walker. 

1.    Ezra  Howard,  b.  at  Rye  Oct.  21,  1875.     §  340. 
Mary  C.  Seavey"  *114  (Isabella^,  SamueP)  and  Emmons 
B.  Philbrick. 

1.    Shirley  S.  b.  at  Rye  Aug.  1876.     2.    Annie  W.  May  4,  1879. 
I  §  341. 

164.  Annie  Hutchinson'^  *136  (Margaret*,  SamueP,  John-)  and 
George  Mead. 

1.  George  Washington,  b.  at  San  Fi-ancisco  Cal.  in  June,    1876. 
§  342. 

2.  Frank  Hutchinson,  b.  at  San  Francisco,  June,  1877.     §  342. 

3.  California  Grace,  b.  at  San  Francisco,  .June  8,  1879.     §  342. 

165.  Edward'^  *145  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John-)  and  Louisa  (Hay- 
ward)  Cole. 

1.    Lewis  L.   b.   May  27,    1870.      2.    Ashley,   b.    May   5,    1875.     3. 
Charles,  b.  Sept.  18,  1879.     §  343. 

II.  — BIOGRAPHICAI.   SKETCHES. 

166.    Charter  David  and  Samuel  Morison.     In  the  cemetery 
at  Derry,  the  burial-place  of  the  first  settlers,  are  three  grave- 


163. 


318 


CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 


stones,  about  sixty  feet  from  the  front,  having  upon  them  these 
inscriptions  :  — 


"  Here  Lies  Buried  " 

"The  Body  of  Mr." 

"  David  Morrison" 

"Who  Departed" 

"This  Life  March" 

"  28  1755  In  the  " 

"88th  Year  of  His  Age." 


"  Here  Lies  Buried  " 

"The  Body  of  Mrs." 

"Mary  Ann  ye  Wife' 

"Of  Mr.  David" 

.  "  Morrison  Who  " 

"Died  Jan.  9th  1751,' 

"In  Tlie  70th  Year" 

"Of  Her  Aire." 


"  Here  Lyes  " 

"Tlie  Body  of  Mr." 

"  Samuel  Morrison  " 

'He  Died  Sept.  29,  1757,' 

"Aged  76  Years" 

"Also  The  Body  of" 

'Margret  Wife  Of  The' 

"  Above  said  Samuel" 

"Who  Died  April  30th" 

'1771,  In  the  90th  Year 

"Of  Her  Age." 


David  and  Samuel  are  the  only  Morisons  in  the  Charter  of 
whom  there  is  any  record  now  to  be  found  in  the  cemetery. 
The  next  gravestone  beloAV  Charter  Samuel's  is  that  of  his  son 
Samuel.  His  sons  John  and  David  were  buried  there,  but  no 
stone  for  either  is  to  be  seen. 

The  wife  of  Charter  David  was  Mary  Ann  McAlister,  and 
he  conveyed  to  her  brothers  David  and  William  portions  of  his 
allotments  by  deeds  dated  June  16,  1731,  and  Feb.  24,  1746, 
which  are  now  in  the  possession  of  Jonathan  McAlister,  a  descend- 
ant of  David  McAlister  and  the  owner  of  said  David's  farm. 
Said  Jonathan  informs  me  that  his  grandmother  told  him  that 
David  Morison  and  Samuel  Morison  Avere  brothers,  and  that 
David  left  no  children ;    and  all  the  known  facts  confirm  this. 

The  names  of  David  and  Samuel  a])pear  in  the  Charter  with 
that  of  Abram  Holmes,  and  in  this  order :  — 

"David  MonisoN." 

"Samuel  Mokison." 

"Abram  Holmes." 

The  home  lots  of  these  grantees  Avere  together,  and  in  the  same 
order  coming  south,  David  Morison,  Samuel  Morison,  Abram 
Holmes.  They  were  upon  the  west  side  of  Beaver  Brook,  and 
within  the  territorial  limits  of  the  west  parish.  Who  Avas 
Abram  Holmes?  Parker's  History  says  that  he  had  married 
for  his  second  wife  Mary  Morison,  that  he  was  early  elected 
an  elder  in  the  First  Church,  and  died  in  1753,  at  the  age  of 
seventy.  His  oldest  son  John  married  Grizel  Givean,  and  Sam- 
uel Morison's  oldest  daughter  Avas  also  named  Grizel.  Charter 
David,  Samuel's  brother,  having  finally  disposed  of  the  remainder 
of  his  real  estate,  conveyed  his  personal  property  to  Abraham 
Holmes,  Jolm  Holmes,  and  Samuel  Miller,  June  6,  1751.  Upon 
the  whole  it  may  reasonably  be  inferred  that  Mary  Morison  was 
a  sister  of  David  and  Samuel  Morison,  and  that  these  two  Mor- 
isons   and   Abram    Holmes    and  Mary  his   Avife,  came   over  to- 


SKETCHES.  —  FIRST   GENERATION.  319 

getlier  and  from  the  same  locality.  Were  David  and  Samuel 
related  to  Charter  James  and  John?  This  is  not  improbable. 
Hon.  Thomas  F.  Morrison,  of  Londonderry,  N.  S.,  from  the  tradi- 
tions which  he  has  received,  thinks  they  were  cousins.  James 
and  John  were  sons  of  the  John  Morrison  referred  to  in  Parker's 
History  as  having  come  in  seven  or  eight  years  after  the  first 
settlement.  His  daughter  Hannah  married  William  Clendennin; 
and  my  father,  in  looking  over  Parker's  History  in  1852,  said  to 
me  that  he  had  been  told  by  one  of  the  Clendennins  that  John 
Morrison,  my  father's  grandfather,  was  related  to  the  John  Mor- 
rison referred  to  by  Mr.  Parker.  "  Charter"  David  and  Samuel 
may  therefore  have  been  brothers,  or  nephews,  of  the  venerable 
man  known  in  this  History  as  1736  John. 

My  father  told  me  that  the  mother  of  his  grandfather  was  a 
Henry,  and  so  I  have  given  Margaret  Henry  as  the  wife  of 
"Charter"  Samuel.  And  from  the  recent  History  of  Northwood, 
Nottingham,  and  Deerfield,  by  Elliott  C.  Cogswell,  it  appears 
that  the  Avife  of  William  Morrison  who  settled  in  Nottingham 
about  1728,  was  Mary  Henry,  and  that  "their  relatives"  had  but 
a  few  years  before  settled  in  Londonderry. 

WAS  THERE  AN  EARLIER  EMIGRATION? 

There  are  traditions  of  one,  in  the  family  of  David,  son  of 
John,  son  of  Charter  Samuel.  Mrs.  Swain,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Moses  F.  Morrison,  writes  under  date  of  July  21,  1878:  "Aunt 
Clark  of  Schenectady  had  a  great  penchant  for  tracing  our  family 
line,  and  I  remember  to  have  heard  her  say  once  that  we  came 
from  the  same  stock  as  the  Duke  of  Argyle;  but  what  she  had  to 
base  such  an  idea  upon  I  cannot  tell,"  The  aunt  Clark  referred 
to  was  a  daughter  of  said  David.  She  was  born  in  1785,  and 
died  in  1858.  3fr's.  H.  House  wrote  to  a  relative  about  the 
same  time  :  "  I  have  heard  father  tell  about  some  aunt  Betsey  that 
lived  in  the  Mohawk  valley.  She  was  a  great-aunt  of  grand- 
father Morrison  or  his  wife.  I  do  not  know  how  far  back  she 
went,  but  she  was  a  daughter  or  a  granddaughter  of  a  lord  or  a 
duke,  but  I  think  he  was  a  lord.  I  have  forgotten,  but  it  seems 
as  though  it  was  Lord  Drummond,  but  I  am  not  sure."  This 
lady  was  a  daughter  of  Major  John  Morrison,  son  of  said  David. 
She  was  born  in  1805  and  is  still  living.  Mrs.  Adelaide  'Wilson 
wrote  to  her  cousin  Jan.  17,  1879:  "Your  grandfather  and  grand- 
mother and  my  mother  went  to  New  Hampshire.  .  .  .  On  their 
way  home  they  visited  aunt  Clark.  They  went  with  her  to  visit 
a  second  cousin  by  the  name  of  Morrison.  They  lived  four  miles 
west  of  Schenectady  on  the  canal,  on  a  farm.  This  family  seem 
to  know  a  good  deal  about  the  pedigree.  They  knew  when  they 
crossed  the  Atlantic.  I  think  it  was  about  the  time  of  the  siege 
of  Londonderry  the  family  owned  some  castle  in  Ireland,  This 
family  had  some  relics  that  were  brought  across  when  they  first 
landed  in  America.  I  am  sorry  that  I  cannot  remember  more 
about  them.  Mother  and  uncle  talked  a  good  deal  Avlien  tliey 
first  came  home  about  their  noble  descent,  and  liad  quite  a  bit  of 


320  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

fun  over  it.  I  visited  this  family  with  my  cousins,  Clarks,  when 
I  was  about  ten  years  old,  when  we  first  came  to  New  York 
State,  but  I  forget  much  about  them." 

These  traditions  are  given  for  what  they  are  worth.  3Iiss 
Louisa  F.  Clark,  upon  being  furnished  these  letters,  thinks  the 
aunt  Betsey  referred  to  by  Mrs.  House  may  have  been  her  mother's 
aunt  Leonard;  and  "in  regard  to  the  'lord  or  duke,'  I  can  give 
you  nothing  definite.  I  remember  my  mother  and  cousin  Add. 
Swain  talking  about  it,  but  my  impression  is  that  it  was  not 
really  in  our  pedigree,  but  I  am  not  sure." 

Mrs.  Clark,  Mrs.  Gookin  (the  mother  of  Mrs.  Wilson),  and 
Maj.  John  Morrison  were  children  of  David,  oldest  son  of  John, 
son  of  Charter  Samuel.  Mrs.  Leonard  was  their  aunt,  not 
their  great-Mxnt,  and  the  family  visited  are  said  to  have  been 
secoMfAcousins.  Who  were  they?  when  did  they  come  over? 
and  where  are  their  descendants?     §§  174,  180. 

CHARACTERISTICS. 

There  were  four  Samuel  Morrisons,  known  as  "  Sam,"  "  Little 
Sam,"  "Blue  Sam,"  and  "Gray  Sam."  The  will  of  one  of  them, 
described  in  the  will  as  Samuel  Morrison  Junior,  makes  a  bequest 
to  his  son  "Sam  Moi-rison  the  fifth."  The  will  is  dated  Aug.  26, 
1752.  The  wife  of  the  testator  was  Mary.  He  came  in  about 
1730,  his  deed  from  Alexander  McCullum  being  dated  Dec.  1, 
1730.  Besides  him  and  his  son  Samuel,  there  was  Charter 
Samuel,  and  his  son  Samuel  (born  in  1727),  and  Samuel  the  son 
of  1736  John,  who  became  of  age  about  1735.  From  his  descend- 
ants, Charter  Samuel  could  not  have  been  "Little  Sam,"  or 
"Blue  Sam,"  for  most  of  them,  whom  I  have  known,  have  been 
of  fair  complexion,  and  of  medium  size  at  least,  as  the  rule 
about  six  feet.  My  cousin  Josiah  Morrison,  who  is  over  six  feet, 
says  that  all  his  brothers  were  over  six  feet,  as  was  their  father, 
and  one  of  them,  Samuel,  was  six  feet  eight  and  one  quarter 
inches  in  his  stocking  feet. 

My  aunt  Alger  was  a  large  woman,  weighing  250  lbs.  or  over. 
Charter  Samuel  was  undoubtedly  more  than  six  feet,  of  erect 
carriage,  rather  prominent  features,  broad  and  square  shouldered, 
long  armed,  muscular,  and  well  formed.  In  the  deeds  which  he 
gave  he  was  called  yeoman  and  Jiusbandman.  His  autograph 
shows  that  he  was  not  illiterate.  It  is  presumed  that  he  was  a 
stanch  Presbyterian,  and  that  in  his  "rude  dwelling,  the  morning 
and  evening  sacrifice  of  prayer  and  praise  was  regularly  offered, 
and  the  Scriptures  were  devoutly  read,"  for  this  is  said  by  Mr. 
Parker  of  the  early  settlers  in  general.  His  brother-in-law,  Abram, 
or  Abraham,  Holmes  (who  died  in  1753),  was  for  many  years  a 
ruling  elder  in  the  old  parish.  Charter  Samuel,  upon  the 
formation  of  the  new  parish,  adhered  to  the  old  parish,  as  did 
his  brother  David,  and  Abraham  Holmes  his  brother-in-law,  and 
his  tax  for  the  support  of  Mr.  Davidson  was  as  large  as  any  of 
those  within  the  limits  of    the  new  parish  who  adhered  to  the 


SKETCHES. — FIRST   GENERATION.  321 

old.  In  a  tax  list,  given  in  Parker's  History,  of  persons  on  the 
west  side  of  Beaver  Brook  (which  would  be  in  the  new  parish), 
for  the  support  of  Mr.  Davidson  of  the  old  parish,  his  tax  was  £5 
145.  9d. ;  Kobert  Clark,  Capt.  Andrew  Todd,  Joseph  Cochran, 
Robert  Craige,  and  John  Maclurge  were  the  same.  David 
Morrison's  tax  was  £5  Ss.  Id.  The  others  were  less,  and  many 
of  them  much  less.  There  were  eighty  in  all,  being  the  original 
forty  and  their  descendants,  who,  by  the  act  creating  a  new 
parish  in  1740,  were  permitted  to  adhere  to  the  old.  This  tax 
list  is  dated  Nov.  24,  1750.  His  respectable  standing,  his  adher- 
ence to  the  old  parish,  his  connection  with  Abraham  Holmes,  and 
his  mature  years,  favor  the  presumption  of  his  having  been  the 
Samuel  Morrison  chosen  after  Abraham  Holmes,  whose  name 
appears  in  Parker's  History,  as  ruling  elder;  but  as  the  records 
have  since  been  lost,  the  identity  cannot  be  proved.  I  look  back 
upon  him,  as  one  who  acted  well  his  part  in  life ;  and  with  his 
Avife,  who  survived  him  many  years,  and  his  neighbors  and  friends 
of  that  day,  and  the  generations  who  followed  them,  he  has  a  quiet 
resting-place  in  that  beautiful  spot,  so  admirably  chosen  by  the 
first  settlers,  for  themselves  and  their  descendants,  and  which 
has  ever  since  been  occupied  as  a  cemetery.  It  is  only  a  few 
rods  south  of  the  church  at  East  Derry,  which  itself  is  only  a 
few  feet  from  the  ground  on  which  the  first  meeting-house  was 
erected,  in  1722,  the  same  year  of  the  grant  of  the  Charter. 


^a/&  -ntoi>§»^ 


HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

They  are  traced  principally  through  John  and  Samuel,  but 
only  imperfectly  even  as  to  them.  The  families  are  scattered. 
It  has  been  with  difficulty  and  much  labor,  that  the  facts  given 
in  this  chapter  have  been  obtained.  So  far  as  practicable,  an 
opportunity  has  been  afforded,  to  all  known  to  be  interested,  to 
furnish  accurate  records,  and  my  work  is  as  complete  as  my 
information.  So  far  as  known,  the  descendants  of  Charter 
Samuel  have  not  become  very  rich,  or  learned,  or  great,  and  few 
of  them  have  entered  professional  or  public  life  in  any  way. 
They  have  not  dishonored  him.  They  have  not  lost  his  sturdy 
virtues,  or,  as  the  rule,  essentially  departed  from  his  faith.  If 
they  have  not  become  distinguished,  they  have  been  res])ectable 
and  useful,  which  is  better;  not  one  of  them  has  reached  the 
prison,  the  jail,  or  the  poor-house;  and  if  he  could  now  speak,  he 
might  well  say  Avith  the  Psalmist:  "I  have  been  young,  and  am 
old;  yet  have  I  not  seen  the  righteous  forsaken,  nor  his  seed 
beffo-inf?  bread." 

167.  Gkizel,  wife  of  Alexander  Craige,  died  June  8,  1756,  in 
the  forty-eighth    year  of   her  age,  as   stated  on  her  gravestone 


322  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

now  standing.  Her  sons,  John  and  Samuel,  would  have  been  of 
age  in  1761.  A  deed  of  property  belonging  to  the  estate  of 
David  Morrison,  and  also  receipts  given  to  his  administrator, 
are  signed  by  Alexander  Craige,  who  would  have  taken,  as  heir, 
if  his  wife  was  a  sister  of  David,  and  the  sons  had  died,  and  such 
are  presumed  to  have  been  the  facts.     §§  2,  3,  169. 

168.  John  Morrison's  birthplace  is  entered  as  at  London- 
derry, Ireland,  because  such  is  the  record  in  the  family  Bible  of 
Dr.  Moses  F.  Mon-ison.  My  father  informed  me  that  he  died  at 
the  age  of  fifty-six,  and  of  heart  disease.  The  probate  records 
show  a  grant  of  administration  on  his  estate  to  Elizabeth  Morri- 
son, his  widow,  March  12,  1776.  This  would  make  his  birth  to 
have  been  about  1720.  He  married  Elizabeth  Alexander.  The 
widow  of  John  Morrison,  their  grandson,  informs  me  that  he 
attended  his  grandmother's  fmieral,  when  he  was  quite  a  lad, 
perhaps  seventeen  years  old;  and  as  he  was  born  in  1794,  her 
death  was  about  1811;  and  she  is  remembered  to  have  been 
about  ninety.  She  remained  very  vigorous  to  the  day  of  her 
death,  and  was  famous  as  a  spinner.  After  the  death  of  her 
husband,  she  and  her  daughter  Betsey  continued  to  occupy 
rooms  in  the  house  on  the  homestead  which  was  taken  by  James, 
the  youngest  son,  subject  to  their  rights.  If  John  was  born  in 
1720,  his  father  gave  him  a  deed,  when  he  became  of  age,  as  it 
bears  date  of  March  1,  1740-41,  although  it  was  not  recorded 
till  June  25,  1760.     The  deed  is  as  follows:  — 

"  To  all  Christian  People  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come, 
Samuel  Morrison  of  Londonderry,  in  the  Province  of  New 
Hamp.  in  New  England,  yeoman,  sendeth  greeting. 

"  Know  ye  that  I,  Samuel  Morrison,  for  the  love  &  good  will 
that  I  have,  and  to  my  son  John  Morrison,  of  Londonderry  and 
Province  aforesaid,  husbandman,  have  for  me,  my  heirs,  execu- 
tors, administrators,  given,  granted,  and  by  these  presents  give, 
grant,  sell,  convey,  and  confirm  unto  him,  the  said  John  Morison, 
his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  or  assigns  forever,  one  mes- 
suage or  tract  of  land  laying  and  being  in  Londonderry  aforesaid, 
containing  by  estimation  forty  acres,  be  the  same  more  or  less, 
butted  and  bounded  as  followeth:  beginning  on  the  Northeast  at 
a  red  oak  tree,  marked  and  so  running  West  and  be  south  one 
hundred  and  sixty  rods  to  a  stake  and  stones,  and  bounding  on 
John  Blair's  land  ;  from  thence  South  and  be  east  forty-five  rods 
to  a  pine  tree,  marked ;  from  thence  running  East  and  be  North 
one  hundred  sixty  rods  to  a  white  oak  tree,  marked,  and  bound- 
ing on  James  Murry  land,  and  from  thence  North  and  be  West 
to  the  bounds  first  mentioned,  being  a  second  Division  laid  out 
to  my  right  in  said  Londonderry. 

"To  Have  and  To  Hold  the  above  granted  and  bargained 
premises,  with  all  the  profits,  improveinents,  advantages  to  ye 
same  belonging  or  any  appertaining  to  him  the  said  John  Mor- 
rison, his  heirs  or  assigns  forever,  to  his  or  their  only  use,  benefit, 
and  behoof,  and  that  the  said  John  Morrison,  his  heirs  and  as- 


SKETCHES. SECOND    GENERATION.  323 

signs  may  from  time  to  time,  and  at  all  times  forever  hereafter, 
by  force  and  virtue  of  these  presents,  use,  ocpy,  and  in  joy  the 
said  demised  premises,  free  and  clear  of  and  from  all  other  gifts, 
grants,  bargains,  sales  or  incumbrances  whatsoever  ;  and  I,  the 
said  Samuel  Morrison,  for  my  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  do 
covenant  to  and  with  the  said  John  Morrison,  his  heirs,  executors, 
administrators,  or  assigns,  that  before  the  ensealing  hereof,  and 
untill  the  delivery  of  the  same,  I  am  the  true  owner  of  the  above 
demised  premises,  and  have  in  myself  full  power  and  good  right 
to  sell  and  convey  the  same  in  manner  as  above  said. 

"  In  testimony  of  all  before  written,  I  have  sett  my  hand  and 
seal  this  first  day  of  March,  1740-41,  and  in  the  fourteenth  year 
of  His  Majestie's  reign,  &c. 
"Signed,    Sealed, 
and  delivered  in 

presence    of    us,  V  Samuel  Morison.  [seal] 

William  Eayers,  | 
Sam'U  Miller.       j 
"Province  of  New  Hampshire,  Londonderry,  March  5, 1840-41. 
Then  the  above  named  Samuel  Morrison,  personally  appearing* 
acknowledged  his  hand  and  seal  and  the  foregoing  instrument  to 
be  his  free  act  deed. 

Before  me,  Robekt  Botes,  tlus.  PeaceP 

"Received  and  recorded  25th  June,  1760. 

D.  Purie,  Reciir 

As  the  grantor  describes  the  grantee  as  "my  son,"  and  the 
land  as  "a  second  division,  laid  out  to  my  right  in  said  London- 
derry," it  is  now  proved  that  the  father  of  John  Morison  (my 
great-grandfather)  was  Charter  Samuel.  The  grantee  died 
intestate,  in  1776.  David  and  Hannah  his  wife,  Samuel  and 
Mary  his  wife,  and  John,  conveyed  their  interest  to  their  brother 
James,  by  deed  dated  April  3, 1778 ;  and  Betsey,  with  her  husband 
Job  Leonard,  I'elinquished  their  interest  Feb.  19,  1814.  James 
conveyed  to  his  son  John,  and  the  land  is  now  the  property  of 
his  children,  Franklin,  James,  Dorcas,  Elizabeth,  Harlan  P.,  and 
Emiline,  so  that  it  has  been  in  the  family  of  Samuel  Morison 
from  the  time  it  was  set  off  to  him  as  a  part  of  his  share  under 
the  charter.  Another  parcel,  constituting  a  part  of  the  farm,  was 
conveyed  to  John  Morison  by  John  Blair,  by  a  deed  dated  April 
1,  1742.     §§  2,  4,  169. 

169,  David  Morrison.  I  have  in  my  possession  a  letter 
written  in  1852,  to  my  father  by  his  cousin  John  Morrison, 
which  says,  "according  to  some  old  scraps  of  deeds,  our  great- 
grandfather's name  was  David."  My  father  doubted  this,  but 
could  not  say  who  his  great-grandfather  was.  Besides  the  "  scraps 
of  deeds,"  there  were  receipts  to  John  Morison  as  administrator 
of  the  estate  of  David  Morison.  In  1878,  a  letter  of  inquiry 
from  Leonard  A.  Morrison,  Esq.,  led  me  to  examine  the  probate 


324  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

records  and  the  registry  of  deeds.  From  the  former,  it  appeared 
that  tlie  warrant  to  the  appraisers  of  David's  estate,  informed 
them  that  the  property  Avould  be  shown  them  by  the  administra- 
tor, "a  brother  of  the  deceased."  In  the  registry  of  deeds  I  found 
the  record  of  the  deed  (a  copy  of  which  lias  been  giA'en),  proving 
that  John  was  a  son  of  Charter  Samuel,  and  also  the  record 
of  another  deed  from  the  same  grantor  to  "  David  Morrison  my 
own  son."  There  was  also  the  record  of  a  deed  from  "  Charter  " 
David  of  his  homestead  to  "David  Morrison,  jun.,"  dated  July 
24,  1750.  The  deed  of  Charter  Samuel  to  his  son  David  was 
dated  Aug.  20,  1749.  Both  deeds  were  recorded  Feb.  17,  1756, 
in  the  same  book  and  on  successive  pages.  The  land  is  clearly  iden- 
tified, and  the  proof  complete,  that  Charter  Samuel  was  the 
father  of  both  John  and  David.  That  John  Morrison,  in  1852, 
occupying  the  same  homestead  that  had  come  down  to  him  from 
his  great-grandfather,  should  have  been  misled  in  respect  to  his 
identity,  illustrates  the  uncertainty  of  un8upi)orted  tradition,  and 
the  necessity  of  examining  the  registry  of  deeds  and  the  proliate 
office  in  tracing  pedigree  after  many  years.  During  this  search, 
I  also  found  the  will  of  1736  John,  and  the  deed  from  his  sons 
James  and  John,  and  furnished  copies  to  Leonard  A.  Morrison, 
which  he  has  given  in  this  book. 

A  deed  to  William  Duncan  of  land  belonging  to  the  estate  of 
this  David  Morison,  was  executed  by  the  parties,  and  in  the 
manner  required  by  law,  if  he  died  without  children  and 
leaving  no  widow ;  and  such,  I  infer,  were  the  facts.  The  deed 
bears  date  Oct.  1,  1761.  It  was  signed  by  "Margret  Morison," 
John  Morison,  Samuel  Morison,  Abram  Morison,  Jennet  Cham- 
bers, Mathew  Morison,  Martha  Morison,  and  Alexander  Craige. 
§2. 

170.  Jennet  Chambers.  There  is  a  receipt  in  existence 
which  indicates  her  death  in  1790.  I  find  no  evidence  that  she 
left  any  children.     §§  2,  169. 

171.  Martha  Morison.  She  Avas  born  in  1723.  And  she 
signed  the  deed,  before  mentioned,  in  1761,  and  receipts  to  the 
administrator,  which  is  all  I  have  ascertained  in  respect  to  her. 
§§  2,  169. 

172.  Mathew  Morison.  His  father  conveyed  one  half  the 
homestead  to  him  in  1756.  He  became  insane.  His  nephew 
James  Morison  was  appointed  his  guardian,  and  afterAvards,  in 
1777,  his  administrator.     He  left  no  children.     §§2,  169. 

173.  Samuel  Morison.  His  gravestone  is  standing  a  few 
feet  from  that  of  his  father  and  mother,  with  this  inscrijjtion : 
"Here  lieth  the  body  of  Samuel  Morison  Avho  died  March  15, 
1775,  in  the  48th  year  of  his  age."  There  is  an  entry  of  his 
birth  in  the  Londonderry  records  as  being  March  13,  1727.  He 
married  his  cousin,  Isabella  Alexander,  Avhom  he  also  made  execu- 
trix of  his  Avill,  Avhich  Avas  as  folloAvs :  — 


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"In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  the  fifteenth  Day  of  february 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy  five,  I  Samuel  Morrison 
jun.  of  Londonderry  in  the  County  of  Rockingham  and  province 
of  New  hampshire,  weaver,  being  sick  and  weak  in  body  but  of 
perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  given  to  God  therefor 
calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  body  and  knowing  that  it  is 
appointed  for  all  men  once  to  die,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my 
last  Will  and  testament,  that  is  to  say  principally  and  first  of  all 
I  give  and  recommend  My  Soul  into  the  Hand  of  God  that  gave 
it  me,  and  my  body  I  recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  a 
decent  Christian  manner  at  the  discretion  of  my  executrix,  and 
as  touching  such  worldly  estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God 
to  bless  me,  I  give,  demise,  and  dispose  of  in  the  following  manner 
and  form  : 

'•'■Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Isabella  my  Dearly  beloved 
wife  that  part  of  my  real  estate  herein  after  described  (viz)  : 

"  Beginning  at  a  stake  and  stone  on  the  line  of  Capt.  John 
Quigley's  land,  then  East  North  east  about  fifty  rods  to  the  Cor- 
ner of  oughterson's  land,  then  South  east  eighty  four  rods  to  a 
stake,  then  South  west  thirty  eight  rods,  then  Avest  and  by  South 
forty  rods,  then  North  and  by  west  to  the  bounds  first  mentioned 
containing  about  thirty  three  AcT*es  more  or  less,  also  my  right 
and  title  to  a  certain  piece  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  beaver 
brook  so  called  which  I  Claim  by  being  an  heir  at  law  to  the 
Estate  of  Randyll  Alexander  late  of  said  Londonderiy  de- 
ceased, together  with  five  Acres  of  Swamp  which  I  purchased 
of  Lieut.  William  Wallace,  also  the  half  of  my  personal  estate 
after  my  Just  debts  and  funeral  Charges  are  paid  of  such  articles 
as  she  shall  choose  according  to  the  prize  Bill  as  her  estate  for- 
ever. 

"7/em.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  oldest  son  Samuel  Morri- 
son five  Pounds  Lawful  Money  which  together  with  what  he 
hath  already  got  is  equal  to  two  Shares  of  my  estate. 

'■'■Item.  I  give  to  my  Second  Son  Abraham  Morrison  three 
Pounds  Lawful  money. 

'■'■Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  third  Son  Robert  Morrison 
fifteen  pounds  Lawful  money  in  consideration  of  his  services 
to  me. 

'■'■Item.  I  give  to  my  fourth  Son  Jonathan  Morrison  three 
Pounds  Lawful  Money. 

'■'■Item..  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  oldest  daughter  Jennet 
Morrison  five  pounds  Lawful  money. 

'■'■Item,.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  second  daughter  Margaret 
Morrison  five  pounds  Lawful  Money. 

'■'■Item,.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  fifth  Son  David  Morrison 
five  pounds  Lawful  money. 

'■'■Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Third  daughter  Isabella 
Morrison  five  pounds  Lawful  money. 

'■'■Item.  I  Avill  and  order  all  my  estate  real  and  personal  to  be 
Sold  excepting  what  is  already  bequeathed  to  my  beloved  wife 


326  CHAKTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

and  after  the  payment  of  my  Just  debts  and  funeral  Charges 
together  with  the  above  bequeathments  my  wife  is  to  receive  one 
third  of  what  remains  the  remainder  to  be  divided  equally  among 
my  children. 

"And  I  do  hereby  ordain  and  appoint  my  said  wife  to  be  Sole 
executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament.  And  I  do  hereby 
utterly  disallow  revoke  and  disannul  all  and  every  other  former 
wills  legacies  and  bequests  by  me  in  any  other  wise  willed  be- 
queathed ratifying  and  confirming  this  &  no  other  to  be  my 
last  will  and  testament,  in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set 
my  hand  and  Seal  the  day  and  Year  above  written. 
"Signed  Sealed  Published  and 

pronounced  and  declared  by 

the  Said  Samuel  Morrison 

as  his  Last  will  and  testa^         ^j  v^  t\t^  r  n 

^  ■     ^i     n  £  Saml.  X  Morrison     Tseal  1 

ment  in  the  Presence  ot  ^^a 

George  Duncan  jr. 
Samuel  Taggart 
Joseph  McFarland." 
"Rockingham  ss.  June  19th  1776.      George  Duncan   junr.  & 
Samuel  Taggart  made   Solemn  Oath  that  they  saw  the  above 
named    Samuel   Morrison    deceased  Sign  &  Seal   &   heard   him 
declare  this  Instrument  to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testament,  that  at 
the  time  of  doing  it  he  was  to  their  best  discerning  of  a  sound 
disposing   mind   &   memory  &   that   they  with   Joseph  McFar- 
land who  is  absent  signed  the  same  as  Witnesses  at  the  same  in 
the  Testator's  presence. 

before  P.  White  ,7.  Proh^ 

"A  true  Copy  examined  P.  W.  Parker  ReqP 

,,  -r,     ,  .     1  )  TO  ALL  PEOPLE  To  whom  these  Pres- 

"Rockmgham  ss.  |      ^^^^^   ^j^^^^    ^^^^^^   YXxxWxi,^   White   Esq; 

Judge  of  the  Probate  of  Wills^  (&c.  in 
[seal]  and  for   the    County   of  Rockingham 

sendeth  Greeting. 

"  KXO W  YE  That  on  the  Day  of  the  Date  hereof  before  me 
at  Exeter  in  said  County,  the  Instrument,  a  Copy  of  which  is 
hereunto  annexed,  (Purporting  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of 
Samuel  Morrison  jun.  late  of  Londonderry  in  said  County  Weaver 
deceased)  was  presented  for  Probate  by  Isabella  Morrison  who 
is  Executrix  therein  named,  and  George  Duncan  jun.  and  Samuel 
Taggart  two  of  the  Witnesses  whose  Names  are  thereto  sub- 
scribed being  then  present  made  solemn  Oath  that  they  saw  the 
said  Testator  Sign  Seal  and  heard  him  declare  the  said  Instru- 
ment to  be  his  last  Will  and  Testament.  That  he  was  then  to 
the  best  of  their  Judgment  of  Sound  and  Disposing  Mind,  and 
tliat  they  Avith  Joseph  McFarland  Subscribed  their  Names  to- 
gether as  Witnesses  to  the  Execution  thereof  in  the  Presence  of 
the  said  Testator. 

"  I  DO  therefore  prove,  approve  and  allow  of  the  said  Instru- 
ment as  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  the  said  Deceased,  and 


SKETCHES.  —  SECOND   GENERATION.  327 

do  hereby  commit  the  Administration  thereof  in  all  Matters  the 
same  concerning  and  of  his  Estate  whereof  he  Died  Seized  and 
Possessed  in  said  County  unto  her  the  aforesaid  Executrix  well 
and  faithfully  to  execute  the  said  Will  and  Testament,  and  to 
administer  the  Estate  of  said  Deceased  according  to  the  same, 
who  accepted  of  her  said  Trust  and  is  directed  to  exhibit  an 
Inventory  of  said  Estate  according  to  Law  and  she  shall  render 
an  account  (upon  Oath)  of  her  Proceedings  therein  when  law- 
fully thereto  required. 

"  In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  the 
Seal  of  the  Court  of  Probate  for  said  County,  Dated  at  Exeter 
aforesaid  the  19th  Day  of  June  Anno  Donmii  1776. 

"W.  Parker  Heg.  P.  White." 

The  land  first  described  was  conveyed  to  him  by  deed  from 
his  father,  "Charter"  Samuel  (his  mother  also  joining  in  the 
deed),  dated  Sept.  26,  1757,  only  two  days  before  the  death  of 
the  grantor.  The  grantee  is  described  as  "  Samuel  Morrison,  my 
own  son."  The  premises  conveyed  were  a  part  of  the  "amend- 
ment land"  set  off  to  "Charter"  Samuel,  as  a  part  of  his  riglit. 
His  children  were  stated  in  the  will.     §§  2,  5. 

174.  Abram  Morisox.  His  father,  "Charter"  Samuel,  con- 
veyed to  him  the  north  half  of  his  homestead,  April  5,  1756. 
He  does  not  call  him  his  soti  in  the  deed,  but  since  there  is  a 
record  of  his  birth  (May  29,  1731),  and  he  signed  with  the  others, 
the  deed  to  Duncan,  before  mentioned,  and  receipts  to  the  admin- 
istrator upon  David's  estate,  it  is  inferred  that  the  omission  was 
accidental  or  the  fault  of  the  scribner,  and  that  he  was  a  son  of 
Charter  Samuel.  There  is  the  same  omission  in  the  deed  of 
the  same  date,  of  the  south  half  to  Mathew  Morison.  It  is  pos- 
sible they  both  were  grandsons.  This  Abram,  or  Abraham,  with 
his  wdfe  Elizabeth  conveyed  said  land  to  James  McMurphy  by 
deed  dated  March  14,  1767,  and  recorded  Dec.  7,  1774.  I  am  not 
able  to  trace  him  after  this  conveyance.  There  was  an  emigra- 
tion in  1741,  from  Londonderry  to  the  valley  of  the  Mohawk, 
west  of  the  Hudson  River.  He  mat/  have  joined  that  settlement, 
and  his  wife  may  have  been  the  Aunt  Betsey  mentioned  in  the  let- 
ter of  Mrs.  House.     §  166. 

175.  David,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Morison,  at  the 
date  of  the  deed  to  James,  April  3,  1778,  Avas  married  and  living 
at  Dunbarton.  When  he  acknowledged  the  deed,  April  27,  1784^ 
he  was  probably  living  at  Chester.  He  afterwards  lived  in  Maine 
and  in  Vermont,  and  finally  at  Niagara,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  in 
1812.  His  children  w^ere  Elizabeth,  Moody,  John,  Polly,  David, 
Hannah,  and  Franklin  D.  and  Moses  F.  (twins).     §§  4,  7,  168. 

176.  Samuel,  second  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Morison,  at 
the  date  of  said  deed,  April  3,  1778,  was  living  at  Derryfield, 
now  Manchester.  He  soon  went  to  Londonderry,  and  resided 
there  till  he  purchased  land  of  Ephraim  Carpenter  in  West 
Fairlee,  Vt.,  Avhere  he  continued  to  reside  till  his  death  in  18U2, 
at  the  age  of  fifty.     Carpenter's  deed  to  him  is  dated  Nov.  15, 

22 


328  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISOX. 

1790.  He  was  buried  at  Post  Mills,  Fairlee.  He  died  so  early 
(of  consumption,  as  my  cousin  G.  W.  Morrison  thinks),  his  grand- 
children know  but  little  of  him.  As  four  of  his  five  sons  made 
a  profession  of  religion,  it  may  be  inferred  that  he  possessed  the 
religious  characteristics  of  the  first  settlers  of  Londonderry.  His 
widow,  for  a  few  years  after  his  death,  resided  on  the  farm,  and 
then  with  her  son  James,  and  finally  with  her  daughter  Mrs. 
Alger  at  Conesus,  N.  Y.,  and  until  her  death  in  1822.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Mary  Roch,  and  was  born  Dec.  24, 
1755,  as  entered  in  the  records  of  Derryfield.  She  was  married, 
as  shown  by  the  same  records,  June  30,  1774,  the  record  of  the 
marriage  being  as  follows:  "June  the  30th  day  1774,  then  Samnel 
Morrison  son  to  John  Morrison  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  mar- 
ried to  Mary  Roch  daughter  of  Patrick  Roch  and  Jan  his  wife." 
"  Recorded  this  11th  day  of  June  1777.  David  Starret  T.  Clerk" ; 
and  the  record  of  her  birth  is,  "December  the  24tli  day  A.  D. 
1755.  Then  Mary  Roch  daughter  to  Patrick  and  Jan  Roch  was 
born.  Recorded  this  14th  day  of  July  A.  D.  1770  year.  David 
Starret  Town  Clerk."  According  to  this  she  was  nineteen  when 
she  was  married,  Avhich  would  make  her  older  than  the  tradition. 
It  is  possible  that  the  child,  whose  record  is  found,  died,  and 
another  took  her  name,  or  that  the  record,  having  been  made 
fifteen  years  after  the  event,  may  be  erroneous,  but  neither  is 
probable.  Her  mother  is  supposed  to  have  been  dead  at  the  time 
of  her  marriage.  And  of  her  father  there  is  only  the  tradition 
that  he  was  of  Norman-French  descent  (which,  from  his  name,  is 
probable),  and  that  he  was  a  sea-ca2:)tain.  When,  or  upon  what 
shore,  he  was  wrecked,  or  who  were  his  parents,  is  unknown.  Of 
grandmother  something  is  remembered.  My  cousin  Betsey  Mor- 
rison (now  seventy-five)  says  she  was  very  fair,  rather  fleshy,  of 
medium  size,  a  noble-looking  woman  with  blue  eyes  and  a  very 
kind  heart,  and  "I  loved  her  dearly."  She  also  says  she  was  very 
scrupulous  in  her  observance  of  the  Sabbath,  and  as  she  under- 
stands it,  was  a  Presbyterian.  There  comes  back  to  me  from 
Conesus  an  interesting  book  which  she  carried  with  her,  and  in 
which  her  name,  "  Mary  Morrison,"  is  Avritten  in  a  bold,  legible, 
but  iinknown  hand.  The  book  is  a  volume  of  forty-four  sermons 
by  Dr.  Watts.  The  dedication  is  at  "  Theobalds,  in  Hertfordshii-e, 
Feb.  21,  1720-21."  Among  the  hymns,  composed  for  the  ser- 
mons, is  one  I  do  not  remember  to  have  met  with  elsewhere,  but 
which  is  one  of  the  best  ever  w^ritten  by  Dr.  Watts,  and  which  is 
here  inserted. 

1. 

Do  Flesh  and  Nature  dread  to  die? 
And  timorous  Tlio'ts  our  Minds  enslave? 

But  Grace  can  raise  our  Hopes  on  high, 
And  quell  the  Terrors  of  the  Grave. 

2. 
What !  shall  we  run  to  gain  the  Crown, 

Yet  grieve  to  think  the  Goal  so  near? 
Afraid  to  have  our  Labors  done, 

And  finish  this  important  War? 


SKETCHES.  —  THIRD  GENERATION.  329 

3. 
Do  we  not  dwell  in  Clouds  below, 

And  little  know  the  God  we  love? 
Why  should  we  like  this  Twilight  so, 

When  'tis  all  Noon  in  Worlds  above? 

4. 
There  shall  we  see  him  Face  to  Face, 

There  shall  we  know  the  Great  Uuknoion  : 
And  Jesus  with  his  glorious  Gi'ace, 

Shines  in  full  Light  amidst  the  Throne. 

5. 
When  we  put  off  this  fleshly  Load, 

We  're  from  a  thousand  Mischiefs  free, 
For  ever  present  with  our  God, 

Where  we  have  longed  and  wished  to  be. 

G. 
No  more  shall  Pride  or  Passion  rise, 

Or  Envy  Fret  or  Malice  roar. 
Or  Sorrow  mourn  with  downcast  Eyes, 

And  Sin  defile  our  Souls  no  more. 

7. 
'T  is  best,  'tis  inflnitel.y  best. 

To  go  where  tempters  cannot  come, 
Where  Saints  and  Angels  ever  blest, 

Dwell  and  enjoy  their  heavenly  Home. 

8. 
O  for  a  Visit  from  my  God, 

To  drive  my  Fears  of  Death  away, 
And  help  me  thro'  this  darksome  road. 

To  Realms  of  everlasting  Day ! 

The  children  who  lived  to  adult  years,  were  John,  Samuel, 
Margaret,  James,  Mary,  William,  Robert,  and  Charlotte.  §§ 
4,  8,  168. 

177.  John  Morrison,  third  son  of  John,  son  of  Charter 
Samuel,  in  the  deed  to  James  of  April  3,  1808,  was  described  as 
of  Londonderry.  He  was  then  unnaarried.  It  was  known  to 
my  father  that  he  w^ent  to  the  State  of  New  York.  What  is  fur- 
ther known  to  me  of  him  and  his  family  has  been  obtained  by 
the  kindness  and  diligence  of  Miss  Louisa  F.  Clark,  of  Schenec- 
tady, to  whom  I  am  also  indebted  for  other  information.  §§ 
4,  9,  168. 

178.  James  Morrison,  the  fourth  son,  took  the  homestead  of 
his  father,  and  it  is  now  the  property  of  his  grandchildren.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  chnrch  and  a  respected  citizen.  For  many 
years  he  was  afflicted  Avith  lameness.  His  children  were  Peo-o-y^ 
Thomas,  James,  liebecca,  and  John.  The  daughters  died  past 
middle  life  and  unmarried.     For  the  sons,  see  §§4,  10,  168. 

179.  Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter,  has  been  referred  to  as 
living  with  her  mother  until  her  mother's  death,  when  she  married 
Job  Leonard,  of  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  She  left  no  children.  §§ 
4,  168. 


330  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

180.  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Charter  Samuel, 
lived  at  Londonderry,  and  afterwards  at  Henniker.  He  met  with 
business  reverses,  and  his  end  was  calamitous.  His  children  are 
understood  to  have  settled  in  Ohio,  but  in  what  part  is  unknown. 
§§  5,  11. 

181.  Abram,  the  second  son,  built  mills  at  Londonderry. 
Deeds  signed  by  him  and  his  wife  Mary,  while  at  Londonderry, 
were  to  James  Ewing,  Jan.  20,  1782;  to  John  Brown,  July  11, 
1792  ;  and  while  living  at  Hamstead,  to  John  Brickett,  June  5, 
1794,  and  to  Thomas  Arnold,  Jan.  8,  1801 ;  and  while  living  in 
Salisbury,  Mass.,  to  Stephen  Coffin,  March  28,  1803,  of  land  in 
Hamstead  and  Plaistow ;  and  to  Isaac  Martin,  and  also  to  Aquila 
Martin,  Jr.,  two  deeds  dated  Aug.  6,  1803,  of  land  in  Salisbury  ; 
and  finally  to  William  Pettingill,  July  26,  1817,  of  land  in  Salis- 
bury. In  the  deeds,  or  many  of  them,  he  is  called  a  "wheel- 
wright." Mrs.  Lydia  Bennett,  of  Alton  (now  80),  his  niece,  and 
who  visited  him  at  Salisbury  or  Newburyport  about  1817,  says  that 
he  had  but  one  son,  Daniel,  and  that  they  both  were  Quakers. 
She  thinks  Abram  died  at  Salisbury.  Daniel  was  for  a  time  with 
the  Society  of  Friends,  at  Weare,  N.  H.  (as  Mr.  Sawyer,  a  mem- 
ber of  that  society,  writes  me),  but  afterwards  went  to  Saratoga, 
N.  Y.  Mrs.  Bennett  gives  the  same  account,  that  he  went  to 
Saratoga,  and  says  he  had  four  children.  And  finally  the  tradi- 
tion in  Londonderry  of  Abram  Morrison  is  that  he  was  a  Quaker. 
I  am  satisfied  that  he  is  the  one  whom  the  poet  Whittier  has  im- 
mortalized. He  was  not  born  in  Ireland.  He  was  born  at  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.  From  his  father's  will  he  appears  to  have  been 
his  second  son.  Robert,  the  third  son,  was  born  Aug.  29,  1754, 
which  would  make  Abram's  birth  about  1752.  It  is  not  surprising, 
however,  that  the  "boy"  who  knew  him  in  1817,  was  misled,  for 
the  brogue  came  down  to  a  later  period.  With  many  eccentri- 
cities he  seems  to  have  been  an  excellent  man.  For  Whittier 
writes  me,  "3d  mo.  10,  1880,"  of  him:  "Abram  Morrison  I  well 
remember ;  he  lived  in  Salisbury,  on  one  side  of  the  Powow  River ; 
our  Quaker  meeting  was  on  the  other  in  Amesbury.  My  birth- 
place was  Haverhill,  eight  miles  from  the  Amesbury  meetings  we 
regulai'ly  attended.  He  may  have  been  a  wheelwright ;  I  recollect 
his  workshop  with  joiner  tools  and  turning-lathe.  To  me,  a  boy  of 
ten  to  fifteen,  he  seemed  quite  old  ;  he  may  have  been  fifty.  He 
left  with  his  family  when  I  was  still  young,  and  I  think  went 
to  Weare,  N.  H.,  which  place,  however,  I  have  heard  he  left.  I 
do  not  know  where  he  died,  nor  whether  any  of  his  family  are 
living ;  a  son  of  his,  Daniel,  lived  at  one  time  near  Saratoga,  N. 
Y.  We  always  thought  he  must  have  come  direct  from  Ireland. 
He  had  the  real  brogue  of  the  Green  Island,  was  witty  and  eccen- 
tric, but  a  good  man  and  thorouglily  honest.  In  my  rhyme  I 
have  given  a  boy's  impression  of  him  which  may  not  have  been 
altogether  accurate.  He  could  make  verses  readily,  and  I  re- 
member seeing  some  of  them  in  manuscript.  The  anecdotes  of 
the  pig-sty  on  wheels,  and  the  admonition  to  young  folks  against 


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331 


seeing  '  shows,'  such  as  elephants,  learned  pigs,  and  presidents,  are 
true.  President  Munroe  had  just  before*  made  his  tour  in  :N.  Ji. 
He  had  been  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War  before  he  became 
a  Friend."     §§  5,  12. 

ABRAM   MORRISON. 

BY  JOHN  GKEENLEAF  WHITTIEK. 

'Midst  the  men  aud  things  which  will 
Haunt  an  old  man's  memory  still, 
Drollest,  quaintest  of  them  all, 
"With  a  boy's  laugh  I  recall 

Good  old  Abrara  Morrison. 

When  the  Grist  and  Rolling  Mill 
Ground  and  rumbled  by  To  Hill, 
And  the  old  red  school-house  stood 
Midway  in  the  Powow's  flood. 

Here  dwelt  Abram  Morrison. 

From  the  beach  to  far  beyond 
Bear-hill,  Lion's  Mouth  and  Pond, 
Marvellous  to  our  tough  old  stock, 
Chips  o'  the  Anglo-Saxon  block, 

Seemed  the  Celtic  Morrison. 

Mudknock,  Balmawhistle,  all 
Only  knew  the  Yankee  drawl, 
Never  brogue  was  heard  till  when. 
Foremost  of  his  countrymen, 

Hither  came  Friend  Morrison ; 

Irish  of  the  Irishes, 
Pope  nor  priest  nor  church  were  his ; 
Sober  with  his  Quaker  folks, 
Merry  with  his  quiet  jokes 

On  week-days  was  Morrison. 

Half  a  genius,  quick  to  plan 
As  to  blunder ;  Irishman 
Rich  in  schemes,  and,  in  the  end. 
Spoiling  what  he  could  not  mend, 
Such  was  Abram  Morrison. 

Back  and  forth  to  daily  meals. 
Rode  his  cherished  pig  on  wheels, 
And  to  all  who  came  to  see  : 
"  Aisier  for  the  pig  an'  me. 

Sure  it  is,"  said  Morrison. 

Careless-hearted,  boy  o'ergrown ! 
Jack  of  all  trades,  good  at  none, 
Shaping  out  with  saw  and  lathe 
Ox-yoke,  pudding-slice,  or  snathe. 
Whistled  Abram  Morrison. 

Well  we  loved  the  tales  he  told 
Of  a  country  strange  and  old. 
Where  the  fairies  danced  till  dawn; 
And  the  goblin  Leprccaun 

Looked,  we  thought,  like  Morrison. 

*  In  1817. 


332  CHAKTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 


First  was  he  to  sing  tlie  praise 
Of  the  Powow's  wiudiug  ways  ; 
And  our  straggling  village  took 
City  grandeur  to  the  look 

Of  its  prophet  Morrison. 

All  his  words  have  perished.     Shame 
On  the  saddle-bags  of  Fame, 
That  they  bring  not  to  our  time 
One  poor  couplet  of  the  rhyme 
Made  by  Abram  Morrison ! 

When,  on  calm  and  Mr  First  Days, 
Rattled  down  our  one-horse  chaise 
Through  the  blossomed  apple-boughs 
To  the  Quaker  meeting-house, 

There  was  Abram  Morrison. 

Underneath  his  hat's  broad  brim 
Peered  the  queer  old  face  of  him ; 
And  with  Irish  jauntiness 
Swung  the  coat-tails  of  the  dress 
Worn  by  Abram  Morrison. 

Still,  in  memory,  on  his  feet, 
Leaning  o'er  the  old,  high  seat, 
Mingling  with  a  solemn  drone, 
Celtic  accents  all  his  own, 

Rises  Abram  Morrison. 

"  Don't,"  he 's  pleading,  —  "  don't  ye  go, 
Dear  young  friends,  to  sight  and  show ; 
Don't  run  after  elephants. 
Learned  pigs  and  presidents 

And  the  likes  !  "  said  Morrison. 

On  his  well-worn  theme  intent, 
Simple,  childlike,  innocent. 
Heaven  forgive  the  half-checked  smile 
Of  our  careless  boyhood,  while 

Listening  to  Friend  Morrison ! 

Once  a  soldier,  blame  him  not 
That  the  Quaker  he  forgot, 
When,  to  think  of  battles  won, 
And  the  redcoats  on  the  run, 

Laughed  aloud  Friend  Morrison. 

Dead  and  gone !     But  while  its  track 
Powow  keeps  to  Merrimack, 
While  Po  Hill  is  still  on  guard, 
Looking  land  and  ocean  ward. 

They  shall  tell  of  Morrison ! 

After  half  a  century's  lapse. 
We  are  wiser  now,  perhaps. 
But  we  miss  our  streets  amid 
Something  which  the  past  has  hid, 
Lost  with  Abram  Morrison. 

Gone  forever  with  the  queer 
Characters  of  that  old  year ! 
Now  the  many  are  as  one  V 
Broken  is  the  mould  that  run 

Men  like  Abram  Morrison. 


SKETCHES.  —  THIRD   GENERATION.  333 

182.  Robert,  the  third  son,  lived  and  died  in  his  native  town. 
He  served  six  months  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  although  letters 
now  in  the  possession  of  his  granddaughter,  Zoe  Ann  Flanders, 
show  that  he  died  without  being  able  to  make  proof  in  respect  to 
a  few  days  of  the  period,  and  so  failed  of  a  pension.  Papers 
which  I  have  seen  show  him  serving  upon  a  coroner's  inquest* 
upon  the  body  of  Daniel  Cutting,  Aug.  13,  1791 ;  and  also  as 
executor  upon  the  estate  of  his  mother-in-law,  Mary  Alexander, 
in  1793.  The  willf  is  dated  Sept.  16,  1793,  and  there  is  otherl  evi- 
dence of  his  being  a  man  of  good  business  capacity.  He  died 
in  his  ninety-second  year,  and  he  is  remembered  with  much  respect 
by  the  inhabitants  of  Londonderry.  He  married  his  cousin  Jennet 
Alexander.  She  was  born  Sept.  15,  1749,  and  died  May  1,  1832. 
Robert  Morrison  left  but  one  child  who  reached  adult  years, 
Jennie.     She  mai-ried  Robert  Dickey.     §§5,  13. 

183.  JoNATHAX,  the  fourth  son,  married  a  Hartford,  and  lived 
with  his  family  for  many  years  at  Rochester.  His  children  were 
Jonathan,  Samuel,  Ej^hraim,  Sarah,  and  Isabella.     §§5,  14. 

184.  David,  the  fifth  son,  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  war 
Avhen  he  Avas  seventeen,  and  served  three  years.  He  married 
Mary  Kimball,  of  Rochester,  N.  H.,  in  1787,  and  lived  there  nine 
years.  He  then  Avent  to  Alton,  bought  a  wild  tract  of  land, 
built  upon  it,  made  him  a  good  farm,  and  settled  his  sons  on  lands 
adjoining.  His  farm  is  now  owned  by  his  grandson,  David  H. 
Morrison.  Mrs.  Bennett  says  that  he  and  his  wife  used  to  visit 
their  old  neighbors  in  Rochester  on  horseback,  and  once  a  year 
to  ride  round  to  Henniker,  Bow,  Weare,  and  down  round  to 
Londonderry.  The  journey  took  them  about  a  week.  He  was 
made  of  good  stuff,  as  are   his  descendants.      He  died  Dec.  8, 

*  The  coroner  was  Zechariah  Chandler.  The  jury  found  that  Cutting 
"  came  to  his  death  by  the  misfortune  drowning  in  a  brook  called  great 
Cooss  Brook  near  Capt.  Perham's  in  said  Derryfleld  on  the  I3th  instant." 

t  The  will  gave  bequests  to  "  my  daughter  Jean  Clark  wife  to  Thomas 
Clark,"  "  my  daughter  Jennet  Morrison  wife  to  Robert  Morrison,"  "  my 
daughter  Mary  Robb  wife  to  John  Robb,""my  son  John  Alexander," 
"my  son  Hugh  Alexander,"  "my  granddaughter  Martha  Clark,"  "my 
granddaughter  Mary  Alexander  daughter  to  my  son  Hugh  Alexander," 
and  "to  kinswoman  Margaret  McCartney."  Among  the' bequests  were  a 
"black  silk  cloke,"  "black  silk  apron,"  "my  silk  crape  gown,"  "my 
lambskin  cloke,"  "my  book  called  the  Confession  of  faith,"  "my  Great 
bible,"  "  Anken's  Sei'mous,"  "  my  brass  flax  comb,"  "  my  wool  combs," 
and  "  my  side-saddle." 

J  Among  the  papers  is  an  original  letter  to  Robert  Morrison,  from  his 
brother-in-law,  John  Alexander,  which  shows  that  John  was  resitling  at 
Belfiist,  Ireland,  unless  some  other  Belfast  can  be  supposed.  It  is  dated 
"Belfiist  September  the  16th,  1795."  He  says  "  we  are  all  well  at  present. 
I  heard  there  were  some  things  left  to  me  by  my  mother  and  will  take  it 
very  kind  if  you  will  send  them  with  Mary  Miller.  .  .  .  I  got  everything 
ready  to  go  to  see  yon  last  fall,  but  I  wa.s  disappointed  of  a  passage,"  and 
also  desires  him  to  take  care  of  his  part  of  two  pews  in  the  meeting- 
house, that  were  his  mother's.  His  nephew  John  Alexander  is  now  living 
at  Londonderry,  a  fine  old  gentleman  of  eighty. 


334  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

1832,    aged   69.     His   children  were   Daniel,  ISTeheniiah,  David, 
Isabella,  Martha,  Mary,  Lydia  (Mrs.  Bennett),  and  Jane.    §§5, 15. 

185.  Margaret,  the  oldest  daughter,  is  supposed  to  have  died 
at  Lynn,  Mass.,  and  to  have  left  one  or  more  children,  but  I  have 
been  unable  to  ascertain  the  facts.     §  5. 

186.  Isabella,  the  youngest  daughter,  born  Nov.  14,  1765, 
married  Henry  Drown,  of  Kochester,  by  Avhom  she  had  nine 
children.  He  was  born  Jan.  27, 1773  (probably  at  Londonderry), 
and  died  at  Rochester,  Aug.  25,  1831.  He  was  quite  prominent, 
and  for  many  years  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  church.  She 
too  was  noted  as  a  great  reader  of  the  Bible.  She  died  at  Eye 
Beach,  March  23,  1858,  aged  93.  Her  children  were  Ezra,  Char- 
lotte, Ruth,  Isabel,  Patience,  Sarah,  Cenith,  Hannah,  and  Mary, 
one  son  and  eight  daughters.     §§5,  16. 

187.  Moody,  the  eldest  son  of  David,  son  of  John,  sent  his 
sister  Polly  to  the  academy  at  Bradford,  Vt.  She  was  to  live 
with  him  in  Boston  on  his  anticipated  marriage  Avith  a  widow 
lady  to  whom  he  was  engaged.  He  was  to  make  "  one  more  " 
voyage  before  his  marriage,  but  died  of  yellow  fever  on  his  return 
passage.     He  was  a  captain's  mate.     §  7. 

188.  Maj.  Johx  Morrison,  second  son  of  David,  born  Oct. 
22,  1777  (probably  at  Dunbarton) ;  married  Mary  Campbell  in 
1800.  In  1803,  he  came  to  the  town  of  Royalton,  Niagara  Co., 
N.  Y.  It  was  at  that  time  a  wilderness.  He  had  to  clear  a  space 
for  his  log-house.  In  the  war  of  1812  he  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Niagara  in  command  of  the  State  troops,  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  Queenstown,  and  saw  General  Brock  when  he  fell.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  bought  a  tract  of  six  hundred  acres  in  the 
town  of  Porter,  Niagara  Co.,  to  which  he  moved  with  his  family, 
and  as  his  children  grew  up,  divided  to  them  their  portions  in  it. 
In  1852,  he  with  his  wife  left  the  old  farm  and  bought  a  lot  in  the 
village  of  Wilson,  Niagara  Co.  He  died  in  1862,  of  typhoid 
pneumonia,  at  the  house  of  his  youngest  son,  John  C.  Morrison, 
Parkersburg,  Va.,  and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  that  place. 
He  was  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  His  wife  died*  Aug.  28, 
1868,  at  the  house  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Jesse  Hill,  on  the  old 
homestead,  and  was  buried  at  Youngstown,  N.  Y.  Their  chil- 
dren were,  David,  Christine,  Hannah,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Catherine, 
Irene,  Walter,  Edward,  Franklin  B.,  and  Josephine.     §§  7,  18. 

189.  David,  the  third  son,  lived  at  the  head  of  the  })ond  in 
Fairlee,  Vt.,  and  died  there  May  23,  1850.  He  was  a  good  farmer 
and  much  esteemed.  He  married  Sally  Clark,  of  Bradford,  Vt. 
Their  children  were  Hannah,  Joseph  C,  David,  Sally,  George  G., 
Fanny  C,  Susan  E.,  and  Philinda  T.     §§7,  20. 

*  An  obituary  notice  speaks  of  her  as  one  of  the  "pioneer  women,"  "and 
of  strong  character,  which  her  early  life  of  adventure  and  hardship  had 
moulded  into  a  noble  disposition  ";  and  says  she  "  was  to  the  close  of  life 
an  interesting,  sociable  companion,  and  a  loving  mother  to  her  children 
and  grandchildren." 


SKETCHES.  —  FOURTH   GENERATION.  335 

190.  Fkanklix  D.  and  Moses  F.,  twin  brothers,  were  the 
remaining  sons.     They  were  born  at  Corinth,  Vt.,  Nov.  26,  1788. 

191.  Franklin  D.  married  Hannah  Tenney,  by  whom  he  had 
one  child,  Adeline  Clinton,  born  at  Calais,  Me.,  Nov.  28,  1823. 
He  died  April  16,  1835.     §§  7,  22. 

192.  Db.  Moses  Ford  Morrison  was,  as  his  daughter  Mrs. 
Swain  expresses  it,  "  a  waif."  His  mother  died  soon  after  he  was 
born.  His  father,  having  a  numerous  family,  gave  him  to  Moses 
Ford,  of  Piermont,  who  in  return  gave  the  boy  his  own  name  and 
an  academic  education.  He  studied  medicine  and  practised  at 
Landaff,  in  this  State,  then  at  Waterford,  Vt.,  and  after- 
wards at  Bath,  from  July,  1832,  till  1852,  when  he  removed  to 
Nunda  in  Western  New  York,  where  Mrs.  Swain  was  living. 
He  took  his  degree  of  M.  D.  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1823. 
In  his  physical  structure  he  in  general  patterned  after  his  great- 
grandfather. He  was  a  man  of  quick  perceptions,  literary  taste, 
and  general  reading.  In  his  religious  views  he  was  an  excep- 
tion, in  rejecting  the  faith  of  his  ancestors.  In  1812  he  mar- 
ried Zilpha  Smith,  daughter  of  James  Smith,  a  well-to-do  farmer 
of  Bath.  Slie  was  an  excellent  woman  and  sympathized  with  him 
in  his  literary  pursuits,  but  was  a  useful  poise  to  some  of  his 
eccentricities.  He  died  from  the  rupture  of  a  blood-vessel  at 
Decatur,  Ohio,  Nov.  1856.  She  died  before  him  of  cholera  at 
Youngstown,  N.  Y.,  in  July,  1854.  Their  children  arriving  at 
adult  ages  were,  Jane  Z.,  Albert,  Adeline  E.  T.,  John,  Napoleon 
B.,  Helen  W.,  Eugenia  A.,  and  Pauline  E.  A.     §§  7,  23. 

193.  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  and  child  of  David  Morrison, 
married  Capt.  Nathan  Towle  of  Piermont  in  1800,  April  3,  where 
she  resided  till  her  death.  Of  her  I  knew  but  little,  except  that 
she  was  always  referred  to  by  her  children  and  nieces  with  inter- 
est and  affection.  Her  children  were,  Adeline,  Belinda,  Nathan, 
and  Franklin  M.,  of  whom  only  Adeline  and  Franklin  married. 
§§  7,  17. 

194.  Mary,  second  daughter  of  David  Morrison,  married  Na- 
than Gookin,  of  Piermont.  They  removed  to  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  of  them  I  am  but  little  informed.  Their  children  were, 
Eliza,  Mary  Ann,  Adelaide,  and  Frederick.  Adelaide  married 
Mr.  Wilson,  and  extracts  have  been  given  from  her  letter.  §§ 
7,  19,  166. 

195.  Hannah,  the  remaining  daughter  of  David  Morrison, 
married  Edward  Clark,  of  Bradford,  Vt.,  in  1812.  He  soon  after 
went  to  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Avhere  they  resided  until  their  death. 
I  never  saw  her,  but  have  always  understood  she  was  a  woman  of 
good  understanding  and  of  considerable  general  reading.  She 
has  been  referred  to  in  §  166,  as  familiar  with  the  earlier  tradi- 
tions of  the  family,  and  I  should  not  expect  her  to  have  been 
easily  misled.  Her  children  were,  Edward,  Laban,  Adeline,  and 
Louisa  F.     §§7,  22,  166. 


336  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

196.  Jonx  Morrison  (my  uncle)  was  the  oldest  of  the  family. 
He  married  Rachel  Howard  in  1797,  and  settled  in  Lyme,  where 
he  always  lived  till  his  death  in  1848,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four. 
His  farm  was  a  very  good  one,  and  well  taken  care  of.  It  ad- 
joined the  well-known  Culver  farm.  He  was  about  five  feet  nine 
inches  (less  than  either  of  his  brothers),  liad  dark  hair  and  eyes^ 
was  stoutly  built,  and  weighed  about  two  hundred.  His  life  was 
uneventful,  but  useful.  He  was  a  good  citizen,  husband,  and 
father,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  for  many  years,  and  until  their 
death,  members  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Lyme.  Their 
children  were,  Zadock  H.,  Roxanna,  Margaret,  Mary,  John,  Ralph 
G.,  Marquis  C.,  and  Lura  D.  He  left  his  farm  to  Marquis,  his 
youngest  son.     §§8,  24. 

197.  Samuel,  the  next  son,  I  saw  but  once,  but  his  stalwart 
form  is  well  remembered.  He  took  a  part  of  his  father's  farm  in 
West  Fairlee,  built  upon  it,  and  ended  his  days  there.  In  1802, 
he  married  Elizabeth  Rowe.  He  was  as  promising  as  either  of 
the  sons,  and  but  for  one  weakness  might  have  been  more  pros- 
perous. Yet  he  was  esteemed  and  left  some  estate.  He  died  in 
1844,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven.  His  children  who  lived  to  grow 
up  were,  Samuel,  Daniel,  William,  and  Josiah  and  Uriah,  twin 
brothers.     §§8,  25. 

198.  Margaret,  his  oldest  sister,  my  father  always  mentioned 
with  emotion.  She  was  married  when  she  was  seventeen,  and  he 
twelve,  and  she  died  in  1802,  in  her  22d  year,  — a  young  wife  and 
mother.  He  was  much  attached  to  her  and  thought  her  very 
handsome.  Her  husband  was  Noah  Norton,  of  Strafford,  Vt. 
She  died  at  Chelsea,  in  that  State,  leaving  two  sons,  Elihu  and 
Seymour  M.     §§  8,  26. 

199.  James,  the  third  son,  was  about  ten  years  old  when  his 
father  came  to  Vermont.  He  was  apprenticed  to  Deacon  Palmer, 
of  Orford,  and  became  a  carpenter  and  joiner,  and  a  bridge-builder. 
When  quite  young  he  worked  for  Mr.  Morey,  who  Avas  very  fond 
of  the  chase,  and  with  him  and  dog  and  gun  often  climbed  the 
steep  hills  of  Fairlee  and  Orford,  and  never  afterwards,  as  his 
daughter  says,  could  he  remain  in-doors  when  he  heard  the  cry 
of  the  hounds  upon  the  mountain.  He  followed  his  trade  for 
many  years,  putting  his  savings  into  a  farm  at  Fairlee,  to  which, 
after  about  1832,  he  devoted  his  principal  attention ;  and  he 
made  it  a  very  good  one.  He  occupied  it  till  his  death  in  1841. 
He  was  about  five  feet  and  ten  inches,  of  light  complexion,  light 
hair  and  eyes,  of  good  figure,  very  strongly  built,  and  weighed 
about  two  hundred  and  twenty.  He  was  of  unusual  physical 
power,  and  in  wrestling  (while  he  allowed  himself  to  engage  in 
that  s]>ort)  seldom  met  his  equal.  Once,  while  at  Plattsburg 
following  his  trade,  some  one  who  knew  him  got  him  out  of  bed 
at  night  to  tussle  Avith  the  bully  of  the  ring,  who  thought  no  one 
could  throw  hira,  but  found  out  his  mistake  when  James  Morri- 
son took  hold  of  him.     He  was  a  victim  of  the  epidemic  typhoid 


SKETCHES. FOURTH   GENERATION.  337 

fever  which  prevailed  so  generally  in  1841.  He  was  a  man  of 
vigorous  understanding,  and  died  in  full  strength  at  sixty,  with- 
out an  infirmity,  or  even  a  gray  hair  upon  him.  He,  as  also  his 
wife,  had  been  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  and  at  his  funeral,  which  I  attended,  his  pastor  said,  "A 
pillar  has  fallen ! "  The  estimation  in  which  he  was  held  is  illus- 
trated by  an  incident  in  the  settlement  of  his  estate.  There  was 
a  charge  upon  his  book  for  an  article  which  the  party  said  he 
could  not  remember  to  have  had ;  but,  said  he,  "  It  makes  no 
difference ;  it  is  right,  or  it  would  not  be  there.  For  Mr.  Morri- 
son's word  was  always  as  good  as  his  note."  His  wife  was  Martha 
Polton,  daughter  of  John  Polton,  of  Lyme.  He  came  from 
Lyme,  Conn.  She  was  a  smart,  good-looking,  "cheerible"  woman, 
and  her  husband's  equal.  They  were  married  in  1802.  She  died 
at  Fairlee,  July  14,  1870.  Their  children  were,  John,  Betsey, 
Hannah,  George  W.,  Elinus  J.,  Ira  Parker,  Robert,  Mary  E.,  and 
Davenport  A.     §§8,  27. 

200.  Mary,  the  second  daughter,  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N. 
H.,  March  14,  1783,  and  when  quite  young,  her  parents  moved  to 
Fairlee,  Vt.  She  lived  several  years  in  the  family  of  one  Colonel 
Chamberlain  in  Strafford,  Vt.,  at  which  place  she  married  Daven- 
port Alger,  July  1,  1804.*  About  one  year  thereaftei*,  they  moved 
into  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  remained  there  one  summer ;  and,  in  the 
winter  following,  with  all  their  personal  effects  piled  upon  an  ox- 
sled,  together  with  herself  and  child  (for  I  suppose  they  were 
piled  on,  too),  behind  an  ox-team,  with  one  horse  ahead,  they 
started  for  the  then  wilderness  of  the  Genesee,  the  home  of  the 
wild  beast  and  Indian.  They  reached  their  destination  in  the 
month  of  February,  took  possession  of  a  log-hut  covered  with 
bark,  and  for  floor  and  bedstead  split  basswood  logs  laid  on  the 
ground.  When  spring  came,  it  found  them  with  little  left  except 
pluck  and  energy,  which,  with  health,  finally  brought  them  com- 
petency. She  raised  five  children  to  man  and  womanhood  ;  she 
lost  one,  a  daughter,  about  twenty  months  old,  which  the  angels 
raised,  and  assisted  in  making  a  home  for  mother  and  father  over 
the  river.  I  have  frequently  heard  her  relate  circumstances  some- 
what startling  to  her  at  least :  one  morning,  while  making  her 
bed,  of  finding  a  large  rattlesnake  nicely  stowed  away  between 
the  feather  and  straw  beds  ;  and  frequently  Avhen  doing  her  work, 
with  her  back  to  the  door,  two  or  three  Indians  would  slide  in 
and  stand  in  the  middle  of  the  floor  unknown  to  her,  till  she 
would  happen  to  look  around  and  see  them  standing  there ;  and 

*  Mary,  the  second  daughter,  who  married  Davenport  Alger,  was  a 
large-hearted  woman  and  of  excellent  understanding.  Her  husband 
became  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Concsiis,  N.  Y.,  and  was  a  large 
farmer.  They  were,  both  of  them,  remarkable  for  their  size,  as  my  father 
has  told  me,  a  noble-looking  couple.  She  is  said  to  have  been  about  five 
feet  ten  inches,  and  the  two  weighed  six  hundred.  It  was  with  them  that 
my  grandmother  spent  the  last  years  of  her  life.  Their  children  were, 
Jehiel,  Lucinda,  Polly,  John  I).,  Electa,  and  James.     §§  8,  28.  —  C.  K.  M. 


338  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

when  discovered,  they  would  salute  her  with  an  "  Ugh  ! "  and  ask 
for  bread  or  meat,  which,  if  she  had,  she  always  gave  them.  They 
were  always  very  friendly.  The  squaws  would  frequently  come 
and  visit  her  ;  and,  when  she  was  lonesome,  she  would  take  Jehiel 
and  go  and  visit  them.  These  unquestionably  were  visits  with- 
out gossip.  At  the  time  John  D.  was  a  babe,  the  squaws  all  flocked 
in  to  see  the  white  pappoose  ;  one  of  them  had  him  on  her  lap 
jabbering  over  him,  "pretty  pappoose,"  etc.  Polly  was  then  five  or 
six  years  old,  and  standing  a  little  way  from  them,  somewhat 
excited  and  afraid  the  squaws  would  carry  him  off.  The  squaw 
noticed  her  fear,  and  called  her  up  to  her,  and  took  off  a  silver 
brooch  she  wore,  and  pinned  it  on  the  little  girl's  dress.  This 
she  kept  twenty  or  more  years,  and  finally  lost  it.  There  was 
not  much  travelling  here  in  that  early  day,  except  on  horseback. 
Fortunately  for  both  her  and  her  husband  she  had  become  in  her 
earlier  days  a  good  and  fearless  rider.  She  owned  an  active,  in- 
telligent horse,  and  a  side-saddle  and  bridle  (both  of  which  her 
brother  William  made) ;  the  saddle  is  in  the  possession  of  the 
family,  and  still  good  and  serviceable  ;  and  thus  equipped  she  was 
ready  for  almost  any  travelling  emergency,  alone  or  in  company 
with  her  husband.  The  nearest  post-oflice  was  at  Canandaigua, 
twenty-six  miles  distant ;  the  nearest  white  settlement  at  Lima, 
twelve  miles.  She  would  often,  in  the  fall  of  the  year,  get  on  to 
her  horse  and  go  to  the  latter  place,  get  a  bag  of  apples,  put  them 
on  before  her,  and  take  them  home.  One  instance  of  her  going 
out  on  horseback  to  bring  in  game,  I  have  often  heard  tell.  Porte, 
as  she  sometimes  called  her  husband,  went  out  one  night  to  hunt 
up  the  cows,  and  while  looking  for  them  came  across  a  large  buck, 
and  shot  him.  He  was  so  large  he  could  not  carry  him  home  ;  so 
he  returned  home,  told  her  what  he  had  done,  and  that  he  wanted 
some  help.  She  got  on  to  her  horse,  and  they  started  for  the  deer ; 
by  hard  struggling  they  got  him  on  the  horse  forward  of  her,  and 
thus  she  carried  him  home.  Many  were  the  trials  and  depriva- 
tions she  had  to  pass  thi-ough  during  the  first  ten  or  fifteen  years 
after  they  moved  here  ;  but  having  a  firm,  strong  hand  in  her 
husband  to  lean  upon,  with  a  true  woman's  hope  and  fortitude, 
with  the  sympathy  of  friends,  both  red  and  white  (for  all  were 
her  friends),  she  passed  thi'ough  all  triumphant,  and  lived  many 
years  to  enjoy  their  achievements,  honored  and  respected  by  all, 
and  by  all  lamented  when  she  passed  on  to  spirit  life,  to-enjoy  the 
home  there  prepared  by  her  spirit  daughter  and  angel  friends,  to- 
gether with  their  society  in  the  summer-land.  One  half  of  her 
family  are  now  with  her ;  the  other  still  here  working  out  their 
destiny.* 

Her  spirit  has  flowu  to  that  beautiful  laud, 

Where  sorrows  aud  trials  are  o'er, 
There  waiting  aud  watchiug  with  her  angel  baud 

Till  the  rest  of  her  loved  ones  reach  the  shore. t 

*  Sketch  by  her  son,  James  M.  Alger,  Esq. 

t  This  stanza  was  written  by  her  granddaughter,  Kittle  Alger. 


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SKETCHES.  —  FOURTH    GENERATION.  339 

201.  William  (my  father)  was  the  fourth  son.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  a  saddler  and  harness-maker  of  Jacob  Williams  of 
Haverhill,  and  he  became  a  superior  workman.  If  the  side-saddle 
bequeathed  by  Mrs.  Alexander  was  in  beautiful  design  and  work- 
manship equal  to  his  make,  it  was  a  gift  worth  having.  In  1808 
he  married  Stira  Young,  whom  he  had  found  at  her  uncle's,  Mr. 
Williams.  He  did  business  for  a  sliort  time  in  Vermont,  but 
soon  went  to  Bath,  where  he  remained  until  his  death  in  1854. 
His  business  was  good  until  the  war  of  1812  and  the  embargo 
which  preceded  it.  After  that  and  during  the  war  it  was  impossible 
to  obtain  the  needful  stock  at  living  prices,  and  the  depression 
continued  long  after  the  war.  In  the  fall  of  1825,  he  sold  to 
Edmund  Brickett  and  went  to  the  Upper  Village  as  a  dejnity 
sheriff,  hoping  by  an  out-of-door  life  to  obtain  relief  from 
asthma,  with  which  he  had  been  severely  afflicted,  but  which  still 
followed  him.  He  was  for  many  years  a  great  sufferer  from  it. 
His  new  employment,  although  in  some  respects  favorable  to 
health,  was  upon  the  whole  a  hard  one,  and  not  greatly  remuner- 
ative. His  circuit  was  large,  requiring  two  or  three  horses.*  For 
fifteen  long  years  he  rode  through  Haverhill  and  Bath  and  over 
the  hills  of  Lyman,  Littleton,  Dalton,  Franconia,  Lisbon,  and 
Landaff,  in  the  hardest  storms  and  coldest  weather,  and  by  night 
as  well  as  by  day,  and  often,  in  the  closing  days  for  the  service 
of  writs,  for  twenty-four  hours  continuously.  His  duty  was  also 
the  more  trying  because  of  the  rigor  of  the  laws  against  debtors. 
There  was  then  no  homestead  exemption,  and  but  a  beggarly  ex- 
emption of  household  goods,  and  one  might  be  put  in  jail  for  any 
sum  over  thirteen  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents.  In  law  a  man's 
house  is  his  castle  if  he  keeps  the  outer  door  closed.  There  was 
great  discontent  and  some  threats  t  in  the  debtor  portion  of  the 

*  One  of  his  first  losses  was  a  valuable  horse.  Iii  driviug  into  a  man's 
door-yard  the  horse  stepped  upon  an  axe  that  had  been  carelessly  left  and 
turned  up  the  sharp  edge,  and  it  completely  severed  the  cord. 

t  His  experiences  were  sometimes  ludicrous.  Once  the  creditor,  knock- 
ing at  the  door,  was  admitted  by  the  mistress  of  the  house,  but  catching 
sight  of  the  officer  she  shut  the  door  quick  and  knocked  the  creditor  down 
with  a  ladle.  My  ftxther,  hearing  the  outcry,  did  not  mind  the  "castle," 
but  went  to  the  rescue  as  soon  as  possible.  The  poor  fellow  was  consid- 
erably hurt  and  a  good  deal  "scart."  At  another  time,  a  spunky  woman 
sat  down  upon  a  trap-door  to  prevent  his  going  into  the  cellar,  and,  in 
his  lifting  the  door  to  go  down,  and  her  struggle  to  prevent  it,  she  lost 
her  hold,  and  both  fell  to  the  bottom  of  the  cellar.  He  went  to  arrest  a 
man  whose  name  is  gone  from  me,  but  whom  we  will  cull  Stickney,  and 
found  him  at  work  with  a  breaking-up  hoe.  Stickney  marked  a  line  upon 
the  ground,  and  told  him  if  he  stepped  over  it  he  would  strike  him  down. 
My  father,  cautiously  edging  up  to  the  line,  and  keeping  his  eye  on  Stick- 
ney, said,  "  Where  is  your  line?  "  Stickney  lowered  his  iioe  to  point  it  out ; 
his  guard  was  down  —  one  spring,  and  he  was  in  the  "clutches  of  the 
law,"  and  held  there.  It  would  be  a  strong  man  that  could  get  away  from 
my  father's  grasp.  I  never  heard  of  his  wrestling  but  once  after  his  mar- 
riage, and  that  was  with  Ira  Goodall  (the  well-known  lawyer  at  Bath),  a 
larger  man  than  my  ftither,  but  not  as  strongly  built;  my  father  threw 
him. 


340  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

community.  Various  were  the  expedients  to  get  inside  the  dwell- 
ing-house and  attach  the  goods,  but  no  one  could  ever  complain 
that  he  executed  the  law  with  unnecessary  severity.  Many  had 
occasion  to  remember  his  kindness,  and  he  was  universally  re- 
spected, even  by  those  against  whom  he  must  execute  the  law. 

He  was  a  Freemason,  and  in  his  regalia,  which  set  off  his  fine 
figure  to  advantage,  as  proud  as  need  be,  in  the  eyes  of  his  admir- 
ing sons  the  perfection  of  manly  beauty.  In  the  excitement 
which  followed  the  abduction  and  supposed  murder  of  Morgan, 
he,  in  deference  to  the  feelings  of  his  brethren,  did  not  for  some 
time  go  to  the  communion,  until  his  good  pastor  (the  Rev. 
David  Sutherland)  could  stand  it  no  longer,  and  would  have  him 
back.  The  position  he  took  was  that  he  could  not  renounce  and 
become  an  anti-Mason,*  but  he  would  not  meet  with  the  lodge, 
and  to  this  he  adhered. 

He  was  an  enthusiastic  admirer  of  Gen.  Jackson,  and  from 
Jackson's  first  election  generally  went  with  the  Democratic  party. 
He  had  only  a  tolerable  common-school  education,  but  was  fond 
of  books,  and  a  man  of  intelligence  and  general  information  on 
all  the  leading  topics  of  the  day.  He  was  of  unflinching  courage 
and  indomitable  will,  and  a  strict  disciplinarian  with  his  children, 
but  they  always  knew  that  back  of  any  ajjparent  harshness  there 
was  a  wealth  of  affection  for  them,  and  a  life  of  self-denial  for 
their  welfare. 

In  the  Appendix  to  Mr.  Sutherland's  Address  to  the  Inhabi- 
tants of  Bath,  it  is  said  of  his  conversion  :  "  On  the  second 
Sabbath  of  September,  1820,  the  late  Wm.  Morrison,  Esq.,  Mr. 
Jacob  Hurd,  and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Ricker  became  deeply  affected  in 
view  of  their  lost  and  ruined  state  as  sinners,  and  during  the 
subsequent  Aveek  their  wives  and  several  others  were  awakened. 
,  .  .  Among  all  classes  the  salvation  of  the  soul  was  for  several 
months  the  all-engrossing  subject.  As  the  results  of  this  great 
and  glorious  revival,  more  than  a  hundred  united  with  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  a  considerable  number  with  the  Methodist 
church."  The  profession  thus  made  was  maintained  ever  after. 
From  my  earliest  recollections  of  home  the  family  altar  was 
there,  and  my  father  a  priest  in  his  own  house  continuously. 

But  the  time  came  when  he  must  be  separated  from  his  family. 
He  had  repurchased  his  former  dwelling  from  Mr.  Brickett  as 
early  as  1839,  and  there  he  remained.  The  asthma,  from  which 
he  had  suffered  so  long,  had  left  him,  but  in  its  place  was  cancer, 
first  on  one  of  his  feet  and  then  on  his  body,  breaking  down  his 

*  Tunes  have  greatly  changed.  It  seems  to  be  supposed  that  one  must 
be  a  "  Mason,"  or  at  least  an  "Odd  Fellow,"  to  succeed.  They  All  all 
prominent  places  of  honor  or  profit.  Not  to  go  beyond  my  own  profes- 
sion, six  out  of  seven  of  the  supreme  court  judges  are  Masons,  and  the 
seventh  may  be.  And  yet,  having  regard  to  the  best  interests  of  the  com- 
munity, I  do  not  advise  my  nephews  to  join  this  or  any  other  secret 
organization  of  like  character;  and  in  this  I  follow  my  father  in  his  later 
years.  None  of  his  sons  ever  joined  a  lodge.  None  of  them  were  ever 
advised  to. 


SKETCHES. FOURTH    GENERATION.  3-41 

constitution  and  threatening  an  early,  terrible  death.  In  calm 
submission  he  awaited  the  certain  event,  taking  special  delight  in 
reading  a  book  furnished  him  by  his  pastor  (the  Rev.  Mr. 
Boutelle),  entitled  "The  AYhole  Family  in  Heaven."  All  of  his 
children  of  adult  years,  both  the  living  and  the  dead,  had  made 
a  profession  of  the  religion  which  was  his  comfort  and  support, 
and  he  hoped  to  meet  them  all  in  heaven.  God  was  merciful  to 
him.  He  was  not  to  die  the  death  we  had  feared,  but  of  dropsy 
in  the  chest.  The  most  of  his  family  were  with  him,  and  when 
the  end  came,  after  the  reading  of  the  eighth  chapter  of  Romans, 
bowed  in  prayer  and  committed  his  soul  to  the  Father  of  Mer- 
cies, to  which  he  resj)onded  with  the  audible  and  hearty  "Amen," 
and  so  passed  over  Jordan.  It  was  a  bright,  beautiful  Sabbath 
m.orning,  and  the  people,  with  whom  he  had  so  often  worshipped, 
were  in  their  earthly  sanctuary  when  he  entered  the  heavenly. 

His  photograph,  from  which  the  albertype  is  copied,  Avas  taken 
but  a  few  months  before  his  death,  and  gives  a  very  imperfect 
likeness.  But  in  the  forehead  and  general  outlines  it  well  repre- 
sents him,  and  in  him,  the  prevailing  features  of  Charter  Samuel's 
descendants.  He  had  a  large  and  keen  light  blue  eye,  which 
could  be  very  stern ;  was  six  feet,  of  fine  form,  and  in  his  prime 
weighed  about  two  hundred  and  twenty.  He  was  sixty-seven 
when  he  died.  And  what  shall  I  say  of  my  mother?  Her  dear 
face  comes  up  before  me,  full  of  the  faith  and  patience  and 
love  which  entered  into  her  whole  life  and  crowned  her  last 
years  with  glory.  For  nine  long  years  after  she  was  seventy-two 
she  was  confined  to  her  bed  by  a  broken  hip,  bearing  the  infliction 
with  such  fortitude  and  trust  and  cheerfulness,  that  hers  was  the 
room  most  sought  for  and  best  enjoyed  by  both  children  and 
friends.      She  died  of    apoplexy,  Feb.  9,  1868,  aged  eighty-one.* 

*  She  was  Stira  Young,  the  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Abiah  (Ladd) 
Young.     Her  sisters  were,  Thois,  Polly,  Lucy,  aud  Ruth.     Thois  married 

Wra.  Gookiu,  aud  Lucy, Bailey,  both  afterwards  living  at  Rutland, 

Vt.  Ruth  married  Mr.  Runnels,  and  lived  in  Chataugay,  N.  Y.  She  had 
one  brother,  Mason  Young.  He  was  born  March  24,  1791,  aud  when  last 
heard  of  was  living  in  Michigan  aud  had  a  familj'  of  children. 

On  the  father's  side,  she  was  a  granddaughter  of  John  aud  Susanna 
(Gatchel)  Young.  Her  uncles  were,  Samuel,  Johu,  Jesse,  Caleb,  David, 
Joseph,  and  Beujamin ;  her  aunts,  Susanna  (who  married  first,  Mr.  Wes- 
son, and  second,  Johu  Clement  of  Bath),  Tryphena,  Ruth,  Betsey,  Lucj% 
and  Polly.  Tryphena  married  Eleazor  Wheelock,  son  of  Eleazor  Wheelock, 
the  first  president  of  Dartmouth  College,  aud  bore  him  Abigail,  Polly, 
Betsey,  and  Tryphena,  and  died  Sept.  1,  1790.  Of  these  daughters,  Abi- 
gail married  Josiah  Bartlett  of  Bath.  John  Young,  her  grandfather, 
married  Susanna  Gatchel  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Oct.  7,  1746,  and  all  of  his 
children  except  Benjamin  and  Polly  were  born  there.  Joshua's  birth  was 
Sept.  26,  1755.  Susanna,  the  wife  of  John  Young,  died  about  1776,  aud 
he  married  Theodora  Phelps,  widow  of  Alexander  Phelps  of  Lyme,  aud 
daughter  of  President  Wheelock,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Polly.  He 
died  at  Hanover  in  Oct.  1785,  leaving  a  will,  and  making  his  sous  Samuel 
and  Joshua,  and  his  wife  Theodora,  executors.  In  the  will  he  is  called 
"Esq.,"  and  iu  deeds,  "Esq."  and  "  geutlemau."  Erom  1772  till  about 
the  time  of  his  death  he  lived  aud  was  a  large  landholder  in  Guuthwait 


342  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

Their  children  were,  Franklin,  Mary  Roach,  Frederick  William, 
Maria  Louise,  Charles  Robert,  George,  Louise,  James  Swan, 
Henry,  and  Eleanor  Gookin.     §§8,  29. 

202.  RoBEKT,  the  fifth  son,  became  lame  from  a  fever-sore  while 
under  age,  which  perhaps  occasioned  his  entering  a  professional 
life.  He  received  an  academic  education  at  Haverhill,  where  he 
was  noted  as  a  scholar.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Wellman, 
of  Piermont,  a  physician  in  good  practice  and  of  excellent  repu- 
tation. In  1814  he  was  married  to  Ann  Ford,  of  Piermont,  and 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Campton.     He  was  of 

(uow  Lisbon),  and  was,  perhaps,  the  "  Maj.  John  Young  "  who  represented 
Bath,  Guuthwait,  and  other  class  towns  in  the  General  Court,  in  1784-5, 
although  the  representative  may  have  been  his  son  John,  instead.  His 
sons  John,  Samuel,  .lesse,  and  Joshua  were  officers  in  the  Revolutionary 
war,  and  in  Gen.  Bedel's  command.  Joshua  was  at  one  time  on  Gen- 
eral Stark's  staff. 

Gen.  Ira  Young,  a  lawyer  of  celebrity  at  Lancaster,  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
Young,  and  "  Dan  "  Young,  a  noted  Methodist  preacher,  who  died  at  Cin- 
cinnati about  1850,  was  a  son  of  Jesse.  Joshua  was  a  brilliant  officer,  but 
became  intemperate,  and,  in  a  fit  of  drunkenness,  put  opium  in  his  liquor, 
and  so  died. 

On  the  mother's  side,  she  was  a  granddaughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Ruth 
(Hutchins)  Ladd.  Her  uncles  were,  Joseph,  Ezekiel,  Moody,  and  James, 
and  her  aunts,  Molly,  Hannah,  and  Abigail.  Joseph  married  Ruth  Ring ; 
Ezekiel,  Elizabeth  Swan;  Moody,  Polly  Williams,  and  James,  Lucy 
Sellons.  Molly  married  Jacob  Bailey;  Hannah,  John  Bailey,  and  Abigail, 
Jacob  Williams;  and  ray  mother,  after  her  father's  death,  lived  with  her 
aunt  Williams,  until  her  marriage.  Ezekiel  Ladd,  better  known  as  Judge 
Ladd,  was  born  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  April  10,  1738,  and  was  the  son  of 
Daniel  and  Mehitable  (Roberts)  Ladd,  who  himself  was  the  son  of  Daniel 
and  Susanna  (Hartshorn)  Ladd  of  said  Haverhill.  From  a  variety  of 
circumstances  it  is  probable  that  this  last  Daniel  was  the  Daniel  Ladd 
who  was  captured  by  the  Indians  in  their  raid  upon  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in 
ir>97,  and  his  father,  Samuel,  killed  by  them  at  the  same  time.  This 
Samuel  married  Martha  Corlis  of  said  Haverhill,  1674.  He  was  born  at 
Haverhill,  Nov.  1,  1649,  and  was  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Ann  Ladd. 
Judge  Ladd  was  a  very  prominent  and  much-esteemed  citizen  of  Haver- 
hill, N.  H.,  where  he  died  in  1818,  aged  80.  His  wife,  Ruth  Hutchins, 
was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Zarusha  (Page)  Hutchins,  and  was  born 
at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  March  29,  1741.  She  died  in  1817,  aged  76.  Said 
Joseph  was  born  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  May  29,  1689,  and  was  the  sou  of 
Joseph  and  Johannah  (Corlis)  Hutchins.  They  were  married  at  said 
Haverhill,  Dec.  29,  1669.  Mrs.  Judge  Ladd's  brothers  were  Will,  Timothy, 
William,  Jeremiah  (born  Jan.  15,  1736-7),  Timothy,  and  Joseph.  Jere- 
miah Hutchins  settled  at  Bath. 

Rev.  Grant  Powers,  in  his  History  of  the  Coos  Country,  says:  "The 
wife  of  Judge  Ladd  related  to  me  her  extreme  mortification  on  the  first 
Sabbath  she  attended  meeting  at  the  Ox  Bow.  .  .  .  She  thought  she  nuist 
appear  as  well  as  any  of  them,  and  put  on  her  wedding  silks,  with  ruffled 
cufl"s,  .  .  .  and  brilliant  sleeve-buttons,  silk  hose,  and  florid  shoes.  Her 
husband  also  appeared  in  his  best,  .  .  .  but  she  observed  that  they  went 
alone,  sat  alone,  returned  alone,  .  .  .  for  it  was  not  possible  to  get  near 
enough  to  any  of  the  females  to  hold  conversation  with  them,  for  each  sat 
or  stood  at  a  proper  distance  lest  they  should  soil  her  dress.  ...  On  their 
return  home  she  told  her  husband  she  had  learned  one  lesson,  and  that 
was,  rohrn  among  Romans  conform  to  Bomans.  The  next  Sabbath  she 
appeared  in  a  clean  check  linen  gown  and  other  articles  in  accordance, 
and  she  found  very  sociable  and  warm-heai-ted  friends." 


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pleasing  address,  a  fine  singer,  a  good  physician,  capable,  as  one 
who  knew  him  says,  of  ministering  to  both  body  and  soul,  and 
became  very  popular.  But  he  entered  upon  a  large  practice  with 
so  much  ardor  that  he  died  in  1819,  universally  lamented.  The 
old  inhabitants  still  speak  of  him  with  much  affection.  The 
inscription  upon  his  gravestone  is  :  — 

"  In  memory  of  Kobert  Morrison  a  successful  son  of  JEscula- 
pius  and  a  martyr  to  extensive  practice.  As  a  Husband,  Parent 
and  Citizen  his  virtues  live  in  sweetest  recollection. 

"Born  April  19th  1790. 
"Died  July  Gtii  1819." 

He  left  one  son,  Wellman  Morrison,  born  at  Campton,  Oct.  8, 
1815.     §§  8,  30. 

203.  Charlotte,  the  youngest  daughter,  married  Charles 
Thorpe,  Jan,  1,  1810,  at  Conesus,  N.  Y.  She  was  born  Nov.  25, 
1794,  and  was  not  quite  sixteen  when  she  married  him.  He  Avas 
born  at  New  Haven,  Ct.,  in  1785,  and  died  at  Conesus  March 
31, 1829.  Their  children  were,  Lucinda  A.,  Henry,  Betsey,  Olivia, 
Seymour  Norton,  Mary  Ann  (Mrs.  Allen),  and  Stira  Elizabeth.* 
§§  8,  31. 

*  A  life-like  sketch  of  them  is  given  by  Mrs.  Allen  iii  a  letter  to  myself, 
and  which,  slightlj^  condeused,  is  as  follows  :  — 

"  I  don't  know  as  there  was  anything  eventful  in  my  mother's  life.  She 
left  Bath  Village  to  come  home  with  a\uit  Alger,  wlio  was  there  on  a  visit. 
Grandmother  and  my  mother  were  at  your  father's.  Our  mother  was 
there  going  to  school.  Your  father  took  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  my 
mother,  and  in  helping  grandmother.  As  you  will  see,  she  was  the 
youngest  of  the  family.  She  was  to  come  and  stay  until  spring,  and 
then  grandmother  was  to  come  for  her,  she  not  knowing  but  what  she 
could  go  back  when  she  pleased.  Grandma  and  uncle  did  not  oppose  her 
coming,  for  fear  aunt  Alger  would  not  like  it.  It  was  very  pleasant 
travelling  the  first  few  days ;  then  my  mother  was  sick  with  quinsy,  but 
they  travelled  on.  It  was  in  the  fall  of  the  year,  October.  The  last  day 
they  had  to  follow  an  Indian  trail,  that  soon  brought  them  to  their  little 
village.  This  was  something  new  to  my  mother ;  she  had  never  thought 
her  sister's  home  was  so  near  the  Indians.  Before  they  reached  there, 
howevei",  a  neighbor  came  to  their  wagon,  and  said  to  aunt  Alger,  '  What 
are  you  going  to  do  with  this  child  here  in  the  woods  and  among  the 
Indians?'  She  was  so  homesick  she  could  not  sit  up  or  walk  around; 
but  when  she  did  feel  like  it,  she  would  go  down  to  the  wigwams  to  see 
the  squaws  make  brooms  and  baskets  (they  were  not  a  hundred  rods  dis- 
tant) ;  then  go  back  to  think  of  home.  She  would  often  tell  us  of  her 
home  East,  and  the  people  there. 

"When  I  think  of  our  mother,  and  how  much  she  did  for  her  children, 
I  hardly  know  when  to  stop.  She  was  a  woman  of  strong  feelings ;  she 
read  her  Bible,  believed  in  God,  and  was  a  woman  of  prayer.  Fortune 
indeed  was  not  very  liberal  of  her  gifts  to  u.s,  but  she  was  of  that  pleasant 
and  cheerful  disposition,  it  made  our  home  so  pleasant.  But  to  go  back  : 
when  she  came  here,  there  was  no  way  of  getting  mail,  only  as  it  was 
brouglit  from  Canandaigua  by  a  carrier  on  horseback  a  distance  of  tliirty 
miles.  She  was  informed  there  was  a  letter  there  for  her,  and  was  so 
anxious  to  get  it  she  could  not  wait  for  the  mail-man  to  come,  i)ut  liiretl 
a  man  and  gave  him  one  dollar  to  go  and  bring  it  to  her.  She  hail  been 
here  but  a  few  weeks,  when  aunt  Alger  thought  if  she  made  the  acquaint- 
ance of  some  one  and  be  married,  she  would  settle  here  and  be  company 

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344  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISOX. 

204.  Of  the  children  of  John,  the  son  of  John  and  grandson 
of  Charter  Samuel,  very  little  is  known  to  me  beyond  what  has 
been  stated  (§§  9  and  166).  Their  names  were,  David,  Martha, 
Robert,  Elizabeth,  Polly,  Jane,  Mai-garet,  John,  Dinah,  and 
Samuel.  Margaret,  who  married  Abraham  Levey,  is  now  living 
at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  and  John  is  or  was  living  at  Harris  Corner, 
Newcastle  Co.,  Del.,  where  there  are  two  daughters.  Dinah,  who 
married  James  Crawford,  is  living  at  Chilton,  Calumet  Co.,  Wis. ; 
and  Samuel,  who  married  Mary  Mount,  died  in  1837,  at  the  age 
of  thirty-one.     §§9,  33-36. 

205.  Thomas,  the.  oldest  son  of  James,  son  of  John,  lived  and 
died  at  Londonderry.  He  Avas  a  wheelwright,  and  made  the  lirst 
gig-wagon  in  town,  —  a  good  citizen,  not  prominent  nor  very 
prosperous.  He  died  in  1851  from  the  kick  of  a  horse.  His 
family  are  scattered.  Two  of  his  sons  died  in  the  army.  He 
iiiarried  Sarah  Giles,  and  she  survives  him.  Their  children  were, 
Martha,  Mark,  James,  Margaret,  and  Charles.     §§  10,  37,  270,  271. 

for  her;  and  so  the  introduction  was  made  between  lier  and  fother,  and  in 
a  few  sliort  months  they  were  married.  As  time  rolled  on  the  country 
became  more  settled  with  onr  white  people,  but  still  they  looked  forward 
when  they  could  go  East,  but  that  time  never,  never  came.  In  a  few  years 
my  father  was  drafted  into  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  on  the  lines  for  one 
year  or  more;  and  while  he  was  in  service,  mother  was  at  home  with  two 
children,  watching  over  them  with  many  cares  and  anxieties.  Death 
called  at  her  door  and  took  her  little  boy;  and  in  going  to  the  place  of 
burial,  a  man  took  the  corpse  on  horseback  by  an  Indian  trail  two  miles, 
to  what  is  now  the  oldest  cemetery  in  town.  While  my  father  was  away 
she  never  thought  of  sleep  at  night,  for  the  wolves  were  heard  howling 
about  all  night  long.  A  school  commenced  about  this  time  quite  near 
her,  and  Lucinda  went  to  school.  One  night  mother  went  to  meet  her, 
and  saw,  as  she  supposed,  a  large  yellow  dog  cross  the  path  just  in  front 
of  her;  but  instantly  the  hunters  came  along  in  pursuit  of  the  wolf,  and 
she  was  somewhat  surprised  and  frightened  too.  Soon  after  my  father 
came  home  out  of  health  ;  and  as  there  was  no  public  house  in  town,  the 
people  were  anxious  for  him  to  open  one ;  and  mother  being  calculated  for 
almost  any  kind  of  undertaking,  they  did  so.  About  this  time,  a  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Scott,  of  New  York  City,  came  into  town,  a  very  extensive  laud- 
holder,  and  my  ftither  was  made  tirst  postmaster  in  towu,  and  the  lirst 
election  that  was  ever  held  in  town  was  held  at  my  father's  house.  And 
now  mother  had  given  up  going  East  until  her  family  were  grown  up.  .  .  . 
But  time's  busy  fingers  were  at  work,  and  years  rolled  on,  and  my  father 
died,  and  she  was  left  with  four  children.  Her  whole  thought  was  to 
watch,  educate,  and  guide  them  in  the  right  path ;  and  by  honesty,  in- 
dustry, frugality,  and  perseverance,  we  prospered  and  gained  in  worldly 
goods ;  until,  in  after  years,  we  became  comfortable  and  independent. 
She  lived  to  see  her  family  grow  to  manhood  and  womanhood.  Seymour 
grew  up  a  strictly  honest  and  honorable  mau,  and  has  held  a  number  of 
town  oftices,  and  is  much  sought  for  counsel,  and  I  am  proud  to  say  our 
family  have  always  been  respected,  the  tirst  in  towu.  And  thus  she 
passed  away  to  the  eternal  world.  Her  memory  will  always  remain  fresh 
with  those  who  knew  her  well.  She  was  very  gentle  and  retiring  in  her 
nature;  yet  nobly  had  she  tilled  up  the  measure  of  her  usefulness  here, 
and  we  had  to  bow  sorrowing  to  the  inevitable,  with  only  the  accomplished 
good  they  leave  behind  to  mark  their  haviug  lived,  aud  the  recording- 
angel." 


SKETCHES.  —  FOURTH    GEXERATION.  345 

206.  James,  the  second  son,  was  for  a  while  an  overseer  in  a 
factory  at  what  is  now  Laconia.  About  1816,  he  went  to  the 
State  of  ISTew  York,  and  that  year  was  married  to  Betsey  Hurd, 
of  Duanesburgh,  Sclienectady  Co.  In  1850,  he  went  to  Brighton, 
O.  His  daughter,  Mrs.  Berkley,  who  seems  very  competent  to 
state,  writes  of  him  as  follows :  "  After  coming  into  the  State  of 
New  York,  he  taught  school  about  thirty-five  years,  and  in  com- 
mon branches  could  not  be  excelled.  He  was  a  natural  genius, 
could  accom}3lish  anything  he  undertook ;  and  a  more  industrious 
man  never  lived,  strictly  honest,  strictly  temperate,  and  I  never 
heard  a  profane  word  pass  his  lips."  His  children  were,  Jane 
(Mrs.  Berkley),  AVellington,  James,  and  Daniel.     §§  10,  38,  272. 

207.  JoH>',  the  third  son,  took  the  John  Morrison  farm  in  Lon- 
donderry, and  occupied  it  until  his  death  in  1870,  at  seventy-six 
years  of  age.  The  original  dwelling-house  Avas  burnt,  and  with 
it  papers  which  if  now  existing  might  have  been  very  serviceable 
in  the  preparation  of  this  chapter.  His  father's  Bible  was  saved, 
though  scorched,  A  new  house,  built  just  across  the  road,  has 
been  kept  up,  and  is  in  good  condition.  John  Morrison's  life 
was  a  quiet  one.  He  was  a  prudent  farmer,  and  was  particularly 
active  in  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Londonderry,  of  which  he 
and  his  Avife  were  members,  he  having  united  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  or  before.  His  wife  was  Sally  Coburn.  They  were  married 
in  1832,  and  she  is  still  a  sprightly  and  intelligent  woman,  to 
whom  I  am  indebted  for  many  of  the  particulars  of  our  branch 
of  the  Morrisons.  Their  children  were,  Franklin  G.,  James, 
Dorcas,  Elizabeth,  Harlan  P.,  Belinda,  and  Emeline.  §§  10,  39, 
275. 

208.  Jejjnie  Morrison,  who  married  Robert  Dickey,  left  but 
one  child,  Zoe  Ann  Flanders,  who  has  before  been  referred  to. 
§§  13,  40. 

209.  Daxiel,  the  oldest  son  of  David  Morrison,  of  Alton,  was 
a  prosperous  farmer  at  Alton,  and  was  two  years  a  member  of 
the  legislature.  He  married  Joanna  McISTiel,  of  Barrington,  now 
Strafford,  by  whom  one  son,  Samuel  Morrison.     §§  15,  41. 

210.  Gex.  Nehemiah  Morrisox,*  the  second  son,  married 
Mary  French,  of  New  Durham.  He  volunteered  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  subsequently  took  the  greatest  pride  in  the  old  militia 
training  and  musters,  and  was  promoted  to  the  office  of  general. 

*  Morrison  Bennett  has  this  bear  story  of  the  woods  about  Alton  Bay 
when  David  Morrison  settled  there.  "  Gen.  Nchemiah  Morrison  told  me, 
when  a  boy,  he  was  coming  from  Gilmanton  grist-mill,  in  the  woods  on 
horseback,  with  a  grist  of  meal ;  he  was  followed  by  a  black  sheep  and 
two  lambs  (as  he  supposed),  and  he  called  them,  '  Canna,  Canna';  they 
came  up  so  close  that  he  became  suspicious,  and  he  whipped  his  horse 
and  left  them.  Other  parties  saw  them,  and  pronounced  them  to  be  a 
black  bear  and  two  cubs."  He  also  says,  "  Their  market  was  Portsmouth, 
one  day's  journey  to  and  from  on  horseback,  or  with  an  ox-team  loaded 
with  corn,  rye,  etc.,  in  four  days,  forty  miles." 


346  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

He  became  a  Baptist  minister,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  Avas 
preaching  in  Candia.  He  had  nine  children  :  Abram,  Joseph, 
Nancy,  Nehemiah,  David,  Jolm  W.,  Mary,  Vah^ria,  and  Daniel. 
§§  15,  44. 

211.  Lydia,  the  fourth  daughter,  is  living  with  her  son,  Mor- 
rison Bennett,  Esq.,  at  Alton,  and  at  eighty  is  still  vigorous.  She 
is  the  only  one  of  David's  children  now  living,  and  my  information 
of  him  and  them  has  come  largely  from  her  by  her  son's  letters. 
She  married  Benjamin  Bennett,  of  Alton.  They  had  six  children: 
Morrison,  Albert,  John,  Eveline,  David,  and  one  that  died  in 
infancy.     §§  15,  45,  181. 

212.  David,  Isabel,  Martha,  Mary,  and  Jane,  the  remaining 
children,  appear  in  the  tables,  which  embody  my  whole  informa- 
tion respecting  them.     §§  15,  42,  43,  47,  181. 

213.  Charlotte  Droavn,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Isabella  Mor- 
rison, married  Noah  Holmes,  and  after  his  death  Robertson  Foss. 
She  died  at  Rye  Beach,  Feb.  29,  1868,  aged  seventy-two.  Her 
children  and  grandchildren  appear  in  the  tables.  Of  the  other 
children  of  Isabella,  I  am  not  infornied,  except  as  to  their  names, 
and  those  have  been  given.     §§  16,  48,  49. 

214.  Of  the  children  of  Elizabeth  (Morrison)  Towle,  Na- 
than and  Philinda  died  unmarried  ;  Adeline  married  Stephen  Mer- 
rill, and  Franklin  M.,  Percy  A.  Rollins.  Their  children  appear 
in  the  tables.  Franklin  M.  has  no  child  now  living,  and  but  one 
grandchild,  Walter  T.  Osborne,  born  Sept.  15,  1864.  He  lived 
for  many  years  at  Piermont,  and  is  now  at  Strafford,  a  respectable, 
intelligent  man,  and  a  good  farmer.     §§  17,  50,  51. 

215.  Maj.  Edward  Morrison,  third  son  of  Maj.  John  Mor- 
rison, was  quartermaster  of  the  53d  Ohio  regiment  during  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion.  He  died  of  pneumonia  at  Scottsboro', 
Ala.,  in  April,  1864.  His  only  son,  Frederick  Morrison,  is  sup- 
posed to  have  fallen  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness.  The  daugh- 
ters are,  Josephine,  who  married  Mark  Carley,  and  now  living  at 
Atlanta,  Ga.;  Clara  Lavina,  who  married  Wallace  A.  Morrison, 
and  now  living  at  Erie,  Pa. ;  Caroline  Elizabeth,  her  twin  sister, 
who  married  Albert  Brown,  and  now  living  in  Lincoln,  Neb. ; 
and  Grace,  who  married  C.  E.  Southworth,  and  living  at  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y.     §§18,52,287. 

216.  David,  the  oldest  son  of  Maj.  John  Morrison,  was  mar- 
ried, but  died  while  a  young  man,  leaving  no  children.  Walter, 
the  second  son,  died  some  years  ago.  He  had  seven  children: 
Franklin,  one  of  them,  was  killed  at  Vicksburg.  Franklin  B.,  the 
fourth  son,  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Mehitable 
Slocum.  She  was  buried  on  the  island  of  Cuba,  where  he  was  on 
government  business.  He  returned,  bringing  with  liim  Wallace 
A.,  then  about  five  years  old,  his  only  son  or  child  by  his  first 
wife.  This  Wallace  is  married  and  lives  at  Erie,  Pa.  The  children 
by  the  second  wife,  Amelia  Kinsey,  appear  in  the  tables,  and  he 
himself  is  living  at  New  Market,  Ont,,  Can.,  as  is  also  Mercedes,  one 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  347 

of  his  daiaghters,  half-sister  to  Wallace  A.  John  C,  the  youngest 
son,  settled  at  Parkersburg,  Va.,  and  his  father,  as  has  before 
been  stated,  died  at  his  house  while  there  on  a  visit.  Of  the 
daughters  of  Maj.  John  Morrison,  Hannah  and  Catherine  are 
known  to  be  living.  The  former  married,  1st,  Capt.  Jonathan 
Prosser  (he  was  drowned  in  Lake  Ontario) ;  2d,  Wilber  Manard ; 
and  3d,  Lewis  Hoiise.  Her  home  is  at  Logansport,  Ind.  Ex- 
tracts have  been  given  from  lier  letter.  The  latter,  Catherine, 
now  Mrs.  Hill,  is  living  at  Youngstown,  N.  Y.  The  otlier  daugh- 
ters, Christeen,  Mary  Elizabeth,  Irene,  and  Josephine,  with  what 
is  known  of  them  and  their  descendants,  appear  in  the  tables. 
§§  18,  5-2,  53,  54,  166,  215. 

217.  Adelaide  Gookix,  who  married  Mr.  Wilson,  was  a 
niece  of  Maj.  John  Morrison.  At  the  writing  of  her  letter,  from 
which  an  extract  has  been  given,  she  was  at  Markham,  N.  Y.,  but 
my  letter  to  her,  directed  to  that  place,  is  returned,  with  the 
indorsement  that  no  such  person  resides  there.  Her  letter  shows 
that  she  had  children  of  adult  years,  William  and  Josephine, 
besides  an  older  son  who  is  at  Manitoba,  Winnipeg.  Of  brothers 
or  sisters  of  Mrs.  AVilson,  their  names  only  are  known.  §§  19, 
54,  166. 

218.  Joseph  C,  son  of  David  Morrison,  of  Fairlee,  resides  in 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  He  is  a  carpenter  ;  an  active  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  and  has  held  the  office  of  deacon.  He 
married  Mary  Burnap,  and  their  children  are,  Sarah,  Addie, 
George  B.,  and  Mary  Albee.     §§  20,  55. 

219.  David,  a  brother  of  Joseph,  also  resides  at  St.  Johnsbury. 
He  is  a  manufacturer  of  doors,  sash  and  blinds ;  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  has  been  superintendent  of  the 
Sabbath  school  for  the  last  eight  years.  He  married  Lauretta 
G.  Eastman,  and  their  children  are,  Ida  Eliza  and  Eva  C.  §§ 
20,  56. 

220.  George  G.,  their  brother,  resides  in  Lyndonville,  Vt.,  is  a 
mechanic,  and  a  member  of  the  official  board  of  the  M.  E.  church 
at  that  place.  He  married  Amanda  M.  Roby,  and  their  children 
are,  Miron  G.  and  Carrie  Bell.     §§  20,  57. 

221.  Hannah  and  Sally,  two  of  the  sisters,  died  unmarried, 
the  one  June  8,  1845,  and  the  other  Sept.  26,  1845.     §  20. 

222.  Fanny  C.  married  Lewis  B.  Robie,  of  St.  Johnsbury, 
and  died  July  1,  1849,  leaving  three  sons,  John  F.,  Edgar,  and 

George.     §§  20,  58. 

223.  Susan  E.,  the  remaining  sister,  married  Wells  M.  Badger, 
by  whom  nine  children :  David,  Euo-enia  C,  Albert,  Mary  E.,  E. 
Bell,  George  F.,  Edward  J.,  Adna  W.,  and  Fred  W.  Mr.  Badger 
resides  at  St,  Johnsbury,  and  is  a  farmer  (§§  20,  59).  This  closes 
the  account  of  the  interesting  family  of  David  Morrison,  of  Fair- 
lee, as  furnished  by  his  son,  David  Morrison,  of  St.  Johnsbury. 
§20. 


348  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

224.  Edward  M,,  oldest  son  and  child  of  Edward  and  Hannah 
(Morrison)  Clark,  of  Schenectady^  N.  Y.,  resides  in  Clarksville, 
Tenn.  lie  married  Catherine  Covington,  by  whom  the  follow- 
ing children  :  Louisa  Adaline,  Charles  Edward,  Ezra,  Catherine 
Shephard,  Fannie  Cordelia,  Mary  Eugenia,  Festus  Bryant,  and 
Henry  Luther.     §§21,60. 

225.  Laban  F.  Clark,  the  second  son,  died  at  Susquehanna 
Depot,  Pa.,  in  July,  1867.  His  wife  was  Huldah  G.  Beach,  by 
whom  two  children,  Alice  and  Edward  Beach.     §§  21,  61. 

226.  Adeline  Eliza,  the  oldest  daughter,  is  the  wife  of  Prof. 
Lock  wood  Hoyt,  of  Genesee  College,  Lima,  N.  Y.  He  graduated 
at  Union  College  in  1830.  They  reside  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y., 
and  have  one  son  now  living,  Edward  Clark,  born  Dec.  26,  1856. 
§§  21,  62. 

227.  Louisa  F,,  the  second  daughter  and  remaining  child, 
resides  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y. ;  she  is  a  teacher  of  vocal  and 
instrumental  music,  and  a  very  intelligent  corresj^ondent,  to 
whom  I  am  under  great  obligations.  She  has  been  referred  to 
in  previous  sketches.     §§  21,  166,  167, 177. 

228.  Adeline  C,  daughter  of  Franklin  D.,  son  of  David,  ap- 
pears in  the  tables,  all  that  at  present  is  known  of  her.     §  22. 

229.  Jane  was  the  oldest  daughter  and  child  of  Dr.  Moses  F. 
Morrison,  of  Bath.  She  married  Rev.  Alexander  Nelson,  d.  d. 
She  was  born  at  Bath  in  1812,  and  in  1832,  when  I  first  saw  her, 
was  mentioned  as  a  scholar  of  rare  promise  ;  and  she  impressed 
me,  although  I  was  but  a  boy,  as  a  very  superior  woman.  Prof. 
Amasa  Buck,  who  had  married  her  aunt,  and  was  a  noted  teacher, 
was  for  a  time  principal  of  an  academy  at  Newmarket ;  and  in 
1834,  she  became  its  preceptress.  The  Methodist  Seminary  at 
Newbury,  Vt.,  established  about  that  time,  was  much  celebrated ; 
and  she  Avas  preceptress  there  in  1835  and  '36,  discharging  her 
duties  with  marked  ability.  In  1837  and  '38  she  was  preceptress 
at  West  Poultney,  Vt.  After  her  marriage  in  1839,  she  Avent 
with  her  husband  to  Ohio,  and  both  were  for  some  years  profes- 
sors in  the  institutions  of  that  State.  They  now  reside  at  Shelby, 
O.,  where,  at  sixty-eight,  she  is  still  engaged  in  literary  pursuits. 
Her  children  are  Edward  Thompson  and  Clara  Albertine,  both 
distinguished  scholars.  In  features,  especially  eyes  and  forehead, 
she  much  resembled  my  father.     §§  23,  63,  231. 

230.  Albert,  the  oldest  son,  after  attending  Newbury  Semi- 
nary about  one  year,  went  into  trade  at  Lyme,  and  did  business 
also  at  Bath,  but  in  1856  removed  to  Fort  Dodge,  la.,  where  he  now 
resides,  and  with  others  has  gone  largely  into  land  speculations. 
At  Lyme  he  married  Luthera  Cook,  a  woman  of  such  sweetness 
and  excellence,  that  Ave  all  felt  her  loss.  She  died  of  cholera  at 
NcAV  Vienna,  O.,  in  1854.  By  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Rosen- 
crans,  he  noAV  has  three  children,  Adeline  Swain,  Pauline  Beecher, 
and  Caroline  Sargent.     §§  23,  64. 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  349 

231.  Adeline  E.  T.,  the  second  dangliter,  under  the  skilful 
guidance  of  father,  uncle,  and  sister,  and  -with  her  native  talent 
and  grace,  became  a  well-educated  and  accomplished  woman,  and 
like  her  older  sister,  a  very  successful  teacher.  She  was  precep- 
tress of  Troy  Conf.  Academy  at  West  Poultney,  Vt.,  and  after- 
wards of  the  Literary  Institute  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.  In  1846  slie 
married  James  Swain,  of  Kunda.  They  removed  to  Buffalo  in 
1854,  and  from  there  to  Fort  Dodge  in  1858,  where  they  lived 
luitil  his  death  in  December,  1877.  Since  her  marriage  her  atten- 
tion has  been  turned  more  especially  to  natural  science  and  art. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Iowa  Natural  History  Society,  and  her 
name,  with  that  of  her  sister  (Mrs.  Nelson),  may  be  found  in  the 
Naturalists'  Directory,  published  at  Salem,  Mass.  She  has  been 
a  member  for  several  years  of  the  National  Scientific  Associa- 
tion, and  read  a  paper  before  it  at  its  annual  meeting  at  Dubuque, 
being  the  first  lady  who  ever  read  such  a  production  before  the 
association.  Both  she  and  Mrs.  Nelson  have  become  somewhat 
skilled  in  painting,  her  forte  being  landscape,  while  Mrs.  Nelson 
excels  in  oil.*     §§  23,  229. 

232.  JoHX,  the  second  son,  much  resembled  his  grandfather 
Smith.  In  1853,  he  left  Bath,  his  native  town,  went  to  Ohio,  and 
afterwards  to  Iowa,  and  finally,  in  the  fall  of  1858,  to  Kansas, 
where  he  located,  and  he  is  one  of  the  oldest  settlers  in  Barnard, 
Linn  Co.,  Kan.  He  went  to  that  State  near  the  close  of  the  bor- 
der warfare,  and  Avas  intimately  acquainted  with  John  Brown, 
Montgomery,  Wattles,  and  other  leaders  connected  with  the 
events  of  that  day.  In  the  late  war  he  went  out  in  the  15th  Kan- 
sas, a  regiment  raised  soon  after  the  Lawrence  massacre,  and  Avas 
in  several  engagements.  He  is  the  owner  of  900  acres,  400  of 
whicli  are  in  his  home  farm,  and  very  rich  and  fertile.  One  of 
the  most  attracti^'e  features  in  it,  he  says,  is  a  beautiful  mound, 
seventy-five  to  a  hundred  feet  high,  round  as  a  bee-hive,  very  reg- 

*  Mr.  Swain  died  instantly  while  attending  to  his  usual  business  at  his 
store.  An  obiluar}'  notice  of  him  says  :  "  He  was  born  in  New  Hampshire 
in  1810;  while  very  j'oung,  his  parents  removed  to  Nunda,  Livingston  Co., 
N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  till  1854,  when  he  removed  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  He 
came  to  Fort  Dodge  in  June,  1858.  Since  that  time  this  city  has  been  his 
permanent  home.  When  but  a  boy  he  commenced  collecting  a  library, 
and  the  money  that  is  usually  spent  by  boys  for  tobacco  and  rum  he  put 
into  books,  and  when  he  died,  left  one  of,  if  not  the  best  librarj'  in  the 
State.  .  .  .  He  was  a  quiet,  unassuming  man,  and  none  but  a  few  of  his 
intimate  friends  really  knew  him.  He  possessed  a  warm  heart  antl  an 
affectionate  and  sympathetic  nature,  and  was  never  known  to  say  a  liarm- 
ful  word  of  any  one.  He  never  used  profane  language  or  vulgar  expres- 
sions, and  no  man  ever  lived  that  was  more  careful  of  the  feelings  of 
others  than  James  Swain.  He  was  finely  educated,  was  a  deep  thinker, 
and  an  inveterate  reader,  never  forgetting  anything  he  read,  and  was  un- 
doubtedly the  best-posted  man,  politically  and  generally,  in  our  city.  Mr. 
Swain  was  a  warm  partisan,  and  was  considered  by  his  political  friends 
as  the  very  safest  of  counsel.  By  his  death,  his  wife,  with  whom  he  had 
lived  over  thirty-one  years,  has  lost  a  kind  and  affectionate  husband,  the 
city  of  Fort  Dodge  one  of  its  oldest  business  men  and  landmarks,  and  the 
Democracy  of  Webster  County  its  brains." 


350  CHARTER   SAMUEL  MORISON. 

ular  in  sh.ape,  and  evidently  reared  by  natives.  He  married,  1st, 
Emma  S.  Barrett ;  and  2d,  Mrs.  Mary  Frazelle.  She  was  from 
Kentucky.  He  was  born  in  1822,  and  is  now  fifty-eight.  He  has 
one  son  by  his  second  marriage,  Albert  G.,  born  Dec.  18,  1866. 
§§  23,  65. 

233.  Hon.  Napoleon  B.  Morrison  was  the  third  son.  He 
studied  civil  engineering,  and  Avas  first  employed,  in  a  subordi- 
nate capacity,  in  the  survey  of  the  White  Mountains  Kailroad. 
Afterwards  he  was  employed  as  civil  engineer  three  years  on  the 
Buffalo  branch  of  the  Erie,  about  a  year  and  a  half  on  the  IST.  Y. 
Central,  and  a  little  over  three  years  on  the  Marietta  and  Cincin- 
nati. In  the  fall  of  1863,  he  settled  in  Odin,  Marion  Co.,  111., 
where  he  still  resides.  He  served  two  terms  in  the  Illinois  legis- 
lature, commencing  in  January,  1873,  as  representative  of  the  43d 
district.  He  also  served  twelve  years  as  judge  of  the  police  court 
of  Odin.  He  is  a  dealer  in  hogs  and  grain,  and  is,  it  is  said, 
wealthy.  He  married  Lavinia  M.  Smart.  They  have  four  chil- 
dren :  Jennie  Bell,  Nellie  Beecher,  Charles  Hugh,  and  Verdie 
Zilpha.     §§  23,  66. 

234.  Helen  was  the  third  daughter.  She  was  married  at  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  on  the  25th  of  Oct.  1855,  to  Dr.  John  A.  Blan chard, 
a  native  of  Centre  Sandwich,  N.  H.  He  is  now  a  ])ractising 
physician  at  Des  Moines,  la.  They  have  one  child  now  living, 
Lizzie,  a  graduate  this  year  of  Mount  Holyoke  Seminary,  §§  23, 
66,  295. 

235.  Eugenia  A.,  the  fourth  daughter,  fitted  herself  for  a 
music-teacher,  and  became  very  proficient,  and  taught  in  several 
schools.  In  1857,  she  went  to  Illinois  as  music-teacher  in  Shel- 
byville  Seminary  ;  and  after  one  year  was  married  to  Charles  W. 
Jerome,*  the  principal.  Their  home  was  at  Shelbyville  until 
1869,  when  they  went  South,  and  taught  four  years  in  Shelbyville, 
Tenn.  In  1874  they  returned  to  Illinois,  and  he  was  elected  to 
the  chair  of  Latin  and  Greek  in  the  "  Southern  Illinois  Normal 
University  "  at  Carbondale,  which  office  he  still  holds.  She  has 
always  taught  music  since  her  marriage,  as  well  as  before,  plays 
and  teaches  organ  and  piano,  and  is  a  skilled  musician.  They 
have  two  children,  Charles  Morrison,  born  Nov.  1,  1867,  and  Car- 
olena  Olivia,!  born  Dec.  24,  1874.     §§  23,  67. 

236.  Pauline,  the  youngest  daughter,  married  Hezekiah 
Beecher.     He  is  a  lawyer,  and  engaged  in  his  ])rofession  at  Fort 

*  Mr.  Jerome  was  born  near  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  went  to  111.  when  a  little 
boy,  and  was  educated  at  McKendree  College  in  that  State.  In  1862  he 
went  as  a  private  in  the  115th  Regt.  111.  Vols.,  was  promoted  to  reg.  quarter- 
master, and  served  in  that  capacity  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  re- 
sumed his  place  as  principal  of  the  seminary.  He  is  a  Methodist,  and  one 
of  the  State  officers  in  the  Sabbath-school  work. 

t  Little  Carrie,  not  yet  six  years  old,  her  aunt  Swain  writes,  "is  a  mar- 
vel in  music,  plays  on  both  organ  and  piano,  difficult  music,  self-taught 
entirely,  or  rather,  plays  without  being  taught.  What  she  will  'develop' 
into  remains  to  be  proved." 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  851 

Dodge,  la.  They  have  five  children :  Eugenia  Jerome,  Albert 
Morrison,  Harriet  Wooding,  Henry  Lee,  and  James  Swain.  Of 
these,  Albert  is  a  "  middy  "  at  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis. 
Mr.  Beecher  was  born  in  Bethany,  Ct.,  June  19,  1828;  was  mar- 
ried Dec.  13,  1858,  at  Fort  Dodge.     §§  23,  68,  296. 

237.  Of  the  children  of  John  MoERiso>r,  of  Lyme,  Zadock, 
Mary,  and  John  died  Avithout  children;  Margaret  left  two  chil- 
dren at  her  death,  but  both  have  since  died.  Roxanna  married 
Joel  Whipple,  of  Lyme,  a  very  respectable  citizen  of  that  town, 
and  resided  there  till  her  death.  She  left  two  children,  John  M. 
and  Lois  G.,  both  of  whom  are  married.  Ralph,  the  third  son, 
came  up  to  the  standard,  being  fully  six  feet,  and  weighing  two 
hundred  and  twenty  or  over,  and  well-proportioned.  He  married 
Almira  Lord,  by  whom  he  had  eight  children;  five  of  them, 
Franklin  M.,  Mary  A.,  Olive  E.,  George  P.,  and  Rachel  S.,  are 
now  living.  He  was  living  a  fcAV  months  since  at  Oxford,  Mich., 
and  if  now  living  is  sixty-nine.  Marquis  C,  the  foui'th  son,  is 
living  at  Lyme  upon  the  old  homestead.  He  married  Mary  C. 
Ball,  by  whom  one  son,  Zadock  H.,  who  also  lives  at  Lyme. 
Lura  D.,  the  youngest  daughter,  now  a  widow,  lives  in  Stone- 
ham,  Mass.  She  has  a  daughter,  Ada  L,,  by  her  second  husband, 
David  Hill.     §§  24,  69,  70,>1,  72. 

238.  Of  the  children  of  Samuel  Morrisox,  of  Fairlee,  sons 
only  lived  to  adult  years  ;  and  they  were  all  six  feet  and  upward. 
Samuel,  the  oldest,  whose  great  height  of  six  feet  eight  inches 
and  a  quarter  has  been  mentioned,  died  of  bilious  fever  Avhen 
only  twenty,  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.  His  measure  Avas  in  a  hotel  at 
that  place,  and  he  Avas  the  tallest  man  Avho  entered  the  house  for 
many  years.  Daniel  W.,  the  second  son,  Avas  long  in  the  employ- 
ment of  Mr.  Tillotson,  of  Orford,  having  the  care  of  his  numerous 
cattle.  He  Avas,  like  the  sons  of  Jacob,  a  man  of  "  activity," 
and  entii-ely  trustAvorthy.  He  died  at  his  son's  house  in  Lyme  in 
1862.  His  Avife  Avas  Bertha  Gage,  by  Avhom  tAvo  sons,  Samuel  R. 
Morrison  of  Orford,  and  Henry  Morrison  of  Lyme.  William, 
the  third  son,  retained  a  part  of  his  father's  farm,  bought  addi- 
tional land,  built  upon  it,  and  lived  at  Fairlee  until  his  death. 
He  Avas,  until  nineteen,  of  poAverful  frame,  but  then  liad  a  sick- 
ness Avhich  half-hipped  him,  and  caused  him  much  suffering  dur- 
ing his  life.  He  Avas  patient,  industrious,  and  much  respected. 
His  wife  Avas  Ann  Day,  of  Weare,  by  whom  one  child,  Eliza 
Ann,  Avho  married  Charles  M.  W^ise,  Josiah  T,  and  Uriah  B,  are 
tAvins,  and  both  have  their  homes  in  Fairlee,  Avhere  they  Avere 
born.  The  former  was  at  one  time  and  until  recently  in  trade  at 
Manchester,  and  is  understood  to  have  acquired  a  handsome  ])rop- 
erty.  His  Avife  Avas  Abigail  A.  Ayers.  The  latter  lives  upon 
land  AA'hich  Avas  his  grandfather's.  He  had  cliildren  by  his  second 
wife,  Emily  Hodges.  Those  noAV  living  are  Clarissa  W.,  Mary 
H.,  Rowe  R,,  Emily  H.,  Samuel  R.,  Aurilla  M.,  and  Josiah  T. 
The  youngest,  Josiah  T.,  is  living  at  West  Fairlee.  §§  25,  73,  74, 
75,  166, 


352  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

239.  Elihu  and  Seymour  M.  Nortox  were  the  only  children 
of  Noah  and  Margaret  (Morrison)  Norton.  The  former  was  a 
well-known  stage  i)roprietor  at  Chelsea,  Vt.,  and  in  personal  ap- 
pearance much  resembled  my  father,  more  than  any  of  his  sons. 
His  wife  Avas  Sarah  Dewing,  by  whom  a  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Sarah,  who  married  Mr.  Williams,  and  a  son,  Charles  Elihu.  Sey- 
mour M.  married  Fannie  Stevens,  and  resided  a  few  years  at 
Strafford,  Yt.,  and  afterwards  at  Bethany  and  Conesus,  N.  Y. 
He  died  in  1869,  leaving  five  children,  Margaret  Morrison,  Harriet 
Smith,  Luvia  Morrill,  Walter  Hermon,  and  George  Frederick. 
Two  sons  had  died  before  him,  one  of  them  by  a  railroad  acci- 
dent.    §§  26,  76,  77,  308. 

240.  JoHX,  oldest  son  of  James  Morrison,  of  Fairlee,  was 
a  stone-mason,  and  after  his  marriage  lived  at  Dover  and  died 
there  in  1837.  His  wife  was  Mehitable  Tibbetts,  by  whom  a  son 
and  daughter,  Isaac  and  Clara.     §§  27,  77,  139,  140,  310,  317. 

241.  Betsey,*  the  oldest  daughter,  when  I  first  saw  her,  over 
forty  years  ago,  was  apparently  a  hopeless  invalid  for  the  brief 
period  of  life  that  might  remain.  In  later  years  she  rallied  won- 
derfully, so  as  to  be  able  to  take  care  of  her  mother  in  her  old 
age,  and  is  now  at  seventy-five  as  vigorous  as  most  j^ersons  at 
seventy,  and  with  scarcely  a  wrinkle.  Her  letters  to  me  are  in  a 
plain,  firm,  and  beautiful  hand,  and  full  of  life.  She  is  and  always 
was  possessed  of  a  keen  intellect,  quick  and  sharp  at  repartee, 
and  whenever  she  met  with  her  uncle  William  there  was  always 
a  passage-at-arms.  About  the  time  that  Frederick  was  married, 
he  had  learned  of  the  then  ascertained  fact,  of  the  purely  Scotch 
origin  of  the  Morrisons  ;  and  Avriting  to  her  of  the  marriage, 
soberly  informed  her  in  the  same  letter,  that  he  had  found  out 
that  although  called  Scotch-Irish,  we  wei'e  Scotch,  no  Irish  blood 
in  us.  Betsey,  not  knowing  how  to  take  him,  wrote  back,  he  need 
not  think  that  Fred's  marrying  Ann  Sutherland  (she  was  Scotch) 
would  make  all  the  Morrisons  Scotch.  Upon  his  telling  her  once 
how  much  he  admired  her  mother  Avhen  he  first  saw  her,  and  he 
could  not  understand  why  the  daughters  should  none  of  them 
have  been  handsome,  she  said,  "It  is  the  abominable  Morrison 
nose."  One  must  have  his  wits  about  him  even  now  in  joking 
with  her.  At  her  cottage  home  in  Fairlee,  where  I  A'isited  her  a 
few  days  since,  she  is  cheerfully  waiting  the  bidding  of  her  Master 
to  pass  to  the  other  shore,  but  may  she  remain  on  this,  yet  many 
years,  a  blessing  to  her  friends.     §§  27,  166. 

242.  Hanxah,  the  second  daughter,  by  her  first  husband,  Kus- 
sell  Kemp,  had  two  children,  Linus  Russell  and  James  Bartlett. 
They  lived  at  Orford  and  Piermont  until  her  husband's  death  in 

*  A  sketch  of  her  by  an  intimate  friend,  M.  K.  Pierce,  of  Orford,  not 
received  until  after  tliis  section  was  in  type.  It  especially  mentions  her 
kindness  an  I  care  for  the  sutlering,  and  "  no  presence  so  welcome  by  the 
sick  bed  as  her  cheerful,  experienced  aid  aflbrded,  and  no  labor  more  readily 
given." 


SKETCHES. FIFTH    GENERATION.  35S 

1859.  Afterwards  she  lived  at  Lisbon,  where  she  marriad  her 
second  husband,  Erastus  Fisk.  She  died  in  1865  at  Lisbon,  a 
most  excellent  woman.     §§  27,  79. 

243.  Hon.  George  W.  Morrison,  the  second  son*  of  James 
Morrison,  of  Fairlee,  was  born  in  Fairlee,  Vt.,  Oct.  16,  1809,  and 
lived  with  his  parents  on  their  home  farm  until  the  fall  of 
1830,  when  he  entered  the  academy  at  Tlietford.  After  the  com- 
pletion of  his  academic  course  of  study,  he  entered  the  office  of 
Judge  Simeon  Short,  of  Thetford,  as  a  student-at-law,  and  read 
with  him  and  Presbury  West,  Jr.,  until  the  completion  of  his  legal 
studies  ;  and  in  June,  1835,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Orange, 
his  native  county.  Before  he  entered  vipon  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  he  travelled  to  some  extent  in  New  York,  Pennsylvania, 
Maine,  and  New  Hampshire,  and  on  his  way  home  to  Vermont, 
stopping  at  Amoskeag  Falls  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  its  immense 
water-power  attracted  his  attention.  He  there  learned  that  a 
company  of  Boston  capitalists  were  purchasing  lands  adjoining 
the  falls,  and  upon  both  sides  of  the  river,  with  the  view  of  build- 
ing \;p  large  maniifacturing  interests.  He  saw  clearly  a  flourish- 
ing manufacturing  town  in  the  immediate  future,  springing  up  as 
by  magic,  holding  out  singular  attractions  to  a  young  and  ambi- 
tious lawyer.  Acting  upon  his  own  judgment  Avith  reference  to 
its  business  prospects,  he  decided  to  make  Manchester  his  perma- 
nent residence,  and  grow  up  with  the  toAvn.  In  1836  he  ojDcned 
an  office  in  Amoskeag  village,  subsequently  removed  to  the  east 
side  of  the  river,  and  has  continued  to  reside  in  Manchester  until 
the  present  time.  He  at  once  took  a  fi-ont  rank  at  the  Hills- 
borough bar,  one  of  the  strongest  bars  in  the  State  ;  and  early  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  met,  as  antagonists,  Franklin  Pierce, 
Charles  H.  Atherton,  Charles  G.  Atherton,  Samuel  D.  Bell,  Mark 
Farley,  Daniel  Clark,  and  many  others,  lawyers  of  character  and 
ability  in  the  different  counties  of  the  State  where  he  was  accus- 
tomed to  practise.  During  the  period  of  twenty-five  years  the 
firms  of  which  he  was  the  head  did  as  large  a  business,  both  in 
civil  and  criminal  cases,  as  any  in  the  State.  It  is  no  disparage- 
ment to  any  of  the  distinguished  men  whom  he  met  at  the  bar 
for  so  long  a  period  of  years,  to  say  that,  as  a  jury  lawyer,  he  was 
one  of  the  most  successful  practitioners  in  his  time  at  tlie  New 
Hampshire  bar.  Since  the  year  1872,  by  reason  of  impaired 
health,  Mr.  Morrison  has  in  a  great  measure  retired  from  the 
active  duties  of  his  profession.  On  tlie  5th  of  November,  1838, 
he  married  Miss  Maria  L.  Fitch, t  of  Thetford,  mIio  is  still  living. 
He  was  elected  to  the  State  legislature  and  served  during  the 
years  of  1840,  1841,  1844,  1849,  and  1850,  and  was  one  of  the 
most  active  and  efficient  members  of  the  house.  He  served  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  of  incorporations  one  year,  and  four 

*  Sketch  by  Hon.  David  P.  Perkins,  of  Manchester. 

t  She  was  the  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Lyman  Fitch,  for  many  years  a 
county  judge  in  Orange  Co.,  Vt. ;  afterwards,  and  until  his  death,  a 
prominent  citizen  of  Lyme,  N.  H.     See  last  note  in  §  2oG. 


354  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

years  he  served  on  the  judiciary  committee,  two  years  of  which  he 
was  chairman.  In  1845  he  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  solicitor 
of  Hillsborough  County,  w^hich  he  resigned  after  a  service  of 
nearly  four  years.  He  served  in  the  31st  and  Avas  re-elected  and 
served  in  the  33d  congress.  It  was  during  the  33d  congress  that 
the  slavery  question  was  reopened  by  the  introduction  of  the 
Kansas-Nebraska  bill.  Mr.  Morrison's  personal  and  political 
relations  Avith  President  Pierce  had  been  for  many  years  of  the 
most  intimate  and  confidential  character ;  and  as  he  was  regarded 
as  one  of  the  ablest  members  of  the  New  Hampshire  delegation, 
the  President,  whose  congressional  district  he  represented,  was 
exceedingly  desirous  that  he  should  support  the  Kansas-Nebraska 
bill,  one  of  the  leading  measures  of  his  administration.  Mr.  Mor- 
rison was  equally  desirous  to  support  the  administration  with 
all  his  ability ;  and  in  a  personal  interview  with  the  President, 
so  expressed  himself;  at  the  same  time  he  told  him  that  his  pres- 
ent convictions  were  against  the  bill,  but  that  he  would  make  a 
careful  examination  of  the  measure,  and  would  support  it  if,  in 
his  judgment,  the  interests  of  the  country  demanded  its  becoming 
a  law.  He  did  examine  the  bill,  and  examined  it  thoroughly  ; 
after  which  he  informed  the  President  that  he  regarded  it  as  a 
most  dangerous  measure,  fraught  with  evils,  should  it  become  a 
law,  that  would  lead  to  the  most  disastrous  results  ;  and  painful 
as  it  was  to  liim  to  differ  with  his  friend  upon  one  of  the  leading 
measures  of  his  administration,  still  he  must  oppose  it  with  all 
the  energies  of  his  mind.  Among  the  reasons  he  assigned  at  this 
interview  as  the  ground  of  his  opposition  to  the  measure,  Avas, 
that  the  slavery  question  had  but  recently  been  settled  by  the 
compi'omise  measures  of  1850,  and  to  open  tliat  subject  now  would 
prove  a  most  dangerous  experiment,  would  be  disastrous  to  the 
Democratic  ]iarty  in  the  North,  and  in  his  belief  endanger  the 
perpetuity  of  the  republic.  In  his  speech  made  in  op])osition  to  the 
Kansas-Nebraska  bill,  he  took  the  ground  distinctly  that  slavery 
could  not  for  any  length  of  time  be  forced  upon  the  people  of 
that  territory ;  that  if  the  bill  should  become  a  law,  it  would 
destroy  all  harmony  between  the  different  sections  of  the  Union, 
and,  he  feared,  would  ultimately  lead  to  civil  Avar,  and  the  OA'er- 
throw  of  our  civil  institutions.  For  the  correctness  of  the  opin- 
ions he  entertained  at  that  time,  and  so  forcibly  expressed,  aa'c  need 
only  refer  to  the  border  Avar  in  Kansas,  Avhich  soon  folloAved  that 
most  pernicious  act;  and  the  civil  Avar  of  1861,  Avitli  all  its  terri- 
ble consequences,  the  results  of  Avhich  the  history  of  future  times 
can  only  determine.     §§  27,  199. 

244.  Elinus  J.,  the  third  son,  Avas  of  medium  height,  rather 
thick-set,  florid  complexion,  sandy  hair,  a  stirring,  enterprising, 
capable  business  man.  He  was  a  brick-mason  by  trade,  and  a 
frequent  contractor  for  the  mason-Avork  of  buildings,  railroad 
bridges  and  tunnels.  His  home  Avas  at  Manchester  for  many 
years,  then  at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  then  again  at  Manchester,  while 
he  did  business  in  those  places,  in  Boston,  and  on  railroads  in 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  355 

Pennsylvania,  Vermont,  and  New  York.  At  the  time  of  his 
death,  Oct.  22, 1862,  he  was  engaged  on  the  Weldon  Hotel  at  St. 
Albans,  Vt.  The  raiders  had  seized  some  horses,  and  Avere  taking 
them  out  of  the  stable  ;  the  owner  drew  a  revolver,  and  the  leader 
ordered  his  men  to  lire.  It  was  just  at  that  moment  that  Mr. 
Morrison,  hearing  a  disturbance,  came  round  a  corner,  and  was 
shot  by  a  bullet  intended  for  the  owner  of  the  horses.  The  ball 
passed  into  the  abdomen ;  yet  the  attending  surgeon  held  out  a 
hope  of  recovery,  which  was  delusive,  for  he  died  about  two  days 
after,  leaving  his  devoted  wife  and  stricken  children  to  mourn 
his  untimely  end.  It  seemed  a  strange  providence  that  he  should 
have  fallen  by  an  act  of  war  while  engaged  in  peaceable  pursuits, 
hundreds  of  miles  from  any  known  hostile  force.  His  wife  was 
Mary  A.  Elliott,  of  Boscawen;  and  the  children  who  survived 
him  were,  Maria  Louise,  Frank  Elinus,  Mary  Augusta,  George 
Sumner,  and  Nellie  Marian.     §§  27,  80,  199. 

245.  Ika  Parker,  the  next  son,  took  the  homestead,  and  for 
several  years  after  his  father's  death  was  a  prosperous  farmer. 
He  then  engaged  in  the  lumbering  business,  but  was  caught  in 
the  hard  times.  He  has  now  resumed  his  first  occupation  at 
Lyme,  and  with  his  many  good  qualities  it  is  hoped  may  retrieve 
his  fortune.  He  married  INIartha  Marshall,*  of  Lyme.  They  have 
three  children  :    Analine  F.,  Roland  M.,  and  Edson  S.     §§  27,  81. 

246.  Mary  E.  Morrison,  the  youngest  daughter,  I  became 
acquainted  with  at  Newbury  Seminary.  She  was  a  modest, 
comely,  and  intelligent  young  lady  of  sixteen,  whom  her  cousin 
was  quite  proud  of.  She  died  at  San  Francisco,  Jmie  24,  1871. 
Her  husband  was  Timothy  Sai-gent.  She  left  a  daughter,  Martha 
Ella,  who  married  Charles  C.  Palmer.     §§  27,  82. 

247.  Davenport,  the  youngest  son,  by  the  law  of  "  heredity," 
was  fond  of  hunting,  and  lost  his  right  arm  in  consequence.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith  ;  but  since  the  accident,  by 
which  he  lost  his  arm,  he  has  been  a  house-painter  in  the  summer, 
and  taught  singing-schools  in  the  winter.  And  as  most  lives 
have  more  than  one  misfortune,  a  few  weeks  since  he  lost  his 
dwelling-house  by  fire.  His  first  wife,  Lucy  M.  Fogg,  died  in 
1848,  leaving  nine  children:  James  Kirk,  Lucy  Bell,  Ann  Maria, 
Mary  E.,  Charles  Robert,  George  W.,  Addie  F.,  Mattie,  and 
Elinus  J.  By  his  second  wife,  Jennie  McNiel,  he  has  two,  Florena 
B.  and  Alice  M.  His  family  reminds  one  of  the  good  old  times  ; 
and  as  he  has  but  one  arm,  his  brother  George  W.,  having  room 
and  ample  means,  has  generously  had  two  of  them,  Lucy  Bell 
and  Addie  F.,  with  him  at  his  home  in  Manchester,  where  Addie, 
a  promising  miss  of  sixteen  summers,  still  remains.     §§  27,  83,  84. 

248.  Jehiel,  eldest  son  of  Davenport  and  Mary  (Morrison) 
Alger,  in  early  life  was  a  school-teacher,  but  soon  married  and 
settled  down  upon  a  farm  in  Conesus,  N.  Y.,  upon  which  he  re- 

*  Hon.  Auson  Marshall,  the  well-known  lawyer  of  Concord,  who  was 
accidentally  killed  by  a  stray  bullet,  was  her  brother. 


356  CHARTER    SAMUEL    MORISOX. 

mained  until  his  death,  May  24,  1857,  at  tlie  age  of  fifty-two. 
His  wife  was  Elizabeth  Allen,  who  still  survives,  and  is  living 
upon  the  farm.  They  were  married  Feb.  25,  1827,  and  their 
children  were,  Mary  J.,  Davenport,  William  S.,  Electa,  George 
M.,  Duane  B.,  Dewitt  C,  Elizabeth  A.,  and  Jehiel  E.     §§  28,  85. 

249.  Jonx  D.  was  the  boy  Avhom  his  sister  Polly  was  afraid 
would  be  captured  by  the  squaws  (§  197).  He  was  born  Aug.  17, 
1814.  His  first  wife  was  Dimis  Stephens,  by  whom  he  had  two 
children,  J.  DeWitt  and  Ashebell  S. ;  his  second  Avas  Adeline 
Morris,  by  whom  four  children,  Sarah  M.,  Laura  B.,  Frank,  and 
Addie.     He  is  a  farmer  and  lives  at  Conesus,     §§  28,  87. 

250.  James  M.,  the  third  son,  attended  school  one  summer  at 
Clinton,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  a  year  and  over  at  Livonia,  and 
some  over  tAvo  years  at  Lima,  Livingston  Co.  He  then  read  law 
about  two  years  with  Northrop  &  Smith  of  Livonia,  one  summer 
with  Hadle'y  &  Brittan  at  Troy,  the  remainder  of  the  third  year 
with  Endress  &  Vanderlip  of  Dansville,  Livingston  Co.  He  re- 
ceived his  diploma  at  the  superior  court  at  iSTew  York  City,  May 
14,  1847,  after  an  examination  in  the  usual  way,  and  located  at 
Conesus,  "N",  Y. ;  but  of  late  years  has  given  his  attention  princi- 
pally to  farming.  His  graphic  sketch  of  his  mother  appears  in 
§  197.  His  wife  was  Mary  Jane  Stone,  by  whom  two  children, 
James  S.  and  Kittie.     §§  28,  89. 

251.  Polly  was  the  oldest  of  the  two  daughters  who  lived  to 
adult  years.  She  was  born  in  1810 ;  she  married  at  twenty-two, 
but  before  her  marriage  was  a  school-teacher.  Her  husband  was 
Eev.  Sylvester  Morris,  of  Conesus.  Twenty  years  ago  their  eastern 
cousins  had  a  very  pleasant  visit  from  them  and  her  sister  Electa 
and  our  cousin  Elizabeth  Mc Vicar,  from  which  and  their  corre- 
spondence we  judged  the  stock  had  not  degenerated  or  lost  any  of 
its  excellence  by  emigrating  to  York  State.  Mr.  Morris  died  in 
February,  1877.  Her  children  are,  Sylvester  B.,  Orlando  K., 
Davenport  A.,  Mary  E.,  and  John  D.  Of  these,  Orlando  and 
Mary  are  still  living  with  her  at  Conesus  upon  the  home  farm. 
He  is  a  civil  engineer.  The  others  have  interesting  families  of 
their  own.     §§  28,  86,  150,  151,  152,  323,  324. 

252.  Electa,  the  younger  sister,  was  the  one  to  whom  my 
father  sent  Mary's  Bible,  as  stated  in  §  254.  It  must  have  been 
a  mark  of  special  regard.  He  had  visited  them  all  about  one 
year  before.  Electa  married  Nathaniel  Cole,  by  whom  two  cliil- 
dren,  Eugene  A.  and  Romaine  W.  Her  husband,  Nathaniel  Cole, 
died  in  1872,  but  she  is  still  living  at  Conesus.     §§  28,  88,  254. 

253.  Franklix,  the  oldest  son  of  William  Morrison,  of  Bath, 
July  4,  1825,  left  home  on  foot  for  a  journey  of  a  hundred  miles 
over  the  Green  Mountains  to  Rutland,  Vt.  He  was  sixteen  his 
next  birthday,  Sept.  9.  His  uncle,  William  Gookin,  in  connection 
with  Richard  Gookin,  had  just  commenced  the  paper-making 
business,  and  Franklin  went  as  an  a})prentice  during  his  minority. 
He  had,  for  a  lad  of  his  age,  a  good  common-school  education 


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(no  boy  need  fail  of  tliat  in  Bath  Village  from  the  time  the 
Rev.  David  Sutherland  came  to  Bath  in  1805),  and  by  the  agree- 
ment with  his  uncle  he  was  to  have  further  schooling.  He  came 
home  once  during  his  term  in  1828,  and  again  in  1830,  after  he 
was  twenty-one.  His  uncle,  from  the  state  of  his  affairs,  not 
being  able  to  give  him  a  suitable  place,  upon  his  return  from  his 
last  visit,  he  went  to  South  Lee,  Mass.,  whei-e  he  remained  till  his 
death,  Nov.  17, 1831.  Seventeen  letters,  mostly  to  his  sister,  were 
sacredly  kept,  and  extracts  from  some  of  them  will  show  his 
character. 

Jan.  8,  1826.  "I  found  a  long  road  to  Rutland.  I  came  as 
far  as  Chelsea  the  first  day ;  the  next  day  I  came  within  seven- 
teen miles,  which  I  thought  was  travelling  fast.  I  was  some 
tired,  but  liad  time  to  rest  before  the  mill  started.  I  am  very 
well  contented  here.  .  .  .  Give  my  love  to  Jane,*  and  tell  her 
that  I  am  well.  I  understand  you  came  home  sick  of  Concord. 
.  .  .  Tell  Bartlett  French  f  that  I  am  most  a  paper-maker.  .  .  . 
I  wish  you  all  a  happy  New  Year." 

June  25,  1826.  "I  am  contented  here,  and  like  the  paper- 
making  business  very  well.  .  .  .  Tell  B.  F.,  if  you  see  him,  that 
if  he  wishes  to  buy,  I  will  sell  him  some  paper,  and  take  my  pay 
in  pills.'" 

Jan.  14,  1827.  "You  know  my  expectations  when  I  came 
here,  which  I  hope  will  be  gratified,  but  time  will  determine.  .  .  . 
I  had  a  double  portion  of  schooling  last  winter,  so  that  I  do  not 
go  this  winter.  I  do  not  know  but  I  shall  be  as  good  as  my  word, 
that  is,  not  come  home  until  I  am  of  age  ;  but  I  think  that  I 
shall  come  home  by  the  time  I  have  been  here  two  years." 

Sept.  24,  1827.  "I  am  now  so  that  I  can  work  with  most  any 
of  them.  .  .  .  They  tell  me  here  if  I  were  to  go  home  my 
folks  would  not  know  me,  but  I  think  I  should  know  them,  I 
generally  improve  my  leisure  moments  in  reading,  which  I  be- 
lieve I  am  as  fond  of  as  ever." 

April  10,  1829.  "I  have  about  two  months  left  of  my  school- 
ing, which  I  shall  have  next  winter.  ...  I  cannot  tell  how  it 
will  be  about  my  taking  charge  here,  as  it  is  doubtful  how  things 
will  turn," 

April  9,  1830.  "  My  health  is  very  good,  and  I  have  not  lost 
above  thi'ee  or  four  days  since  I  begun  my  apprenticeship.  I 
shall  soon  have  my  trade,  but  now  it  is  not  good  for  much,  wages 
are  so  low.  A  journeyman  that  could  get  four  dollars  per  week 
when  I  began  my  trade  can  get  no  more  than  three  and  a  half, 
and  half  store-pay,  Avhich  is  poor  encouragement." 

*  Jane  was  the  daughter  of  James  I.  Swau,  a  very  eloquent  and  able 
advocate,  located  at  Bath,  from  1807  until  his  death,  April  S,  1820,  at  the 
age  of  forty.  My  father,  who  was  ou  very  intimate  relations  with  him,  at 
his  re(iuest,  became  her  guardian,  and  she  made  her  home  with  him  until 
her  marriage  to  the  late  Hon.  Chester  C.  Hutchins,  of  Bath. 

t  Hon.  E.  B.  French,  the  oldest  son  of  Dr.  JohnF  rench,  and  until  his 
recent  death,  for  many  years,  the  efllcient  second  auditor  of  the  treasury. 
He  and  Fraukliu  were  playmates,  and  very  intimate. 


358  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

March  13,  1830.  "  I  have  attended  scliool  about  eight  weeks  ; 
my  studies  liave  been  rhetoric,  natural  pliilosophy,  and  chemistry, 
besides  my  old  ones." 

July  8,  1830.  This  letter  gives  a  long  and  interesting  account 
of  his  conversion,  after  which  he  says :  "  Perhaps  you  cannot 
read  the  whole  of  my  letter,  but  this  you  may  read,  that  I  am 
happy  in  the  love  of  Christ.  ...  I  can  join  the  Methodist 
society,  and  indeed,  sister,  they  want  me  as  a  class-leader,  but  I 
shall  not  accept  on  account  of  my  youth  and  inexperience." 

South  Lee,  July  12,  1881,  "I  feel  interested  in  all  that  tran- 
spires at  home.  ...  It  was  there  that  I  learned  to  lisp  the  name 
of  father,  mother,  brother,  and  'twas  there,  amid  our  childish 
sports,  I  first  loved  you  with  a  brother's  love.  .  .  .  Six  years 
have  rolled  into  eternity  since  I  crossed  the  Green  Mountains  to 
learn  my  trade.  Then  five  years  looked  long,  but  't  is  gone,  and 
I  am  now  two  hundred  miles  from  home,  endeavoring  by  hard 
labor  to  lay  up  sufticient  treasure  upon  earth  to  enable  me  to  pass 
through  this  unfriendly  world  unoppressed  by  the  rich  and  be- 
loved by  the  poor.  .  .  .  Paper-making  is  poor  business  for  jour- 
neymen, and  a  man  needs  to  be  worth  enough  to  live  without 
work  to  set  up  the  business ;  and  I  have  been  advised  by  Dr.  M. 
to  study  medicine.  .  .  .  Shall  I  remain  ignorant  as  I  am,  or 
shall  I  attempt  to  rise  in  the  world?  Sometimes  I  think  I  am  too 
anxious  about  this  world." 

South  Lee,  Oct.  7,  1831.  "I  was  pleased  to  hear  such  good 
news  from  home,  and  especially  of  the  conversion  of  some 
of  my  old  mates  ;  and  it  is  my  daily  prayer,  '  Thy  kingdom  come.' 
Never  was  there  such  a  time  as  the  present.  The  Lord  is  doing 
wonders  in  our  land.  ...  I  have  done  with  physic.  I  have  a 
good  chance  to  make  myself  acquainted  with  paper-making,  as 
the  foreman  is  more  willing  to  give  me  instruction  than  any  other 
hand  in  the  mills,  especially  in  colors,  wliich  I  suppose  is  owing 
in  part  to  my  being  some  acquainted  with  chemistry,  upon  Avhich 
I  have  an  extensive  work  and  the  best  in  the  country.  ...  I 
find  employment  for  my  evenings,  —  two  in  seven  at  prayer-meet- 
ino-,  one  with  the  singers  (as  you  must  know  I  am  their  chorister). 
I  have  the  perusal  of  Dr.  Clark's  commentary,  which  is  the  best 
I  ever  saw  ;  this,  with  my  chemistry  and  other  reading,  keeps  me 
busy.  I  find  some  time  to  think  of  home,  but  cannot  tell  when 
you  will  see  me  there.  The  distance  is  such  that  you  must  not 
expect  *  me  very  soon.  ...  I  am  but  a  babe  in  Christ ;  yet  the 
Lord  has  seen  fit  to  place  me  over  the  class  in  this  place,  which 
contains  about  thirty  members,  and  were  it  not  for  the  promise, 
'  My  grace  shall  be  sufiicient  for  you,'  I  should  relinquish  my 
charge  ;  but  I  feel,  through  Christ  strengthening  me,  I  can  do  all 
things,  and  I  hope  you  will  always  remember  me  in  your  prayers. 

*  111  this  letter  of  Oct.  7,  1831,  he  wrote,  "  Wlieii  railroads  become 
common,  I  can  visit  you  often.  There  is  one  completed  between  Albany 
and  Schenectady  ;  the  distance  is  fifteen  miles,  and  requires  forty  minutes, 
which  is  at  the  rate  of  twenty-four  miles  per  hour." 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  359 

It  is  a  pleasing-  tliought  to  me  that  you  and  I  have  begun  so  early 
to  serve  our  Maker,  and  that  father  and  mother  are  travelling  the 
same  road  ;  and  I  ]iray  God  that  none  of  our  family  may  ever  be 
lost.  Tell  Jane,  she  must  send  me  a  piece  of  her  wedding-cake. 
Remember  me  to  all  my  old  friends  at  Bath.  Give  my  love  to 
father  and  mother  and  the  boys  ;  tell  Henry  that  I  am  well,  and 
that  he  must  be  a  good  boy  till  I  come  home.  Do  not  take 
example  by  me,  but  please  to  write  soon.     Your  brother, 

Franklix  Morrison." 

It  was  his  last  letter,  and  one  could  not  Avish  to  alter  a  word. 
Six  weeks  from  the  date  of  this  letter,  the  next  one  came.  It 
was  in  a  strange  hand,  and  opened,  said  :  — 

"  It  is  my  painful  duty  to  inform  you  that  your  son  Franklin 
is  dead.  He  expired  last  evening  between  the  hours  of  ten  and 
eleven.  His  sickness  was  occasioned  by  what  the  doctors  call 
the  sinking  ty})hus  fever.  .  .  .  The  whole  village  feels  the  loss 
very  sensibly.  By  his  exemplary  conduct  and  his  engaging 
manners,  he  endeared  himself  to  us  all ;  and  he  has  left  not  an 
enemy  to  say  aught  against  him.  .  .  .  About  thirty  hours  before 
his  death  he  requested  me  to  settle  his  affairs  and  write  to  his 
friends.  .  Henry  Belding." 

He  was  buried  at  South  Lee,  under  the  shadow  of  the  moun- 
tains. None  of  his  kindred  could  reach  him,  and  none  rest  beside 
him  ;  but  they  will  rise  with  him  to  meet  their  Lord. 

254.  Mary  was  named  for  her  grandmother,  Mary  Koach 
Morrison.  She  was  next  to  Franklin,  and  his  usual  correspon- 
dent. Early  in  life  she  was  able  to  join  with  him  in  "childish 
sport,"  but  at  twenty  had  a  poor,  deformed  body,  so  weakened 
by  disease  that  one  of  her  limbs  was  broken  by  the  mere  weight 
of  her  slight  frame,  while  walking  across  the  floor.  The  malady 
was  long  fought  against  by  the  best  medical  skill,  in  vain.  But 
by  "the  law  of  compensation,"  nature  was  lavish  in  mental  gifts, 
and  she  was  rich  in  treasures  of  mind  and  heart,  fitting  her  to  be 
queen  of  the  realm ;  and  she  was  the  inspiration  of  home  and 
the  delight  of  her  friends.  Like  Franklin,  she  early  became  a 
Christian,  even  before  him.  He  regarded  her  letters  to  him  as 
among  the  most  effective  means  of  his  conversion,  and  her  influ- 
ence over  her  younger  brothers  was  equally  salutary.  Her  fea- 
tures were  regular  and  very  expressive.  She  was  as  full  of  life 
and  energy  and  courage  and  hope,  as  any  soul  could  be  in  such 
a  body.  She  was  very  warm  in  her  attachment  to  home  and 
friends ;  her  love  for  the  house  of  God  and  the  ])lace  of  prayer 
was  still  stronger,  and  she  was  seldom  absent  from  either.  Such 
was  her  energy  and  her  love  of  the  beautiful  in  nature,  —  the  sky, 
the  fields,  the  hills,  the  woods,  the  mountains,  —  tliat  slie  would 
not  be  kept  in-doors.  We  lifted  her  in  and  out  of  the  carriage 
as  if  she  were  a  child,  and  she  lived  much  in  the  open  air  and  tlie 
bright  sunshine.  Her  life  was  iipon  the  whole  a  liappy  one.  Yet 
her  deformity  was  a  great  trial  to  her,  and  she  looked  forward 

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360  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISOX. 

with  ])eculiar  pleasure  to  her  resurrection  body,  as  free  from  any 
infirmity  or  blemish,  as  well  as  perfect  in  holiness.  The  "bride- 
groom's cry  "  was  heard  at  midnight.  Her  mother  being  awak- 
ened, at  her  request  placed  her  in  a  chair,  and  gave  her  water, 
Avhich  she  drank  with  great  eagerness,  saying,  "  Good,  Good," 
and  after  a  peculiarly  exultant  laugh,  her  heart  was  still ;  she  was 
"  ]n-esent  Avith  our  God,"  where  she  had  "  long'd  and  Avish'd  to 
be."  Her  Bible,  full  of  expressive  marking  of  the  passages  she 
loved  most,  was  sent  by  father  to  our  cousin,  Electa  Alger.  §  29. 
255.  Frederick  W.,  the  second  son,  unlike  his  brothers,  was 
shrinking  and  bashful,  apparently  unfitted  for  rough  contact  with 
a  selfisli  world.  He  was  apprenticed  to  Peter  Bonney,  of  Little- 
ton, to  learn  the  trade  of  a  tanner  and  currier.  While  there  he 
had  an  attack  of  typhus  fever,  and  for  many  days  was  upon  the 
border-land  betwixt  life  and  death,  but  finally  recovered.  After 
his  apprenticeship,  he  went  to  the  then  West,  was  taken  sick,  ten- 
derly cared  for  at  his  aunt  Alger's,  and  on  his  recovery  came 
home.  His  father  then  built  a  small  tannery,  and  "  Wm.  Morrison 
&  Son  "  went  into  business  at  Bath  Upper  Village.  It  prospered 
for  a  while,  but  losses  at  the  South  and  other  reverses  followed, 
and  the  business  there  was  given  up.  Frederick  then  purchased 
a  i-ight  of  water  and  built  a  tannery  at  the  lower  village,  married, 
built  him  a  dwelling-house,  and  remained  for  several  years.  But 
still  he  did  not  prosper ;  and  after  selling  his  interest  in  the  prop- 
erty for  barely  enough  to  carry  him  and  his  family  to  Iowa,  he 
removed  to  Grinnell  (then  a  new  colony)  in  1856.  For  many 
years  he  had  studied  and  experimented  in  tanning  glove-leather, 
always  confident  of  success,  but  never  quite  succeeding,  until  he 
went  to  Grinnell,  where  he  finally  established  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness, acquired  a  competency,  and  "  F.  W.  Morrison  &  Son,  sole 
manufacturers  of  the  Morrison  goat-skin  glove,"  became  a  widely 
known  firm.  With  his  reserve,  he  was  persistent  and  possessed 
of  an  excellent  understanding ;  was  a  reading  and  thinking  man. 
In  1843  he  married  Ann,  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  David  Suther- 
land,* to  whose  good  sense    and    many  womanly  qualities  and 

*  He  was  boru  at  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  June  19,  1777.  He  served  an 
apureiiticeship  iu  a  printing-office,  but  at  nineteen  he  entered  the  theolo- 
gical seminary  founded  by  the  famous  Haldane,  graduated  the  last  week 
in  the  eighteenth  century,  and  crossing  the  Atlantic,  preached  first  at 
Barnet,  Vt.,  but  in  1805  settled  at  Bath.  It  was  his  only  pastorate  and 
greatly  blessed.  His  rare  gifts  and  great  excellence  of  character  would 
have  commanded  a  much  larger  field  of  labor,  but  he  declined  all  oilers, 
and  chose  to  remain  with  his  people.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  establishing 
Sabbath  schools  in  this  country,  and  iu  the  cause  of  temperance,  and 
greatly  advanced  the  common  schools.  He  resigned  his  pastorate  in  1843, 
but  continued  to  preach  in  difierent  places  up  to  18o-i.  I  remember  with 
what  emphasis  he  at  my  father's  funeral  spoke  of  his  own  hope:  "I 
knoiv  that  my  Redeemer  liveth."  The  day  before  his  exit,  feeling  that 
his  departure'  was  near,  he  raised  his  eyes  towards  heaven,  and  said, 
•'  Father,  I  thank  thee  for  the  clearness  of  intellect,  now  when  I  am  about 
to  be  ushered  into  the  presence  of  the  eternal  God,  the  Lord  .Jesus  Christ, 
the  holy  angels,  the  spirits  of  the  just  made  perfect;  I  thank  thee  that  I 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  361 

patient  effort  he  was  much  indebted  for  his  ultimate  success.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  professor  of  religion,  and  his  religious  char- 
acter was  irreproachable.  He  died  Aug.  16,  1876,  of  disease  of 
the  kidneys,  which  had  been  upon  him  for  two  or  three  years,  but 
from  which  no  immediate  danger  was  apprehended.  When  told 
he  was  dying,  he  said,  "  I  can  hardly  realize  it,  but  it  is  well,  — 
my  trust  is  in  Christ."  The  children  who  survived  him  were, 
Mary  Louise,  David  Sutherland,  and  Anna  Jane.  Two  promising 
sons,  Frank  Henry  and  Leon  Goodall,  had  died  before  him,  just 
as  they  were  entering  upon  manhood.     §§  29,  90. 

256.  Hon.  Charles  K.  Morrison  was  the  third  son.  He  was 
born  at  Bath,  Jan.  22,  1819,  and  named  for  his  uncle  Robert,  who 
died  in  July  of  that  year.  My  recollections  of  him  go  back  of 
the  time  of  his  first  going  to  school.  He  was  then  three  or  four 
years  old.  He  was  always  a  strong,  resolute  boy,  full  of  life  and 
activity,  fond  of  play,  but  willing  to  work,  and  loving  books. 
The  morning  of  Feb.  12,  1824,  he  was  called  up  by  his  brothers 
before  daylight,  to  look  upon  a  sight  which  he  never  forgot.  The 
day  previous  there  was  a  great  rain.  It  left  the  roads  and  streets 
clean,  carried  off  all  the  loose  snow,  and  swept  away  the  bridge 
over  the  Ammonoosuc.  The  same  night  a  fire  broke  out,  and 
raging  with  great  violence,  destroyed  many  of  the  buildings  and 
most  of  the  principal  stores.  "When  he  looked  out  of  the  window, 
what  he  beheld  was  a  sheet  of  ice  from  the  top  of  the  hill,  flooded 
streets,  glowing  coals,  and  smoking  ruins.  He  was  five  years  old 
the  month  before.  The  same  summei",  in  his  venturesome*  way, 
he  went  in  swimming  Avith  older  boys.  He  could  not  swim.  He 
could  wade;  and  the  day  before,  in  another  place,  had  waded  up 
to  his  chin,  and  of  course  could  do  it  again  ;  so  he  thought.  But 
in  water  up  to  his  armpits,  one  step  more,  and  lie  was  in  deep 

know  my  acceptance  with  thee  through  the  merits  of  my  adored  Re- 
deemer." A  little  while  l^efore  he  was  released  from  his  sufleriniis  he  was 
heard  to  say,  "  Whv  are  the  chariot- wheels  so  long  in  coming?  Come, 
Lord  Jesus,  come  quickly !  "  and  "Oh,  give  me  patience!"  Scarcely  had 
he  uttered  these  words,  when  he  passed  away  without  a  struggle  or  a 
groan. 

*  When  about  eleven  years  old,  he  went  with  Frederick  (who  was  six 
years  older)  and  other  boys  of  Fred's  age,  three  quai'ters  of  a  mile  up  a 
logging  road  in  the  woods  for  spruce  gum.  A  tree  was  found  well  cov- 
ered about  six  rods  from  the  path,  and  they  crowded  about  it,  helping 
themselves  as  fast  as  they  could.  Soon  they  heard  a  ci'ackling  of  the 
bushes,  as  of  some  animal  coming  towards  them.  "  'Tis  —  'tis  a  bear!  " 
they  shouted,  and  started  ;  but  not  all  of  them.  The  youngest  boy  stood 
in  his  tracks,  and  looked  to  see  what  it  was ;  and  when  he  saw  the  fero- 
cious bea.st  not  twenty  rods  off,  with  his  fore-paws  upon  a  fallen  tree  and 
looking  sharp  at  him,  then  it  was,  "  Stop,  Fred  !  "  "  Come  along,"  he  said, 
in  reply,  scarcely  slacking  his  pace;  and  his  younger  brother  did  "  come 
along,"  at  a  rate  that  soon  put  liini  at  the  head,  and  he  reached  the  open 
field  in  advance  of  any  of  them ;  but  he  never  lost  his  propensity  to  see 
if  it  is  a  l)ear  before  running  from  it.  The  creature  was  trapped  that 
night,  and  proved  to  be  a  large  wolf.  It  was  put  on  exhibition  next 
morning,  and  the  boys,  now  safe,  looked  on  with  wonder  at  their  escape. 
It  was  an  event  in  their  lives. 


362  CHARTER    SAMUEL    MORISON. 

water,  struggling  and  screaming  for  help.  The  boys  could  not, 
or  did  not,  help  him;  but  just  as  he  was  touching  bottom*  for  the 
last  time,  he  was  saved  by  good  Dea.  Alvan  Hastings,t  who  hear- 
ing the  cry  from  his  shoji,  ran  with  all  speed  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
to  the  rescue.  It  was  with  much  satisfaction  that  the  lad,  thus 
rescued,  himself,  in  after  years  could  feel  he  had  paid  the  debt,  by 
})lunging  into  the  Connecticut  and  saving  a  young  man,  a  fellow- 
student  at  Newbury  Seminary,  who  Avas  drowning.  In  1825, 
Avhen  he  was  six,  he  drove  his  father's  cows  back  and  forth  to 
])asture  a  mile  off,  and  through  woods  a  portion  of  the  way.  In 
the  fall  of  that  year,  the  family  moved  to  the  Upper  Village. 
There  he  soon  took  care  of  the  horses,  went  to  school,  did  such  work 
as  his  father  had  for  him,  and  working  for  farmers  a  portion  of  the 
time.  Three  years  in  succession,  from  the  time  he  Avas  fourteen, 
he  worked  through  haying  for  Mr.  Samuel  Bartlett,  doing  almost 
a  man's  work.  The  first  of  his  going  there  his  temperance  prin- 
ciples were  tried.  Mr.  B.  said,  "Charles,  you  are  not  used  to 
this,  and  you  had  better  take  something  to  prevent  your  being 
sick."  "No,  I  thank  you."  It  so  happened  that  B.  and  his  tAvo 
brothers  fell  sick,  Avhile  the  temperance  boy  came  out  "  all  right." 
His  schooling  Avas  not  neglected,  and  the  schools  iisually  were 
excellent.  At  thirteen  he  had  "  ciphered  through  "  Adams's  old 
arithmetic ;  at  fourteen,  his  father  brought  home  Greenleaf's 
Grammar,  in  Avhich,  under  Caleb  Hunt's  faithful  training,  he 
became  proficient.  When  he  Avas  about  fifteen,  he  had  another 
providential  escape  from  instant  death,  Avhile  engaged  Avith  his 
father  in  cutting  trees  on  the  hill  opposite  the  village.  They  cut 
the  trees  and  trimmed  them  out,  and,  once  started,  the  logs  ran  very 
SAviftly  doAvn  the  icy  hill  to  the  river,  making  a  deep,  circuitous 
path,  Avhich  had  been  iuA^ariably  folloAved.  One  large  tree,  for  some 
cause,  stopped  half-Avay  doAvn.  By  his  father's  direction,  he 
started  it  Avith  a  lever ;  but  getting  the  Avrong  side  of  the  lever, 
Avas  throAvn  into  the  track  and  caught  in  a  bush,  and  Avas  helpless  ; 
nor  could  his  father  help  him.  The  tree  struck  out  a  iicav  path 
to  the  riA'er.  Not  a  Avord  Avas  spoken  by  either  till  the  danger 
Avas  past.  The  next  morning,  his  father  said,  "You  did  not  seem 
frightened  till  the  danger  Avas  over,  and  then  you  Avere  as  Avhite 
as  a  sheet." 

About  this  time  his  father  built  a  tannery,  and  he  Avorked  in 
that,  under  his  brother.     In  the  summer  of  1836,  he  Avorked  at 


*  How  did  the  drowninj?  boy  feel?  The  strucffle  Avas  over.  He  was 
not  old  enough  to  have  any  distinct  apprehension  of  the  future.  The 
Avater  seemed  very  beautiful  to  him.  He  shuddered  as  he  thought  of  the 
mud-turtles,  and  thought  how  sorry  mother  would  be;  that  was  all. 

t  Deacon  Hastings'  death  Vvas  from  a  sad  accident.  In  June,  1851,  as 
he  was  coming  from  the  Weeks  neighborhood  to  Bath  Village,  his  horse 
took  fright  and  run,  and  he  was  thrown  out  and  killed.  His  youngest 
daughter,  who  was  with  him,  escaped  without  injury.  His  sons  David  and 
Joshua  pursued  his  calling,  and  are  prosperous  jewelers  on  Washington 
Street,  Boston. 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  363 

Sugar  Hill,  Lisbon,  in  the  tannery  of  Levi  *  and  James  Parker. 
In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  went  to  Newbury  Seminary,  and  the 
winter  after,  at  Bath,  taught  his  first  school.  He  continued  his 
attendance  at  this  seminary,  s}»ring  and  fall,  three  years,  teaching 
school  (at  Littleton)  in  the  winter,  and  going  into  the  hay-tield  in 
the  summer,  working  with  a  will  with  tTie  best  of  them,  as  John 
Gordon,  Sullivan  Hutchins'  foreman,  will  attest.  While  at  New- 
bury, he  boarded  himself  nmch  of  the  time,  walking  home  Satur- 
day afternoon,  a  distance  of  about  ten  miles,  and  returning 
Monday  morning,  which,  as  he  was  swift  on  foot,  was  no  great 
hardship.  His  marking  for  scholarship  was  with  the  highest. 
Jidy  12,  1839,  Charles  Adams,  principal  of  the  seminary,  gave 
him  a  letter  to  the  faculty  of  Dartmouth  College,  saying  of  him, 
that  he  was  "a  young  gentleman  of  good  talents  and  manners, 
and  unexceptionable  in  his  moral  character ";  that  he  "has  read 
and  reviewed  the  preparatory  books,  and  is  cheerfully  recom- 
mended by  me  as  a  suitable  candidate  for  membership  in  the 
freshman  class  at  the  next  commencement."  President  Adams 
had  taken  even  more  than  his  usual  interest  in  him  as  a  student, 
and  had  placed  him  at  different  times  in  charge  of  the  classes  in 
grammar,  arithmetic,  and  geometry;  and  when  he  found  he  had 
decided  not  to  enter  college,  he  rebuked  him  sharply.  If  he  had 
known  all  the  circumstances,  he  might  not  liave  done  it.  Upon 
returning  home,  his  father  said,  "Which  of  the  three  professions, 
the  ministry,  the  medical,  or  the  legal,  Avill  you  enter?"  The  son 
answered,  that  from  his  experience  so  far,  he  did  not  think  him- 
self adapted  to  the  pulpit,  medicine  he  did  not  like,  and  if  he 
could  succeed  he  should  like  to  go  upon  the  bench.  "  Goodall  f 
&  Woods,"  upon  lieing  consulted,  advised  the  law,  and,  as  he 
w^as  situated,  without  his  attempting  a  college  course.  He 
entered  their  office  in  July,  1839,  and  after  an  examination  by  a 
committee  t  of  the  bar,  was  a  recognized  student-at-law.  In  1840 
Mr.  Woods  was  appointed  to  the  bench ;  but  after  that,  as  well 

*  His  fellow-workmau  was  Eleazer  B.  Parker,  a  sou  of  Levi.  Levi 
was  one  of  tlie  governor's  council  in  18G-t,  and  Eleazer  a  senator  from 
District  No.  12  in  1873  and  1874 ;  and  both  were  very  capable.  The 
son  is  still  living  at  Fraucouia.  James  Parker  is  also  living  at  Littleton; 
he  was  not  as  prominent  as  his  brother,  but  always  much  respected. 

t  Mr.  Goodall  had  done  a  very  heavy  business  and  accumulated  a  large 
estate  for  those  times.  But  he  branched  out  into  trade  in  various  places, 
with  dirterent  partners,  who  proved  incapable  or  dishonest,  lost  heavily  by 
them,  also  by  tires,  entered  into  railroading  and  lost  there,  and  at  last, 
greatly  embarrassed,  became  a  mental  wreck,  and  ended  his  days  in  tlie 
Wisconsin  Insane  A-ylum.  It  is  probal)le  that  the  disease  (softening  of 
the  brain)  was  upon  him  for  years,  and  was  the  cause  of  his  downfall. 
With  prominent  defects,  he  was  a  strong  man  in  his  palmy  days,  with 
many  excellent  qualities,  more  than  he  always  received  credit  for. 

J  Isaac  Patterson,  who  was  chairman  of  this  committee,  finding  that 
the  proposed  student  had  not  read  the  last  six  l)ooks  of  Virgil,  required 
him  to  do  it,  and  he  recited  to  Mr.  Patterson.  Tiiis  venerable  relic  of  the 
old  bar  is  still  living  and  quite  hale  at  about  ninety.  Besides  reatling 
these  six  books,  and  his  law-books,  he  taught  school  two  winters,  at  Lit- 
tleton, in  1839-40,  and  at  Haverhill  Corner  in  1840-41. 


364  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

as  before,  was  the  principal  instructor  of  their  student.  July, 
1842,  by  a  change  of  the  rules,  which  before  had  required  five 
years  for  other  than  college  gi-aduates,  he  was,  after  an  exami- 
nation, admitted  to  the  bar,  and  argued  several  cases  at  the  same 
term,  before  the  court.  He  at  once  became  an  equal  partner  with 
Mr.  Goodall,  for  five  years.  Before  the  expiration  of  the  time, 
in  March,  1845,  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  and  the  firm  had  an 
oflice  at  each  place.  Aug.  4,  1851,  he  was  commissioned  by  Gov. 
Samuel  Dinsmore,  "  Circuit  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas,"  and  held  the  office  until  the  overthrow  of  the  judiciary 
by  the  "Know-Nothing"  party  in  1855.  He  had  not  solicited  the 
appointment.  He  was  then  in  his  thirty-third  year,  and  had  not 
anticii)ated  any  judicial  office  till  later  in  life,  if  at  all.  Judge 
Woods,  who  liad  known  and  encouraged  his  preference  for  such 
a  position,  interested  himself  to  procure  the  appointment.  It 
was  made  upon  letters  from  Judges  Woods  and  Gilchrist,  Hon. 
Harry  Hibbard,  Hon.  Samuel  Swazey,  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Esq., 
Joseph  Powers  (afterwards  Councillor  Powers),  and  others.  The 
circuit  justices  were  three  in  number,  to  be  increased  to  four  upon 
the  occurring  of  a  vacancy  in  the  superior  court,  -when  it  was 
expected  that  the  trial  of  causes  would  be  principally,  if  not 
exclusively,  by  the  circuit  justices.  His  associates  during  the 
time  were  George  Y.  Sawyer,  of  Nashua ;  Josiah  Minot,  of  Con- 
cord ;  Charles  Woodman,  of  Dover  ;  J.  Everett  Sai-gent,  of  Went- 
worth ;  and  Edmund  L.  Gushing,  of  Charlestown,  vacancies  having 
occurred  from  time  to  time  by  resignations.  He  commenced  his 
work  at  Concord,  by  trial  of  the  reported  case,  Sewall's  Falls 
Bridge  vs.  Fisk  and  Norcross,  and  had  comj^leted  the  circuit  of 
the  counties  at  the  time  of  his  exit.  Pie  had  occasion  afterwards 
to  look  to  its  results,  and  was  gratified  to  find  that,  in  amount 
and  permanency,  his  work  during  those  years  did  not  suffer  in 
comparison  with  his  associates  or  the  judges  of  the  superior 
court,  his  rulings  being  generally  sustained.  He  had  made  a 
pleasant  acquaintance  with  one  of  the  new  appointees,  Henry  F. 
French,  of  Exeter,  and  Avrote  him  a  letter  of  congratulation.  In 
reply.  Judge  French  said,  "  I  have  without  hesitation  everywhere, 
on  proper  occasions,  borne  testimony  to  your  ability  and  upright- 
ness in  your  office  while  on  the  bench,  and  regret  that  the  State 
is    deprived    of   your   services,    and  of   those    of   Chief-Justice* 

*  Judge  Woods  as  trial  justice  had  few  equals  and  no  superiors,  and 
the  same  miglit  almost  be  said  of  him  as  a  justice  of  the  law  court  and  as 
chief-justice.  He  was  very  thorough  and  careful  in  his  investigations; 
and  with  his  large  experience,  sound  judgment,  and  uprightness  of  char- 
acter, his  decisions  were  almost  always  sure  to  be  right.  For  months 
before  the  meeting  of  the  legislature,  articles  had  appeared  in  certain 
uewspapers  attacking  superior  court  judges  for  receiving  pay  from  rail- 
roads for  assessing  the  railroad  tax.  The  judges  who  received  it  looked 
upon  it  as  proper  for  work  outside  of  their  judicial  duties,  the  same  as 
judges  of  the  present  existing  court,  some  of  them,  now  receive  numer- 
ous fees  as  referees,  a  thing  I  should  say  of  more  doubtful  propriety 
than  the  other.     (There  should  be  an  adequate  and  honorable  salary  in 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  365 

Woods,  whom  I  Imve  always  esteemed  and  respected."  And  in 
truth,  he  was  appointed  Avithout  his  own  procurement,  and,  in 
violation  of  the  constitution,  was  removed  without  any  fault  on 
his  part ;  and  a  second  time,  but  with  less  interest,  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  the  law.  But  first,  he  had  a  correspondence  with 
some  of  the  removed  judges,  and  prominent  laAvyers  in  tlie  State, 
and  Joel  Parker,  of  Cambridge,  with  a  view  of  testing  the  con- 
stitutionality of  the  law  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 
States.  Chief-Justice  Woods  was  decidedly  in  favor  of  it ;  one  of 
the  judges,  while  "quite  sure  that  the  act,  so  far  as  it  affected  the 
superior  court,  is  unconstitutional,"  said  "the  remedy  is  the 
ballot-box.''''  There  was  the  same  division  of  sentiment  among 
the  lawyers.  A  like  assault,  forty  years  'before,  had  been  sum- 
marily punished  by  the  people.  Judge  Parker  had  "  a  very  grave 
doubt  whether  the  courts  of  any  otlier  State,  or  of  the  United 
States,  would  entertain  *  the  question  "  ;  and  in  view  of  all  the 
facts,  and  especially  his  "personal  relations  to  the  most  of  the 
present  incumbents,"  declined  to  be  retained.  The  proposed 
action  was  forborne  for  the  time  being,  and  in  the  exciting 
national  complications  which  arose,  never  renewed,  and  the 
tenure  of  the  judges  of  the  highest  court  knoAvn  to  our  constitu- 
tion was  ever  after  a  rope  of  sand. 

Upon  the  attack  on  Fort  Sumter,  there  were  two  opinions 
among  leading  Democrats  of  the  State.  Some,  with  Hon.  Josiah 
Quincy,  were  in  favor  of  a  vigorous  prosecution  of  the  war  ;  others 
were  of  the  opinion,  expressed  in  a  letter  to  Ex-Judge  Morrison, 
in  which  the  writer  said,  "  Our  governnient  must  be  sustained  at 
all  hazards,  against  all  armed  opposition.  But  if  in  putting  down 
the  rebellion,  you  mean  to  reduce  all  the  seceded  States  to  uncon- 
ditional submission,  I  fear  the  cost  may  exceed  the  value  of  the 
acquisition.  I  confess  that  I  do  not  plainly  see  the  object  of  the 
present  war,  though  I  do  see  the  end.  ...  I  fear  the  war,  not 
because  we  are  not  stronger  than  the  South,  not  because  they  do 
not  deserve  a  beating,  but  because,  in  the  contest  which  will 
bring  ruin  ujion  them,  I  fear  that  our  own  libei'ties  may  be  en- 
dangered." Judge  Morrison  coincided  with  the  former.  He  liad 
no  doubt,  as  Benton  had  long  before  said,  that  war  must  follow 
disunion ;  and  that  it  was  better  to  fight  to  preserve  the  Union,  than 
afterwards.  Accordingly,  he  immediately  tendered  his  services 
to  Governor  Goodwin,  and  afterwards  to  Governor  Berry ;  but 
either  they  did  not  think  his  services  would  be  Aaluable,  or  for 
other  reasons,  did  not  choose  to  accept  them.  Finding  no  en- 
full.)  The  hollowness  of  the  pretext  on  which  Judire  Woods  was  legis- 
lated oat  of  office,  was  shown  by  the  appointment  of  Judge  Eastman  to 
the  new  bench,  who  had  taken  more  of  "the  stuff"  than  Judge  Woods. 
He  felt  it  keenly,  for  he  was  very  sensitive  and  high-spirited ;  and  such 
a  thing  had  not  occurred  in  that  generation,  and  no  doubt  it  was  the 
cause  of  his  early  death.     He  died  in  1863,  at  the  age  of  sixty. 

*  The  mode  favored  by  Judge  Woods  was  an  action  of  trespass  by 
some  citizen  of  another  State  against  the  persons  claiming  to  be  judges, 
for  a  wrongful  interference  with  his  person  or  property. 


366  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISOX. 

couragement  at  Concord,  and  feeling  that  he  must  have  a  part 
in  the  struggle,  Judge  Morrison,  upon  Walter  Harrinian's  appoint- 
ment as  colonel  of  the  11th  regiment,  solicited  of  him  the  place 
of  adjutant,  and  Governor  Berry  graciously  *  commissioned  him 
"  Lieutenant-Adjutant,"  Sept.  1, 1862.  It  was  in  the  darkest  period 
of  the  war.  He  was  then  in  his  forty-fourth  year.  He  was  mus- 
tered in  Sept.  11,  1862,  and  served  in  the  same  capacity  until 
Sept.  19,  1864,  when,  Avith  an  honorable  discharge,  upon  his  own 
resignation,  he  left  the  regiment.  Of  the  places  inscribed  upon 
its  banner,  by  order  of  the  commanding-general  of  the  army,  Ad- 
jutant Morrison  was  at  Fredericksburg,  Vicksburg,  Jackson,  East 
Tennessee,  the  Wilderness,  and  Spottsylvania.  When  at  Stanford, 
Ky.,  about  June  1,  1863,  by  direction  of  Colonel  Harriman,  he 
wrote  a  history  of  the  regiment  to  tliat  date,  which,  with  very 
slight  alterations,  forms  tlie  tirst  part  of  the  military  history  sent 
out  by  "  Natt  Head,  Adjutant  General,"  and  without  credit  for 
the  authorship.  No  change  was  made  in  the  account  given  of 
the  battle  of  Fredericksbui-g,  from  Avhich  the  subjoined  account 
is  copied, t 

*  Governor  Berry,  when  a  poor  boy,  had  received  acts  of  kuidness  from 
his  father,  William  Morrison,  which  he  might  wish  to  repay  to  his  son? 

t  "A  few  minutes  past  twelve  we  were  ordered  to  march  by  the  right 
flank  into  Princess  Elizabeth  Street,  a  short  street  running  at  right  angles 
with  Caroline  Street,  and  there  to  lie  down  upon  the  sidewalk,  wdiich 
order  was  immediately  executed.  This  street  was  nuich  exposed,  and  the 
first  casualty  of  the  day  occurred  here,  —  Charles  M.  Lane,  of  Company 
I,  being  severely  Avounded  in  the  head  l)y  a  piece  of  shell.  His  captain 
detailed  two  privates,  John  \\  Guile  and  N.  Frank  Brown,  to  carry  him 
to  the  hospital.  Having  performed  this  duty,  they  rejoined  the  regiment 
upon  the  field  of  battle,  and  fought  bravely  all  day.  So  much  courage 
and  fidelity  deserve  honorable  mention.  While  here  stragglers  from  the 
front  came  running  along,  but  were  promi)tl3'  lialted,  so  that  their  fears 
might  not  infect  others.  After  a  few  minutes,  the  order  came  to  proceed 
to  a  railroad,  at  a  point  about  ten  rods  in  advance.  The  regiment  quickly 
reached  the  traek,  and  marched  in  perfect  order  by  its  side,  about  a  hundred 
rods  to  the  right,  and  rested  under  a  slight  embankment.  A  few  moments 
more,  and  another  order  came  to  Colonel  Harriman  to  advance  by  front, 
cautiously,  to  the  bottom  of  a  slope  which  was  pohited  out,  about  half  a 
mile  distaut,  and  there  to  lie  down  and  await  further  orders.  Tlie  ground 
over  whicli  we  must  pass,  was  an  open  plain,  swept  by  the  enemy's  fire  of 
infantry  and  artillery,  with  nothing  to  divert  that  fire  from  us,  and  with  two 
or  three  fences  in  the  way  to  impede  our  progress  and  add  to  our  exposure. 
A  regiment,  at  that  very  time,  w'as  jxxsing  us  in  full  and  disorderly  retreat. 
But  the  order  to  advance,  given*  on  the  right  by  Colonel  Harriman,  and 


*  The  order  was  not  given  quite  as  soon  as  received.  Lieut. -Colonel  Col- 
lins sheathed  his  sword,  and  said  it  would  be  a  useless  waste  of  life.  Cap- 
tain Bacon  (now  Hon.  H.  C.  Bacon,  of  Lawrence),  of  Co.  A,  the  adjutant, 
and  perhaps  some  others,  urgetl  au  immediate  compliance,  and  Col.  H. 
gave  the  order,  and  it  was  obeyett  at  once,  by  all  but  Colonel  Collins, 
and  he  retrieved  his  character  at  the  Wilderness,  Avhere  he  bravely  died. 
From  this  brief  dehi}^  it  liappened  that  the  left  wing,  with  Major  Farr, 
was  slightly  in  advance  of  the  right  wing  in  passing  over  the  field.  The 
battle  was  May  G,  186-t.  He  was  killed  by  a  rifle  ball.  It  entered  the 
back  of  the  head,  and  came  out  at  the  forehead.  It  may  have  been  a 
flank  shot,  and  a  momentary  turning  of  his  head ;  or  it  may  have  been 


SKETCHES. — FIFTH    GENERATION.  367 

In  this  battle,  Adjutant  Morrison  was  wounded  twice ;  first, 
immediately  upon  leaving  the  railroad,  by  a  piece  of  shell,  which 
inflicted  a  long,  ragged,  and  painful  wound  upon  the  left  fore-arm; 
and  again,  a  contusion  upon  the  left  leg  below  the  knee,  in  going 
from  the  head  of  the  regiment  to  Col.  H.,  who  was  at  the  centre, 

on  the  left  by  Major  Farr,  was  obeyed  without  hesitation,  and  the  two 
wings  pi'oceeded  upon  the  double-quicls;  and  the  run,  in  good  order,  to  the 
place  designated,  which  was  not  more  than  fifteen  or  twenty  rods  from 
the  rebel  intrenchmeuts.  The  position,  at  the  time  we  reached  it,  was 
held  by  only  a  few  companies  from  some  regiment  that  had  preceded  us, 
and  for  nearly  two  hours  we  sustained  a  tremendous  fire  from  the  enemy's 
strongholds,  almost  alone.  The  left  wing  was  tolerably  well  protected 
by  the  nature  of  the  ground,  and  suffered  less  than  the  right,  which  was 
much  exposed,  and  sustained  heavy  loss.  The  slope,  where  this  wing 
rested,  would  not  protect  it  from  the  enemy's  rifles,  unless  the  men  were 
flat  upon  the  ground.  They  were  directed  to  lie  down  and  load,  and  then 
stand,  take  aim  and  fire,  and  generally  did  so.  Some,  however,  were  so 
'  eager  for  the  fray,'  and  reckless  of  consequences,  that  they  persisted  in 
standing  all  the  while  bolt  upright.  The  enemy,  on  the  other  hand,  were 
protected  by  their  intrenchmeuts,  which  were  on  the  elevation  con- 
siderably above  us.  They  tired  for  the  most  part  from  behind  their 
intrenchmeuts,  but  came  out  occasionally  to  get  better  aim.  They  also, 
in  several  instances,  rushed  down  the  hill,  as  if  to  make  a  charge, 
but  were  repulsed.  As  often  as  they  bf^gan  to  advance,  the  cry  ran 
along  the  line,  'They  are  coming  down  the  hill!'  'They  are  coming!' 
'  Give  it  to  'em  ! '  '  Give  it  to  'em  ! '  and  our  flre,  ten  times  hotter  than  before, 
quickly  changed  their  purpose.  At  no  time  was  there  the  slightest  indi- 
cation that  our  men  would  give  way.  The  division  went  into  battle  left 
in  front,  the  New  Hampshire  Eleventh  leading  the  brigade  and  division. 
After  some  considerable  time  other  regiments  came  to  our  support,  and 
were  ordered  to  the  front.  In  some  cases  this  order  was  compiled  with, 
but  in  others,  regiments,  or  considerable  portions  of  them,  remained  in 
the  rear,  close  upon  and  intermingled  with  us,  firing  over  our  heads,  in 
spite  of  the  eflbrts  of  their  officers  and  ours,  to  bring  them  to  the  front. 
After  our  ammunition  was  gone,  excepting  a  few  rounds  reserved  for  the 
contingencj'  of  a  charge  from  the  enemy,  we  remained  upon  the  ground 
mostly  without  any  active  participation  in  the  engagement ;  but  Colonel 
Harriman  gave  orders  to  fix  bayonets  at  times  when  there  were  indica- 
tions that  we  might  be  called  upon  to  meet  or  make  a  charge,  and  some, 
by  procuring  anununitiou  from  members  of  other  regiments,  and  the  cart- 
ridge-boxes of  the  dead,  kept  up  the  flre.  Regiment  after  regiment,  and 
brigade  after  brigade,  continued  to  arrive,  densely  covering  the  slope  in 
our  front  and  rear,  like  thousands  of  bees  swarmed  from  their  hives,  and 
the  contest  was  continued  with  the  greatest  fury  on  both  sides.  The 
enemy's  flre  was  deadly  and  terrific,  and  the  roar  of  cannon  and  musketry 
incessant  through  the  day.  At  length,  it  was  said  that  we  should  be 
ordered  to  charge  before  dark,  and  that  other  regiments  still  would  come 
to  our  support;  and  an  increasing,  deepening,  deafening  roar  of  battle, 
until  the  very  ground  appeared  to  shake,  the  dreadful  flashings  of  the 
guns  and  streams  of  flre,  the  clouds  of  smoke  and  the  darkness  of  coming 
night,  seemed  a  prelude  to  a  flnal  and  more  desperate  struggle.  The 
scene  was  terribly  and  awfully  sublime,  and  calculated  to  fill  the  stoutest 
hearts  with  dread;  but  our  men  were  fully  prepared,  and  exhibited  no  un- 
manly fear.  When  the  battle  had  raged  until  after  dark,  we  were  ordered 
to  return  to  the  ground  which  we  occupied  in  the  morning,  and  withdrew 


from  persons  firing  from  the  rear,  for  there  were  such.  He  was  fronting 
the  foe,  and  died  as  a  true  soldier.  The  adjutant  was  within  a  few  feet 
of  him,  aud  saw  him  when  he  fell. 


368  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

to  carry  an  order*  communicated  by  Colonel  (afterwards  Gen.) 
Griffin.  Col.  G.,  noticing  that  he  was  wounded,  suggested  to  him 
that  the  order  could  be  carried  by  some  one  else,  but  he  replied 
that  it  was  his  business  to  carry  it.  The  injury  to  the  leg,  which 
Avas  not  thought  serious  enough  to  be  entered  by  him  in  his 
report,  assumed  a  dangerous  aspect,  and  he  was  sent  home  for 
a  short  time  by  order  of  the  brigade  surgeon.  It  is  somewhat 
remarkable  that  although  twice  wounded  in  this,  the  first  battle, 
and  sent  home  on  surgeon's  certificate,  and  the  only  one  of  the 
field  or  staff  who  was  hit,  no  account  of  his  having  been  wounded 
at  all,  was  ever  entered  in  the  published  regimental  history  or 
roster.  The  attention  of  Adjt.-Gen.  Head  was  early  and  repeat- 
edly called  to  the  omission,  and  he  was  profuse  in  his  25romises  ; 
but  by  a  disgraceful  inattention  to  his  ofticial  duties,  or  something 
worse,  the  false  record  (false  because  of  its  omission)  remains  as  it 
was.  If  any  soldier  would  think  this  too  severe,  the  adjt.-gen- 
eral's  lettei's  are  given  in  the  note,t  and,  after  reading  them,  he 

from  the  field.  On  a  siugle  acre,  embracing  the  ground  held  by  the  New 
Hampshire  Eleventh,  as  measured  by  those  who  went  over  to  bury  the 
dead,  tliere  were  six  hundred  and  twenty  dead  men.*  The  conduct  of  the 
regiment  on  that  day  was  the  subject  of  universal  commendation.  The 
address  of  the  general  in  command,  an  extract  from  which  follows,  is 
especially  complimentary  to  the  New  Hampshire  Eleventh,  the  only  '  new 
troops '  in  his  brigade  :  '  To  the  new  troops  who  fought  so  nobly  on  the 
13th,  on  their  first  battle-field,  thanks  are  especially  due ;  they  have  every 
way  proved  themselves  worthy  to  stand  side  by  side  with  the  veterans  of 
the  second  brigade.'  In  this  engagement  the  Eleventh  had  fourteen  killed, 
one  hundred  and  fifty-six  wounded,  and  twenty-four  missing." 

*  This  order  was  to  hold  his  men  in  readiness  to  make  a  charge. 

t  The  letters  were  as  follows  :  — 

Concord,  Eeb.  12,  18G6. 
"Ad.it.  C.  R.  Morrisox,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

"Dear  Sir:  I  am  in  receipt  of  yours  of  this  date,  and  will  see  that 
proper  attention  is  paid  to  the  suggestions  therein  enumerated.  I  should 
be  very  thankful  if  you  would  be  kind  enough  to  furnish  me  with  a  copy 
of  the  'Mirror'  containing  the  History  of  the  11th  Kegt.  as  referred  to 
in  your  letter.  '  Fair  play  '  is  the  fairest  of  all  fair  mottoes,  and  will  be 
strictly  adhered  to,  at  this  oflice,  in  the  execution  of  all  matters. 

"i  am,  Lieut.,  very  truly  yours,  Natt  Head,  Adjt.- General." 

Concord,  March  3,  1866. 
"Adjt.  C.  R.  Morrison,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

"Dear  Sir:  I  return  you  herewith  the  complimentary  certificate  fur- 
nished you  by  Captain  Bacon.  The  fact  of  your  having  been  wounded  at 
the  first  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  is  a  matter  of  permanent  record  in  this 
ottice,  and  will  be  published  in  my  report  for  this  year.  As  far  as  giving 
credit  for  conduct  extraordinary  upon  the  field  of  battle  is  concerned,  I 
would  state  that  just  and  equal  credit  will  be  meted  out  to  all.  In  no 
case  (if  known)  will  any  party  be  excluded,  when  others  receive  credit. 
Such  records  as  I  may  publish,  will  be  done  for  the  purpose  of  rendering 
unbiased  justice  and  subserving  the  interests  of  our  State,  and  not  any 
party  or  clique.     I  remain  as  formerly,  very  truly  yours, 

Natt  Head,  Adjt.-Gen'l." 


*  This  statement  was  made  by  the  order  of  Col.  H. ;  the  adjutant  had 
no  personal  knowledge  in  relation  to  its  correctness. 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  369 

may  characterize  the  transaction  in  words  of  his  own  choosing, 
if  not  too  profane.* 

He  was  wounded  again  at  Spottsylvania,  and  this  time  probably 
because  of  his  solicitude  to  save  the  regiment  from  unnecessary 
exposure.  It  was  late  in  the  battle  of  the  12th  of  May.  The 
regiment  had  been  alternately  fighting  and  at  rest,  but  all  the 
time  more  or  less  exposed.  At  this  particular  time  it  wns  upon 
the  top  of  a  hill  at  the  edge  of  the  Avoods,  close  up  to  the  rebel 
line.  The  men,  although  flat  upon  the  ground,  were  suffering 
severely  from  the  enemy's  fire.  The  adjutant  seeing  this,  rose 
up  and  went  to  Captains  Tilton  and  Cogswell,  who  were  with 
him  on  the  hill,  and  rather  nearer  to  him  than  Cai)tain  Dudley, 
who  was  then  in  command,  told  them  they  Avere  losing  men  fast 
and  doing  nothing,  and  he  thought  the  regiment  should  either 
charge  upon  the  rebel  line,  or  else  be  removed  from  the  crest  of 
the  hill.  They  said  they  understood  General  Grifiin's  order  was 
to  hold  that  ground  ;  to  which  he  replied,  the  order  was  to  hold  the 
ground  they  occupied  when  the  order  was  given,  which  was  a 
little  down  the  slope.  They  Avere  not  inclined  to  interfere,  and 
he  lay  down  at  their  side.  A  moment  later  a  ball  struck  between 
the  two  captains  (their  elboAvs  would  almost  touch).  "By 
George!"  said  Captain  C,  "this  is  pretty  close!"  Another  mo- 
ment, a  loud  voice,  "Stop  firing!"  Avas  heard  at  their  left.  The 
adjutant  raised  up  ujion  his  elboAV  to  see  AA'hat  mischief  Avas 
brcAving  ;  a  heavy  thud,  "  Oh,  I  am  shot !  "  he  said,  and  passed 
immediately  a  short  distance  to  the  rear,  su})posing  himself 
to  be  mortally  Avounded.  He  thought  even  then  for  the  regi- 
ment, and  upon  Captain  Dudley's  coming  to  him  he  strongly 
urged  him  to  at  once  withdraAV  the  regiment  from  the  top  of 
the  hill,  which  he  did,  and  then  detailed  men  to  carry  him 
to  the  surgeon.  The  ball  (a  niinie)  Avas  buried  in  the  wall  of 
the  abdomen,  but  he  could  pick  it  out  himself,  and  noAV  pre- 
serves it  as  a  memento  of  Spottsylvania. f     He  was  carried  over  a 

Concord,  July  13,  1867. 
"  C.  R.  Morrison,  Esq.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

"Dear  Sir:  lu  reply  to  yours  of  yesterday  relative  to  the  omission  of 
the  fact  of  your  being  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  in  ray 
report  for  1866,  I  have  to  say  that  at  the  time  of  the  correspondence  re- 
ferred to  in  yours,  I  instructed  my  then  chief  clerk,  Capt.  Bacon,  to  note 
the  casualty  opposite  your  name  on  the  roster,  so  that  it  might  appear  in 
my  report  for  1866,  but  it  appears  that  he  neglected  to  do  so. 

"I  regret  this  clerical  error,  and  should  I  publish  any  corrections  in 
my  next,  I  will  not  fail  to  insert  this,  as  I  have  now  noted  it  on  the  books, 
and  taken  a  memorandum  of  it. 

"Verj^  respectfully,  Natt  Hf.xx),  Adjutant-General.'' 

*  Captain  Bacon,  In  sending  what  the  adjt. -general  termed  a  compli- 
mentary certificate,  said,  "I  am  pleased  that  he  proposes  to  do  you 
justice;  j'et  I  do  not  expect  it  to  be  done,"  —  a  true  prophet! 

t  His  escape  was  a  narrow  one.  It  had  been  raining,  and  he  had  on 
his  overcoat.  The  ball  passed  through  the  cutis  and  skirts  of  his  coats, 
and  through  his  pants  and  flannels,  thus  breaking  its  force.  This  alone 
Avould  not  have  saved  him.     It  struck  a  brass  button,  by  which  its  course 


370  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

horrible  corduroy  road  to  Fredericksburg;  from  there,  after 
some  days,  to  Washington,  on  his  way  to  Ananpolis.  From  A., 
when  well  enough,  he  went  home  on  a  short  leave  of  absence. 
He  reported  back  to  the  hospital  July  26,  the  next  day  obtained 
permission  (given  with  some  reluctance,  as  he  was  not  strong  yet) 
to  rejoin  his  regiment,  and  arrived  in  camp  on  the  morning  of 
July  31,  the  day  after  the  battle  of  the  "Mine."  "I  am  glad  you 
were  not  here  yesterday,"  said  General  Griffin,  "for  you  could 
have  done  no  good,  and  would  have  been  likely  to  have  been 
hurt."  He  would  have  been  there  if  the  boat  had  not  left  half 
an  hour  earlier  than  usual,  by  which,  much  to  his  vexation  at  the 
time,  he  failed  of  a  passage.  The  regiment  after  that,  though 
often  under  the  fire  of  batteries,  and  from  skirmishers  occasionally, 
was  in  no  pitched  battle  till  his  resignation.  He  did  not  resign 
on  account  of  any  disability.  After  the  siege  of  Knoxville,  worn 
out  by  fatigue  and  exposure  and  privation,  he  was  four  weeks 
in  hospital,  and  if  this  sketch  should  happen  to  meet  Surgeon 
Crosby's  notice,  he  will  know  that  his  great  kindness  there  was 
appreciated.  But  he  recovered,  and  his  health  at  the  time  of  his 
resignation  was  unimpaired.  The  pay  which  he  received  was  not 
sufficient  for  his  supj^ort  with  those  dependent  upon  him.  That 
was  not  the  moving  cause  of  his  resignation.  Colonel  Harriman, 
June  5,  1863,  resigned  to  avoid  the  unpleasantness  of  a  court- 
martial,  upon  charges  preferred  by  Major  Farr  and  others.  He 
was  recommissioned  Aug.  15,  1863,  but  did  not  join  the  regiment 
till  Feb.  24,  1864,  and  was  captured  (?)  May  6,  1864;  although  ex- 
changed Se])t.  12,  1864,  he  did  not  return  to  his  regiment  till 
Nov.  20,  1864.  Major  Farr,  soon  after  he  made  his  charges, 
doubtless  with  his  own  consent,  was  detailed  to  serve  on  court- 
martials,  and  did  not  return  to  his  regiment.*  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Collins  was  killed  May  6.  From  that  time  the  adjutant,  in  the 
prime  of  life  (he  was  forty-five),  was  performing  duty  sometimes 
to  one  captain,  sometimes  to  another,  and  sometimes  to  a  strip- 
ling lieutenant,  and  indeed  the  most  of  the  time  from  June  5, 
1^63,  to  Feb.  24,  1864,  the  regiment  was  under  a  captain.  When 
the  adjutant  came  home  from  Annapolis  Hospital,  after  lie  was 
wounded  at  Spottsylvania,  he  told  the  governor  and  council  that 
he  wished  to  remain  in  the  service,  but  that  his  position  at  his 
time  of  life  was  unpleasant.  He  was  assured  by  Governor  Gil- 
more  that  if  Major  Farr  Avas  promoted,  he  should  be  major  ;  other- 
wise, that  he  should  be  lieutenant-colonel  himself.  He  replied 
that  he  would  be  satisfied  with  either,  bade  him  good-bye,  and 
returned  to  his   regiment.     But  instead.  Captain  Cogswell   was 

was  turned,  so  that  it  did  not  strilie  by  tlie  pointed  end,  but  by  its  length, 
and  in  consequence  the  resisting  surface,  instead  of  being  a  fourth  of  an 
inch,  was  an  inch,  —  otherwise  it  must  have  passed  through.  There  is  a 
deep,  brassy  cut  in  the  end  of  the  ball,  made  by  the  button. 

*  He  saw  no  service  in  the  field  after  Aug.  ll^  1863.  Quartermaster 
Briggs  left  with  him,  having  resigned  Aug.  1,  18G3.  The  chaplain.  Rev. 
Frank  A.  Stratton,  resigned  May  5,  1863.  The  surgeon,  Jonathan  S. 
Ross,  was  discharged  for  disability,  Dec.  7,  1864. 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  371 

commissioned  lieiiteiiant-colonel,  Aug.  20.  This  was  by  the  inter- 
ference of  Col.  H.  Nothing  should  be  said  against  Captain*  Cogs- 
well, for  he  was  a  very  good  officer,  though  not  better  than  others 
in  the  regiment.  Col.  H.  had  not  been  very  magnanimous  to  any 
of  his  olticers.  When,  after  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Gen- 
eral Ferrero,  his  brigade  commander,  desired  him  to  designate 
officers  whom  he  deemed  worthy  of  special  commendation,  he  re- 
plied that  he  could  not  distinguish  between  them  ;  and  conse- 
quently none  of  them  obtained  any  reconnnendation  to  the 
superior  commander.  And  it  is  a  notable  fact,  that  besides  the 
colonel  himself,  and  two  lieutenants  who  were  at  brigade  or  divis- 
ion headquarters,  not  an  officer  of  his  regiment  was  brevetted 
during  the  war.  There  was  a  score  of  them  as  much  entitled,  to 
say  the  least,  as  himself,  if  "gallant  conduct"  were  the  test.  But' 
to  return :  there  was  no  occasion  for  Adjutant  Morrison  to  remain 
as  adjutant,  for  there  was  an  excess  of  officers  in  proportion  to 
men.  At  his  monthly  report  for  August,  1864,  there  Avere  present 
for  duty  and  extra  duty  337  enlisted  men,  and  twenty  officers,  or 
one  officer  to  sixteen  men.  In  a  full  regiment,  the  proportion  is 
one  in  twenty-six.  He  had  remained  long  enough  f  to  show  his 
devotion  to  the  cause.  He  resigned,  and  younger  officers,  glad 
of  the  opportunity,  by  assignment,  discharged  the  duties  of  a'dju- 
tant,  but  no  other  person  was  ever  mustered  in  as  adjutant. 

He  for  the  third  time  entered  upon  the  practice  of  the  law, 
not  at  Nashua,  which,  for  six  years  preceding  his  entering  the  army, 
had  been  his  home,  but  at  Manchester ;  and  by  the  usual  courtesy 
was  called  Judge  Morrison,  except  by  officers  and  soldiers  of  the 
11th,  who  call  him  Adjutant,  still.  Within  about  seven  years  of 
his  return,  he  prepared  and  published,  successively,  a  "  Digest  of 
the  N.  H.  Reports,"  a  "Town  Officer,"  a  "Justice  and  Sheriff  and 
Attorney's  Assistant,"  a  "  Probate  Directory,"  and  a  "  Digest  of 
the  Laws  relating  to  Common  Schools."  Since  then  he  has  been 
engaged  as  other  lawyers,  as  occasion  requires. 

His  political  opinions  were  definitely  formed  when  he  was  a  stu- 
dent-at-law,  and  from  careful  reading  and  reflection.  His  views  of 
the  nature  of  our  complex  government  were  such  as  to  lead  him  to 
act  with  the  Democratic  party  unless,  as  was  sometimes  tlie  case,  the 
public  welfare  would  not,  in  his  judgment,  be  thereby  promoted ; 
and  in  all  such  cases  he  did  not  hesitate  to  follow  his  own  convic- 
tions. To  friends  who  on  different  occasions  told  him  that  his 
independent  action  would  destroy  all  hope  of  advancement,  lie 
replied  that  he  felt  bound  to  the  same  honesty  in  political  matters 
as  in  private  life ;  from  that  rule  he  never  swerved.  They  were 
correct.  Political  office  he  did  not  seek,  and  never  held.  He 
was  ousted  from  his   judicial  office  without  cause  and  against 

*  He  was  honorably  discharged  as  captain  May  26,  1865,  never  haviu"- 
been  mustered  as  lieut.-colonel,  —  tlie  regiment  being  too  small  to  admit 
of  it. 

t  His  entire  service  in  the  field  was  as  long  as  that  of  Col.  H.  (even 
counting  the  time  the  latter  was  a  prisoner),  as  long  as  that  of  most  of 
the  captains,  and  longer  than  that  of  the  lieut.-col.  or  major. 


372  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON, 

right.  And  when  in  after  years,  in  the  kaleidoscope  shifting  of 
courts,  appointments  were  to  be  made,  he  was  too  much  of  a 
Democrat  to  be  appointed  as  a  Republican,  and  too  much  of  a 
Republican  to  be  appointed  as  a  Democrat.  But  one  who  would 
preserve  his  integrity  and  independence  and  self-respect,  must  be 
content  to  pay  their  price.  And  is  the  price  too  great  ?  In  1 S38, 
while  teaching  at  Littleton,  he  signed  a  i^etition  for  the  abolition 
of  slavery  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  gave  his  name  for 
membership  in  a  society  for  the  abolition  of  slavery.  But  when 
Parker  Pillsbury,  Thomas  C,  Beach,  and  others  in  convention  at 
that  place,  made  known  their  views  and  purposes,  he  withdrew 
his  name  as  a  member,  and  ever  after  regarded  the' whole  Garrison 
school,  who  were  seeking  their  end  reckless  of  means  and  con- 
sequences, as  enemies  of  their  country  and  of  mankind.  They 
have  since  been  canonized !  He  voted  for  Van  Buren  in  1840, 
for  Polk  in  1844,  for  Pierce  in  1852,  for  Buchanan  in  1856,  for 
Douglass  in  1860  (in  1864  he  was  not  a  voter),  for  Seymour  in 
1868,  for  Greeley  in  1872,  for  Tilden  in  1876;  and  he  hopes  to 
live  to  vote  for  Hancock  in  1880,  —  not  merely  or  principally  for 
his  splendid  military  achievements,  but  for  his  clear  appreciation 
of  the  principles  of  our  constitutional  government,  and  devotion 
to  them.  He  did  not  vote  for  Cass  in  1848,  but  because  of  his 
Nicholson  letter,  spoke  and  voted  against  him,  and  for  Van  Buren 
and  Adams.  He  was  outspoken  in  his  condemnation  of  the 
repeal  of  the  Missouri  Compromise,  and  wrote  an  earnest  letter 
to  his  cousin,  G.  W.  Morrison,  then  in  Congress,  to  stand  firm  in 
his  opposition  to  it.  And  while  many  leading  Democrats  were 
hesitating,  or  hostile  to  the  use  of  force  for  the  preservation  of 
the  Union,  he  was,  from  the  firing  of  the  first  gun  upon  Sumter, 
for  the  use  of  all  the  force  necessary  to  compel  submission  to  the 
constitution.  He  did  not  vote  for  Hubbard  for  governor  in 
1843,  because  of  his  Curry  letter  denying  the  constitutionality  of 
the  railroad  law.  He  voted  for  White  with  Isaac  Hill,  and  wrote 
an  article  in  Hill's  paper  vindicating  the  law.  He  did  not 
vote  for  Marcy  in  1876,  but  because  of  the  "Senate  steal," 
and  its  endorsement  by  tlie  Democratic  convention,  stayed  away 
from  the  polls.  He  wrote  against  the  reconstruction  acts  and 
other  measures  confessed  to  be  "outside  of  the  constitution"; 
and  being  called  *  to  preside  at  the  Democratic  convention,  Feb. 
7,  1866,  in  his  opening  address,  denounced  Thad.  Stevens  as  a 
"hoary-headed  traitor."  He  could  not  understand  why  Union 
men,  any  more  than  Rebels,  should  be  permitted  to  act  in  defiance 
of  their  Charter.  He  had  fought  to  uphold  constitutional  govern- 
ment, not  to  create  a  despotism.  On  the  other  hand,  while  the 
Democratic  party  was  voting  solid  against  the  constitutional 
amendments,  he  wrote  an  article  in  the  Manchester  Union  in 
favor  of   their  adoption.     Never   a  "  politician,"  and  rarely  at- 

*  He  had  uo  intimation  of  it  till  ten  o'clock  of  the  evening  before,  and 
his  address  was  wholly  extemporaneous. 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  373 

tending  a  caucus,  he  always  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  great 
questions  of  polity  and  government,  writing  frequent  articles  for 
newspapers,  and  also  on  two  important  occasions  at  least  (the 
last,  Jan,  17,  1877)  the  principal  resolutions  which  were  passed 
by  the  Democratic  State  Convention.* 

His  temperance  principles  have  been  sufficiently  indicated,  and 
his  practice  has  conformed  to  them.  Upon  the  great  question  of 
every  man's  life,  he  was  serious  and  sober-minded  from  his  child- 
hood, never  profane,  and  always  keeping  the  Sabbath,  as  would 
be  expected  of  most  boys  with  such  a  parentage.  The  only  time 
his  father  talked  with  him  alone,  upon  the  subject  of  personal 
religion,  was  when  he  told  him  he  could  not  conceive  Avhat  his 
feelings  were  when  he  saw  him  about  to  be  crushed  by  the  run- 
ning log,  and  no  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  being  prepared  to 
die.  But  it  was  not  until  he  Avas  at  Xewbury  Seminary  that  he 
was  strongly  moved.  He  was  brought  to  death's  door  while  there 
by  typhoid  fever,t  and  when  he  recovered  from  it  remembered 
how  poor  a  place  a  sick  bed  was,  for  thought  or  action  upon  such 
a  subject.  For  months  he  was  distressed,  thinking  at  one  time 
he  found  light,  but  relapsing  into  doubt  and  indifference,  and 
engaging  more  earnestly  in  his  studies.  He  had  been  observed, 
and  the  principal,  Mr.  Adams,  came  to  his  room.  "  Morrison, 
you  are  busy  wath  your  studies,  as  usual."     "  Yes."     "  Hoav  is  it 

*  The  resolutions  declared,  among  other  things,  that  by  the  express 
language  of  the  constituuon  the  per.son  having  the  greatest  number  of 
votes  for  president  (if  such  number  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  number 
of  electors  appointed)  "shall  be  president,"  and  that  it  is  not  within  the 
constitutional  powers  of  the  president  of  the  senate  or  of  either  or  of 
both  houses  of  congress  to  deprive  him  of  his  rights,  and  also  "that  the 
supreme  court  of  the  United  States,  upon  suits  at  law  or  equity  regularly 
brought,  is  the  final  judge  in  a  disputed  presidential  election."  These  are 
the  views  which  he  had  advocated.  Two  days  after  he  was  interviewed 
with  others  at  Manchester  by  the  corres()ondent  of  the  Boston  associated 
press,  as  to  his  views  of  the  electoral  college  bill,  with  the  result  tele- 
graphed :  "The  first  gentleman  interviewed  was  Hon.  Charles  R.  Mor- 
rison, a  leading  lawyer  of  the  State,  who  has  given  the  subject  much 
thought,  and  is  the  author  of  a  series  of  articles  which  have  appeared  in 
the  Daily  Union  on  the  complicated  questions  growing  out  of  the  presi- 
dential contest.  He  is  a  Democrat  of  long  standing,  and  is  opposed  to 
the  first  section  of  the  bill.  ...  He  was  also  opposed  to  the  feature 
adding  the  supreme  court."  In  addition  to  objections  thus  stated, 
Judge  Morrison  telegraphed  and  wrote  to  Speaker  Randall  his  fears,  that 
by  the  bill,  as  framed,  there  could  be,  or  would  be,  no  going  behind  the 
returns  to  inquire  into  frauds  and  irregularities.  But  the  State  com- 
mittee, on  the  other  hand,  telegraphed  to  the  N.  H.  delegation  to  sustain 
the  bill. 

t  He  was  sinking  after  the  fever  left  him.  His  father  put  him  upon  a 
bed  in  a  carriage,  gave  him  some  brandy  or  other  spirit,  and  drove  fast  to 
his  home.  Dr.  French,  the  family  physician,  was  waiting.  He  tried  his 
skill,  but  no  use.  He  then  reluctantly  consented  to  the  use  of  stimulants, 
first  wine,  which  had  no  effect,  and  Iheu  West  India  rum,  which  did  the 
business.  The  patient  used  it  until  oue  day  he  staggered  a  little  from  its 
effect,  when  the  wise  doctor  said,  "Cut  oft"  the  tap!  I  had  rather  he 
should  die  now  than  die  a  dnuikard."  They  did  cut  off  the  tap,  for  which 
the  patient  has  often  been  grateful. 


374  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

as  to  your  being  a  Christian  ?  "  "  I  don't  think  I  am."  "  I  think 
if  you  don't  become  one  now,  you  never  will."  "  I  am  inclined 
to  think  so  too."  "  Why  not  begin  now  ?"  After  a  moment,  "I 
will."  No  more  was  said.  His  room-mates,  who  had  heard  the 
conversation,  at  night  asked  him  to  pray  Avith  them,  and  he  did 
so.  A  few  months  after  he  united  Avith  the  Congregational 
church  at  Bath ;  and  since  that  time  has  always  been  a  member 
of  some  church  of  that  denomination  in  the  place  of  his  residence. 
Upon  presenting  himself  for  admission,  he  told  the  church  that 
he  did  not  accept  the  Calvinistic  doctrine  of  election  and  predes- 
tination, but  with  that  exception,  if  exception  it  was,  his  views  were 
in  accord  with  their  "  Articles  of  Faith."  And  now,  after  f()rty 
years,  his  doctrinal  opinions,  with  a  single  exception,  remain  un- 
changed, but  from  reading  and  his  own  experience  deepened  and 
strengthened.  The  single  exception  is,  as  to  the  eternity  of  suffer- 
ing in  the  individual.  Forty  yeai's  ago,  he  said,  the  wicked  after 
death  will  keep  on  sinning,  and  therefore  will  always  suffer.  Now 
he  says  the  soul  is  not  necessarily  immortal,  for  God  "only  hath 
immortality."  The  punishment  of  the  Avicked  will  be  everlasting, 
in  the  sense  there  Avill  be  no  recovery  from  it ;  but  probably 
not  in  the  sense  of  an  eternal  existence  in  conscious  suffering. 
"  The  soul  that  sinneth  it  shcdl  dieP  An  infinite  loss,  and  a  dying 
and  a  death.,  as  real  as  the  death  of  the  body  (not  annihilation 
necessarily)  at  such  time  as  infinite  Avisdom  and  justice  shall 
determine. 

He  is  still  vigorous  and  engaged  in  his  profession.  His  step  is 
elastic,  and  very  fcAV  in  Avalking  keep  up  with  him  ;  and  Avith  an 
out-door  life,  he  might  expect  to  reach  his  mother's  years.  He  is 
now,  at  sixty-tAVO,  five  feet  nine  inches  and  three  quarters,  Avith  a 
reach*  of  six  feet  two  and  one  half  inches  Avith  arms  extended, 
shoAving  his  breadth  of  chest  and  length  of  arms,  and  Aveighs  one 
hundred  and  sixty-five.  He  has  dark  hair  and  eyes  after  his 
mother,  but  an  unmistakable  "  Morrison  nose."  He  was  married 
Dec.  22, 1842,  to  Susan  Fitch,t  of  Littleton,  whom  he  there  found 

*  As  showini?  the  diftereuce,  his  next-door  neighbor,  John  Foster,  Esq., 
Avho  is  two  and  a  half  inches  taller,  measured  in  the  same  way,  is  lialf 
an  inch  less. 

t  She  was  the  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Susanna  (Fuller)  Fitch.  He 
Avas  the  oldest  son  of  Deacon  Moses  and  Rachel  (Stearns)  Fitch,  both  of 
Bedford,  Mass.,  and  Avas  born  at  Bedford,  Nov.  8,  1788.  Deacon  Fitch 
Avas  a  soldier  in  the  RevolutionarA'  Avar;  he  Avas  Avounded  at  the  battle  of 
White  Plains.  Susanna  Fuller  Avas  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(Parks)  Fuller,  and  was  born  at  Charlestown,  N.  H.j  July  30,  1789. 
Susan  Fitch,  of  Littleton,  the  Avife  of  Judge  Morrison,  and  Maria  Fitch, 
of  Thetford,  Vt.,  the  Avife  of  Hon.  G.  W.  "Morrison,  though  bearing  the 
same  name,  are  not  related.  They  are  intimate  friends,  and  have  many 
traits  of  character  in  common,  and  the  author  may  be  permitted  to  say  of 
each,  that  she  is  possessed  of  every  excellence  that  adorns  the  character 
of  a  devoted  daughter,  Avife,  friend,  and  an  intelligent  and  earnest  Chris- 
tian woman,  fitted  for  any  station  in  life,  Avhether  the  humblest  or  most 
exalted.  Less  than  this  should  not  be  said  of  either,  and  more  is  un- 
necessary. 


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a  successful  and  popular  school-teacher.  In  writing  this  chapter, 
and  in  many  literary  and  professional  labors,  she  has  been  his 
amanuensis,  and  has  not  unfrequently  helped  him  to  the  best 
thought,  and  tlie  word  to  express  it, 

257.  Dea.  George  Morrison,  of  Bath,  the  fourth  son,  was, 
when  small,  placed  one  summer  in  the  family  of  Deacon  Barrett, 
of  Franconia.  He  was  a  saintly  man,  of  good,  strong  common- 
sense,  but  with  peculiarities  of  manner.  He  was  lame  and  limp- 
ing from  a  wound  received  in  the  service  of  his  country  ;  illiter- 
ate and  ungrammatical  from  the  want  of  early  advantages  ;  and 
he  had  the  tone  peculiar  to  the  Freewill  Baptists  in  some  sections, 
formerly.  As  George  was  a  smart,  handsome,  sprightly  boy,  and 
the  worthy  couple  had  no  children  and  were  in  good  circum- 
stances, they  desired  to  adopt  him.  But  when  he  came  home  in 
the  fall,  he  had  the  limj),  broken  speech,  tone,  and  awkwardness 
of  the  good  deacon  to  perfection  ;  and  his  sister  Mary,  laughing 
and  half  crying,  put  down  her  foot,  which,  if  small,  was  heavy, 
that  he  should  not  go  back  ;  and  he  never  did,  much  to  the  grief 
of  the  old  couple.  His  father  taught  him  his  trade  ;  and  with  a 
natural  aptitude  for  it,  made  him  a  very  good  workman,  and  he 
followed  the  business  for  some  years.  But  a  pulmonary  tendency 
was  develoi)ed,  and  he  left  the  shop,  and,  like  his  father,  was  for 
about  as  many  years,  and  in  the  same  localities,  a  deputy  sheriff. 
With  less  of  strength  and  physical  power,  he  had  all  of  his 
father's  courage,  going  unarmed,  and  making  arrests  of  all  grades 
of  criminals,  from  petty  thieves  to  murderers,  and  never  had  a 
prisoner  escape  from  his  custody.  For  the  last  few  years  he  has 
had  the  oversight  of  an  excellent  farm,  carried  on  by  his  tenants, 
and  has  been  engaged  in  stock-raising,  and  business  connected 
with  legal  proceedings.  He  is  at  the  present  time  judge  of 
the  police  court  of  his  native  town.  His  father  willed  him  the 
homestead,  conditioned  upon  the  support  of  his  mother.  With 
the  depreciation  in  property,  and  her  misfortune,  it  proved  inade- 
quate, and  his  brothers,  as  they  ought,  contributed,  and  she  was 
tenderly  cared  for  at  his  home  till  her  death.  Aug.  30,  1868, 
he  married  Susan  Ricker,  daughter  of  the  Ebenezer  Ricker*  men- 
tioned in  my  father's  sketch.  Both  of  them  have  been  for  many 
years  most  efficient  members  of  the  Congregational  church  at 
Bath,  of  which  he  is  also  a  deacon,  and  she  a  veritable  helpmeet 
in  the  same  work.     They  are  "given  to  hospitality,"  and  their 

*  Mr.  Ricker  was  a  prominent  and  much  esteemed  citizen  of  Bath, 
whore  lie  lived  until  after  his  children  married,  Avhen  he  made  his  home 
with  them.  His  sons,  Jacob,  Alec,  and  Drew,  settled  in  Ohio.  Of  his 
dauiihters,  Sally  married  Mr.  Hosford;  Ilittie,  Mr.  Smith,  both  of  Bath; 
Nancy,  Mr.  StuVtevant,  of  Sprinytield,  Mass. ;  Susan,  as  stated  in  the  text, 
and  Augusta,  Edward  Jordan,  now  a  lawyer  of  New  York  City,  but  for 
many  years  solicitor  of  the  treasury  at  Washington,  D.  C,  iu  whose 
family  Betsey,  the  remaining  daughter,  has  resided.  The  families  were 
always  the  more  intimate  from  the  circumstances  under  which  Mr.  Kieker 
and  my  father  came  into  the  church. 

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376  CHARTER    SAMUEL    MORISON. 

house    is    a  pleasant    home  for  ministers,  relatives,  and   a  wide 
circle  of  friends.     §§  29,  201. 

258.  Capt.  James  Swan  Morkisox,  the  fourth  son,  Avas  born  at 
Bath  Upper  Village,  Oct.  30,  1825.  During  his  minority  he  at- 
tended the  common  and  select  schools  of  the  villages,  and  worked  in 
the  shop  with  his  father  and  brother.  After  he  was  twenty-one  he 
attended  the  Haverhill  Academy  several  terms,  and  studied  civil 
engineering.  His  first  work  in  his  ])rofession  was  under  J.  S. 
Gregg,  in  the  survey  of  the  White  Mountains  llailroad.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1849,  he  went  to  Ohio,  teaching  at  Franklin  Furnace  for 
several  months,  and  finding  some  employment  in  his  profession 
under  a  Mr.  Williams,  who  hailed  from  Lancaster,  N.  H.  Mr. 
Gregg  had  a  position  on  the  North  Carolina  Railroad,  and  wrote 
to  his  friend,  inviting  him  to  that  State.  This  letter  determined 
his  course  of  life,  and  made  him  a  Southerner.  He  left  Franklin  Fur- 
nace for  Greensboro',  N.  C.,Oct.  16, 1850.  From  that  time  till  May, 
1860,  about  ten  years,  he  was,  Avith  the  exception  of  a  few  months, 
employed  in  North  Carolina  as  engineer  on  the  N.  C.  R.  R.,  the  W. 
N.  C.  "R.  R.,  and  the  Greenville  and  French  Broad  R.  R.  He  had 
a  few  months  of  rest,  and  in  1859  was  a  short  time  engineer  on  the 
Ashville  and  Spartanburg  (S.  C.)  R.  R.  He  had  by  this  time  be- 
come identified  with  the  South,  although  never  owning  slaves,  and 
he  adopted  with  some  qualifications  the  Calhoun  docti'ine  of  State 
rights.  "I  believed,"  he  says,  under  date  of  Aug.  9,  1880,  "  that 
a  State  had  the  right,  under  some  circumstances,  to  secede,  but 
thought  South  Carolina  hasty,  and  regretted  her  action  at  the 
time."  Such  was  also  the  tenor  of  his  letters,  so  that  his 
brother,  to  whom  they  were  addressed,  was  not  surprised  at  his 
entering  the  confederate  service.  Those  who  have  not  thought 
at  all  upon  the  subject,  or,  if  they  have,  upon  one  side  only,  may 
think  it  strange  that  a  Northern  man,  even  after  ten  years  of 
Southern  citizenship,  could  believe  in  the  right  of  secession.  His 
brother,  who  had  examined  both  sides,  while  assured  in  his  own 
convictions,  has  no  doubt  his  younger  brother  was  equally  sincere. 
And  no  one  can  fully  understand  and  appreciate  the  heroic  cour- 
age of  the  great  body  of  the  South,  who  does  not  accord  to  them 
what  the  truth  requires,  that  they  believed  their  cause  was  just. 

Adjutant  Morrison,  upon  entering  East  Tennessee,  made 
inquiries  for  his  brother,  and  was  told  at  one  time  that  he 
was  a  colonel,  and  had  just  been  married  under  a  flag  of  truce ; 
and  at  another  that  he  was  a  captain,  and  had  just  been  hanged. 
He  took  the  first  opportunity  to  go  by  railroad  from  Knoxville 
to  Morristown,  the  place  of  his  brother's  residence  when  last. 
heard  from,  and  in  a  letter  to  his  wife  of  Nov.  1,  1863,  gave 
the  result.  When  once  in  the  cars,  there  were  several  who 
could  tell  me  all  about  him.  Says  one,  "Had  he  sandy  hair?" 
"  Not  quite,  approaching  it,  light  hair  "  ;  and  another,  "  Was  he 
tall?"  "Yes,  six  feet  or  over."  "Did  he  come  from  North 
Carolina  to  Morristown  ?  "  "  Yes."  "  Was  he  a  single  man  ?  " 
"Yes."     One  of  them  said   that  Mr.  Morrison  could  walk  the 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  377 

fastest  of  any  man  he  ever  saw ;  and  so  they  went  on.  There 
could  be  no  doubt  whatever  of  the  identity ;  all  agreed  that  he 
was  in  the  rebel  service.  All  said  if  I  was  half  as  likely  a 
man  as  he  Avas,  I  must  be  a  pretty  clever  fellow ;  and  such  was 
the  uniform  statement  at  Morristown,  and  I  talked  with  the 
leading  men  there  on  both  sides.  At  M.  I  found  a  colored 
man  who  had  deserted  a  short  time  before,  and  learned  from 
him  that  James  was  then  acting  as  first  lieutenant  in  Capt.  R.  C. 
McCalla's  company  of  Sappers  and  Miners.  This  information  was 
correct.  It  was  Co.  A,  3d  Regt.  Eng.  Troops,  which  was 
generally  under  General  Bragg.  McCalla*  was  chief  engineer  of 
the  road  which  Lieutenant  Morrison  had  been  employed  upon 
for  some  time.  Tlie  latter  entered  the  service  in  July,  1862. 
After  the  siege  of  Knoxville  was  raised,  a  portion  of  Longstreet's 
army  was  followed  through  Morristown.  Adjt.  M.  went  straight 
to  his  brother's  boarding-place,  and  found  his  brother  left  it  that 
morning.  He  wrote  a  letter  for  him,  saying,  "  What  did  you 
leave  for  just  as  I  was  coming  V"  In  a  few  days  the  place  was 
again  in  the  hands  of  the  rebels,  and  in  due  time  the  answer, 
"  I  left  because  I  did  not  like  the  company  you  were  in.  ...  If 
you  have  any  boots  to  spare,  and  they  are  not  contraband  of  war, 
leave  them  for  me."  The  brothers  did  not  meet  during  the  war, 
although  for  months  near  each  other,  and  several  times  at  the  same 
place  only  a  few  hours  apart.  Lieutenant  Morrison,  while  in  the 
confederate  service,  was  emploj'ed  almost  exclusively  in  building 
and  repairing  bridges  and  railroads  for  the  passage  of  troops.  He 
was  at  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  and  seemed  in  a  fair  way  to  get 
into  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  but  about  fifteen  minutes  before  Cley- 
born's  Division  (from  which  his  company  was  made  up)  went  into 
the  charge,  his  company  was  ordered  to  Alexander's  Bridge  to 
repair  it.  In  a  skirmish  on  another  occasion,  his  company  lost 
three  men.f  He  was  in  Bragg's  army  principally,  but  surrendered 
with  Joe  Johnston  at  Greensboro',  N.  C.  Since  then  he  has 
been  employed  in  the  survey  and  construction  of  railroads  in 
North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Virginia,  East  Tennessee,  and 
Kentucky.  He  is  now  division  engineer  on  the  Elizabeth- 
town,  Lexington,  and  Big  Sandy  Railroad.  He  has  charge 
of  fifty  miles  of  the  line,  with  his  present  headquarters  at 
Morehead,  Rowan  County,  Kentucky,  and  a  more  reliable 
ofiicer  is  not  to  be  found  in  the  country.  He  visited  his  ]S[ew 
Hampshire  home  in  1853,  a  short  time  before  his  father's  death, 

*  McCalla  eulisted  in  1861  without  his  knowledge,  leaving-  him  in  charge 
of  the  road.  As  soon  as  this  was  known  to  him,  he  claimed  that  it  was  his 
place  to  go  rather  than  his  chief,  as  the  latter  had  a  wife  and  two  or  three 
childreUjbnt  McCalla  wonld  not  hear  a  word  of  it. 

t  His  company  was  at  Lynchburg  at  the  time  of  Lee's  surrender.  They 
were  told  to  "  get  out "  as  l)est  they  could,  and  four  or  rive  went  with  him 
to  Greensboro',  N.  C,  and  on  their  way  found  a  family  of  Morrisons,  who 
provided  generously  for  their  wants,  and  sent  them  on  their  way  to  join 
Joe  Johnson's  army.  "Not  till  Johnson's  surrender,"  he  says,  "did  I 
give  up  that  it  was  a  hopeless  case." 


378  CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISON. 

which  occurred  July  17,  1853,  and  again  in  1858.  In  1871,  with 
health  much  impaired  from  severe  sickness,  he  started,  with  his 
wife,  and  little  daughter  Mary,  who  died  on  the  passage.  They 
turned  back  to  Greensboro'  to  bury  her ;  but  after  a  few  days' 
rest,  again  turned  their  face  northward,  and  received  a  very  warm 
welcome.  From  June  till  December,  1871,  as  his  health  improved, 
he  was  employed  by  the  B.,  C.  &  M.  Kailroad  in  surveys  at  Woods- 
ville  and  Littleton,  Bethlehem  and  Franconia.  He  then  returned 
to  his  southern  home.  His  wife  was  Eliza  G.  Gumming,*  of  Greens- 
boro', K".  C.,  an  intelligent  and  accomplished  southern  lady,  winning 
many  friends  wherever  she  goes,  north  as  well  as  south.  They  were 
married  at  Greensboro',  Oct.  18, 1865.  They  have  had  three  chil- 
dren :  Willie  C.,  Mary  L.,  and  Eleanor  S.,  of  whom  the  latter  only 
now  survives.  She  was  born  in  Kentucky,  Oct.  18,  1873.  His 
physique  f  appears  from  the  conversation  in  the  cars  on  the  route 
to  Morristown.  He  is  of  more  than  ordinary  mental  power 
and  intelligence,  and  of  unswerving  integrity;  a  true  man  in  all 
the  relations  of  life,  and  an  exemjilary  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  with  which  he  united  in  1852.     §§  29,  91,  201. 

259.  "Tell  Henry,"  wrote  Franklin  in  his  last  letter,  "to  be  a 
good  boy  till  I  come  home."  I  cannot  describe  him  except  that 
he  was  as  beautiful  and  interesting  as  any  child  can  well  be  con- 
ceived of.  After  Franklin's  death  (ISTov.  17,  1831),  even  more 
than  before,  the  love  of  father  and  mother,  sister  and  brothers, 
was  lavished  upon  him.  Mary  took  him  in  special  charge.  She 
tauglit  him  his  evening  prayer,  and  to  point  his  finger  up  to  the 
bright  heavens,  and  told  him  of  God  who  made  them  all.  And 
instructed  by  her,  "Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep,"  "Twinkle, 
twinkle,  little  star,"  were  recited  with  inimitable  grace.  Every 
motion  was  graceful;  and  she  called  him  "the  gentleman."  His 
brothers  one  day  were  permitted  to  take  him  with  them  to  their 
Avork,  a  mile  away.  He  watched  them  awhile,  and  then  said  in  a 
piteous  tone,  "I  die  ;  I  die."  The  dear  fellow  meant  that  he  was 
sick,  and  we  carried  him  home.  That  night  I  dreamed  that  he 
Avas  dead,  and  that,  sent  by  my  father,  I  was  carrying  the  measure 
to  the  lower  village  for  his  coffin;  and  so  it  proved  to  the  letter. 
No  skill  or  love  or  prayers  could  save  him.  It  was  scarlet  fever 
that  was  on  him,  and  what  is  somcAvhat  remarkable,  the  only  case 
in  tOAvn.  He  died  Sept.  29,  1832,  tAvo  months  and  eight  days 
short  of  four  years  of  age.  Thus,  the  first-born  and  the  youngest 
son  Avere  taken  from  our  stricken  home  Avithin  less  than  a  year. 
§  29,  253. 

260.  Eleanor  G.,  the  youngest  daughter,  has  her  father's  spirit 
and  features,  and  the  comeliness  of  her  grandmother.  She  at- 
tended the  academy  at  Haverhill  a  Avhile,  and  Avas  teaching  in 

*  One  of  her  brothers,  Capt.  J.  D.  Cummins;,  commauded  batteries  at 
Petersburg  at  the  time  of  the  "  Mine  "  assault  in  1864.  He  is  now  a  com- 
mission merchant  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

t  lie  writes  that  he  is  live  feet  eleven  inches. 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GEXERATION.  379 

that  town  at  the  time  of  her  father's  death.  After  that  event,  for 
two  or  three  years,  she  attended  the  academy  at  Thetford  for 
general  instrnction,  and  in  the  family  of  Professor  Dana  at  Dan- 
ville for  vocal  and  instrumental  music.  Since  she  left  Danville 
(and  iintil  recently),  she  has  been  a  successful  teacher  at  Eockland 
Lake  and  Nyack,  X .  Y.,  and  Newark,  N.  J.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  at  jS"ewark,  IST.  J.,  but  lier  first  mem- 
bership was  in  the  Congregational  church  at  Bath,  X.  H.,  her 
native  place.  She  is  now  Avith  her  brothers  in  New  Hampshire. 
§§  29,  176,  201. 

261.  Welman,  the  only  son  of  my  uncle  Robert,  was  like  his 
father,  about  six  feet,  with  prominent  forehead,  light  blue  eyes, 
and  of  an  engaging  manner  and  address.  He  had,  however, 
perhaps  from  ill-health,  little  of  the  Scotch-Irish' grit,  and  failed 
in  everything  but  painting.  He  was  at  last  a  portrait  and  land- 
scape painter,  and  some  of  his  landscape  sketches,  particularly  of 
localities  in  Campton,  his  native  town,  and  about  Lake  Memphre- 
magog,  are  very  fine.  He  died  of  consumption  at  Mass.  Gen. 
Hospital,  April*  18,  1857,  and  was  laid  by  his  mother's  side  at 
Reading,  Mass.     §§  30,  202. 

262.  Ltjcinda  A.,  the  oldest  child  of  Charles  and  Charlotte 
(Morrison)  Thorpe,  was  the  wife  of  James  G.  Daniels,  of  Conesus, 
N.  Y.  She  died  Feb.  13,  1876,  and  the  incomplete  record  of  her 
children  and  grandchildren  is  kindly  furnished  by  William  P. 
Boyd,  of  the  Avell-known  printing-ottice  at  Conesus.  Her  children 
were,  John,  Eunice,  Charles,  Elizabeth,  Electa,  Abel  Stevens,  Char- 
lotte, and  Frederick.     §§  31,  92,  203. 

263.  Seymour  N.,  the  oldest  son,  is  a  prominent  and  much  re- 
spected citizen  of  Conesus,  where  he  has  held  several  town  offices. 
He  was  born  Feb.  1,  1818,  and  now,  at  sixty-two,  is  a  vigorous, 
industrious,  and  prosperous  farmer.  He  is  one  of  the  heavy 
weights  (three  hundred  and  seven),  but  not  yet  quite  up  to  Judge 
David  Davis.  He  married  Emma  Dean,  by  whom  two  children, 
Jardell  and  Carrie.     §§31,93,203. 

264.  Mary  Ann,  the  third  daughter,  is  the  wife  of  Matthew 
Allen,  of  Conesus ;  and  her  very  interesting  sketch  of  her  mother 
is  a  mirror  in  which  is  seen,  not  her  mother  only,  but  herself;  a 
capable,  warm-hearted,  womanly  woman.  Two  years  ago,  in  an 
interesting  letter  from  her,  she  wrote,  "My  mother  resembled 
your  father  very  much;  .  .  .  and  if  you  ever  visit  here,  you 
will  find  your  father's  picture  adorns  the  walls  of  my  daughter's 
drawing-rooms." 

265.  Stira  Elizabeth,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  proved, 
upon  her  visit,  to  be  a  very  companionable,  intelligent,  and 
sprightly  woman.  She  married  John  McVicar,  of  Conesus.  Her 
oldest  sou,  George  C,  is  not  living;  Frances,  her  oldest  daughter, 
married  CharlesR.  Austin;  and  she  herself  has  now  her  youngest 
son,  John,  living  with  her  on  her  pleasant  farm  at  Conesus.  §§  31, 
95,  323. 


380  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

266.  Abraham  P.  Ball  is  a  grandson  of  John  Morrison, 
grandson  of  Charter  Samuel,  and  lives  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y. 
His  wife  was  Lois  Priest.  They  have  six  children:  Margaret, 
Jane,  Hannah  E.,  Emeline,  Nancy  E.,  and  William  J.,  and  twelve 
or  more  grandchildren.     §§  4,  9,  33,  96. 

267.  Two  daughters,  grandchildren  of  said  John  Morrison,  are 
said  to  be  now  living  at  Harris  Corners,  New  Castle  Co.,  Del. 
§§  9,  35. 

268.  John  H.,  another  grandson,  is  in  trade  at  Fultonville, 
Montgomery  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Mount)  Morrison,  and  was  born  Nov.  21,  1832,  at  Fultonville. 
§  9,  36. 

269.  Martha  M.,  oldest  daughter  of  Thomas  Morrison,  of  Lon- 
donderry (my  father's  cousin),  married  Addison  Brooks.  They 
were,  when  last  heard  from,  living  at  Arlington,  Mass. ;  and  are 
said  to  have  four  children  and  seven  grandchildren  (§§  10,  37). 
Mark,  her  oldest  brother,  lived  upon  the  old  homestead  until  the 
fall  of  1879,  and  is  now  living  somewhere  in  the  west.  His  wife 
was  Sarah  Bean,  and||hey  have  four  children  now  living.   §§  10,  37. 

270.  James,  the  s^ond  son,  enlisted  in  Co.  H,  15th  Regt.  N. 
H.  Vols.,  in  Sept.  1862,  and  was  killed  at  Port  Hudson,  May  27, 
1863.  His  wife  was  Phebe  A.Robinson;  there  were  four  chil- 
dren, three  of  them  now  living.     §§  10,  37. 

271.  Charles,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  war  in  1861,  enlisted  for  three  months,  and  served 
his  time;  and  then  for  three  years,  and  served  his  time.  He  was 
taken  prisoner  in  May,  1864,  and  was  starved  in  Andersonville 
Prison.  He  was  a  corporal  in  Co.  K,  4th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols.  He 
married  Abbie  Floyd,  by  whom  one  child.     §§  10,  37. 

272.  Jane,  daughter  and  oldest  child  of  James,  brother  of 
said  Thomas,  married  John  H.  Berkley,  and  is  now  living  at 
Norwalk,  O.  She  has  been  found  a  very  agreeable  correspondent, 
and  the  sketch  of  her  father  has  been  obtained  principally  from 
her.  Her  children  are  four  sons.  Mason  XL,  Nelson  J.,  Newton 
F.,  and  John  B.  (§§  10,  38,  97).  Wellington,  her  oldest  brother, 
she  informed  me,  was  living  at  Duanesburgh,  N.  Y.,  but  letters 
to  him  remain  unanswered. 

273.  James,  the  second  son,  was  born  at  Duanesburgh,  N.  Y. 
He  went  to  Ohio  in  1846,  and  in  1848  married  Caroline  M.  Webb. 
He  died  Jan.  18,  1861.  Their  children,  Julia  A.,  Burr  T.,  and 
Jay  W.,  were  educated  at  Oberlin  College.     §§  10,  38,  335,  336. 

274.  Daniel  H.,  the  third  son,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Root, 
Montgomery  Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  28,  1825.  He  emigrated  to  Ohio 
in  1854,  and  in  1864  married  Mary  A.  Graves,  at  Lansing,  Mich. 
Feb.  16,  1865,  he  enlisted  in  the  12th  Mich.  Vols.,  lay  in  the  hos- 
pital three  months  on  account  of  sickness,  and  was  discharged 
for  disability.  He  has  two  sons,  Ira  D.  and  Charles  D.  §§  10, 
38,  100. 


SKETCHES.  —  FIFTH    GENERATION.  381 

275.  Of  the  children  of  John  Morrison,  of  Londonderry,  who 
took  the  old  homestead,  Emeline  is  married.  She  is  the  wife  of 
Edward  P.  Boynton.  The  other  children  have  a  joleasant  home 
at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  their  mother  with  them,  but  they  have 
retained  the  liomestead  as  a  pleasant  summer  resort.  James  and 
Harlan  P.  are  successful  traders  in  Boston,  at  Xo.  41  Portland  St. 
and  Faneuil  Hall  Market.  The  other  daughters,  Dorcas  and  Eliz- 
abeth, are  with  the  rest  in  their  Cambridge  home.     §§  10,  39,  101. 

276.  ZoE  Ann  Flanders  is  the  only  survivor  in  the  fifth  gen- 
eration traced  through  Robert  Morrison,  grandson  of  Charter 
Samuel.  She  married  Charles  A.  Flanders,  of  Hebron,  and  has 
two  children,  Clara  D.  and  Ransom,  who  are  living  with  her  on 
her  farm  at  Londonderry.  I  am  indebted  to  her  for  information 
and  papers  relating  to  her  branch.     §§  13,  40,  102,  173. 

277.  Samuel,  oldest  son  of  Daniel,  son  of  David,  son  of 
Samuel,  son  of  Charter  Samuel,  married  Susan  Jones,  of  Farm- 
ington.  He  has  no  children.  He  lives  on  his  father's  homestead 
farm  in  Alton,  and  was  two  years  in  the  legislature.     §  41. 

278.  Dr.  David  Dudley  left  his  father  at  sixteen,  and  was  not 
heard  from  for  twenty-one  years,  when  he  returned  home  as  a  phy- 
sician from  South  America,  and  afterwards  married  a  lady  in  New 
York.  Since  his  marriage  he  has  lived  in  China,  and  is  now  a 
practising  physician  on  one  of  the  Philippine  Islands.  Tlie  other 
children  of  Martha  Morrison  who  married  Daniel  Dudley  appear 
in  the  tables,  with  what  is  known  of  them.     §§5,  43,  104. 

279.  Xehemiah,  third  son  of  Gen.  Neheraiah  Morrison,  went 
to  Natchez,  Miss.,  married  and  settled  there.  David,  the  fourth 
son,  married  Maiy  Foss,  of  Barrington,  by  Avhom  one  son ; 
father  and  son  both  dead.  Daniel,  the  youngest  son,  married  in 
Boston,  and  lives  in  Philadelphia.  Mary,  tlie  second  daughter, 
married  John  B.  Huckins.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  house 
two  years,  a  selectman  a  number  of  years,  and  is  a  smart  business 
man.  They  live  in  Madbury,  and  have  three  children.  The 
other  children,  with  what  is  known  of  them,  appear  in  the  tables. 
§§  5,  44,  105. 

280.  Morrison  Bennett,  my  intelligent  correspondent,  is  the 
oldest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Lydia^  (Morrison)  Bennett,  and  lives 
at  Alton,  the  home  of  his  grandfather,  David  Morrison. f  He 
received  a  good  common-school  and  academic  education,  and 
taught  school  sixteen  terms.  He  has  been  a  selectman  of  that 
town  sixteen  years,  and  still  holds  the  office.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  house  in  1864  and  1865.  James  O.  Adams,  wlio  was  also 
a  member,  says  of  him,  that  lie  was  deliberate  in  making  up  his 
mind,  but  pretty  sure  to  be  right.     He  is  now  in  his  prime,  fifty- 

*  Upon  a  very  pleasant  call  at  her  son's  house,  Aug.  31,  1880,  we  found 
a  remarkably  intelligent,  viiiorous,  and  sprightly  woman  in  charge  of  it, 
whom  we  could  .scarcely  believe  to  be  fourscore;  but  so  it  was.  He,  al&o, 
is  a  tine  specimen  of  the  Morrison  type  of  manhood. 

t  David  Morrison,  of  Alton,  and  his  family  were  Baptists. 


382  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

seven,  and  writes  me  that  his  general  occupation  is  that  of  a 
farmer.  He  married  Christianna  Berry  (now  deceased),  of  Straf- 
ford, by  whom  nine  chihlren :  Ina  B.,  Abbie  J.,  Hezekiah  H., 
John  M.,  Charles  A.,  Nettie  E.,  Fred  S.,  Lilian  C,  and  Ira  B. 
§§  15,  45,  106,  211. 

281.  Albert,  the  second  son,  who  married  Hannah  Pike,  lived 
and  died  at  Wolfboro'.  He  had  three  children,  two  now  living. 
§§  15,  45,  107. 

282.  John,  the  third  son,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  7th  N.  Y. 
Independent  Light  Battery,  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  He 
contracted  disease  from  exposure  in  the  service,  and  after  two 
years  returned  to  New  York,  and  from  thence,  in  the  fall  of  1866, 
home  to  die  of  consumption.  Before  entering  the  army,  he  was 
a  very  strong  and  robust  man  ;  unmarried.     §§  15,  45. 

283.  EvELixE,  Avdio  married  Jeremiah  York,  has  five  children : 
Emma  C,  Ella,  James  E.,  John  W.,  and  Charles  B.  They  live 
in  Dover.     §§  15,  45,  108. 

284.  The  children  of  David,  son  of  David  Morrison,  of  Alton, 
son  of  Samuel,  appear  in  the  tables.  David  H.,  one  of  them, 
lives  at  Alton,  on  the  fine  old  farm  originally  owned  by  his 
grandfatlier,  David  Morrison.  He  is  a  very  respectable  man,  and 
one  of  the  best  farmers  in  town.  The  farm  is  near  the  line  of 
Barnstead.     §§  5,  15,  46,  109,  110,  111. 

285.  Elvira  Holmes  Foss,  a  granddaughter  of  Isabella  Mor- 
rison, looks  enough  like  my  father  to  have  been  his  sister,  and  she 
is  an  interesting  woman.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Noah  and 
Charlotte  (Drown)  Holmes,  and  the  wife  of  Hardison  Foss,  of 
Rye.  Her  children  were,  Charlotte  M.,  Sylvanus  W.,  Ezra  D., 
Ann  Julia,  Ezra  II.,  Alice  Elvira,  and  S.  Minnette.  The  other 
children  of  Noah  Holmes  are  found  in  the  tables.  §§  16,  48,  113, 
114,  115. 

286.  Henry  D.  and  Daxiel  M.  Foss,  grandchildren  of  Isabella 
Morrison,  reside  with  their  families  at  Foss's  Beach  in  Rye.  The 
latter,  better  known  as  Morrison  Foss,  during  the  late  war,  was 
an  ofiicer  on  the  steamship  Mahaska,  and  now'  is  proprietor  of 
the  well-known,  popular  Prospect  House  at  Foss's  Beach.  He 
married  Chalcedonia  Foss,  and  their  children  are  Christie  C.  and 
Arthur  M.  Henry  D.  married  Clara  Mathes,  and  their  children 
now  living  are  Lizzie  A.  and  Robert  O.  John  H.  Foss  married 
Elizabeth  H.,  and  after  her  death  Augusta  A.  Felker,  and  his  chil- 
dren appear  in  the  tables.  He  lives  at  Foss's  Beach.  These  three 
brothers  are  sons  of  Charlotte  Drown,  by  Robertson  Foss,  her 
second  husband.     §§  16,  49,  115,  116,  117. 

287.  Gex.  William  Haavley"  (Christine^  JohnS  David^ 
John-)  was  tlie  second  son  of  Nathan  and  Christine  (Morrison) 
Hawley,  and  a  grandson  of  Maj.  Jolm  Morrison.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Mexican  war,  l)ut  was  discharged  on  account  of 
sickness  before  the  expiration  of  his  term.  After  that  he  settled 
at  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  wdiere  he  remained  a  few  years,  and  then 


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went  with  wife  and  child  to  Wisconsin,  and  made  that  his  home. 
In  the  Late  war  he  went  out  in  1861  as  captain  in  the  3d  Wis- 
consin, and  conducted  himself  so  honorably  that  lie  was  j^romoted 
to  be  general.  After  this  he  was  commissioned  as  lieut.-col.  in 
the  regular  army,  which  position  he  held  until  his  death.  He 
was  stationed  at  Fort  Abercrombie,  Dakotah.  He  died  at 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  on  the  occasion  of  a  visit  to  his  relatives  in  that 
State,  and  was  carried  with  military  escort  to  Flint  City,  Mich., 
and  buried  there.  He  married  Caroline.O'Brien,  by  whom  he  had 
two  daughters.*  His  widow  is  living  at  Fort  Clark,  Texas,  with 
her  son-in-law,  Capt.  John  jNIcNaught,  20th  Infantry  U.  S.  A. 
This  account  of  General  Hawley  comes  princi])ally  from  Mrs. 
Sarah  M.  Swarthout,  but  she  is  unable  to  furnish  dates  (§§18,  52). 
Frederick  Morrison",  supposed  to  have  fallen  at  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  was  a  cousin  of  General  Hawley,  and  only  son  of 
Maj.  Edward  Morrison.  He  Avas  only  nineteen  (§§  18,  52,  215). 
Franklin  C.  Morrison,  who  fell  at  Vicksburg,t  also  his  cousin, 
was  the  son  of  Walter,  second  son  of  Maj.  John  Morrison.  He  was 
only  seventeen  (§§  18,  52,  216).  Wallace  A.,  his  cousin,  and  sou 
of  Franklin  Morrison,  married  his  cousin,  Clara  L.  Morrison. 
They  have  liad  two  clnldren,  Gerald  E.,  now  living,  and  Mabel, 
who  died  last  Januarv,  eighteen  months  old.  Their  residence  is 
at  Erie,  Pa.     §§  1,  4," 7,  18,  52. 

288.  Sarah  Addie*^  (Joseph^,  David^  David^,  John'-)  Moerisok 
is  the  wife  of  J.  A.  Marshall.  They  live  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt., 
and  have  two  children,  Joseph  Edward  and  Josephine  Addie. 
§  121. 

289.  Mary  A.^  (Joseph^  David^  David^  John-)  Morrison^  is 
the  wife  of  Caspar  R.  Kent.  They  live  at  YJiite  Eiver  Junction, 
Yt.,  and  have  two  children,  Mary  Gertrude  and  Etheliel  Abbie. 
He  is  foreman  in  the  printing-office  of  the  Republican  Observer. 
§  122. 

290.  Ida  Eliza*'  (David^  David'',  David=^,  John-)  Morrison  is 
the  wife  of  D.  D.  Jones,  of  St.  Johnsbury.  They  have  one  child, 
Stella.  He  is  a  mechanic,  and  has  charge  of  sealing  the  large 
scales  in  the  Fairbanks  Scales  Factory.     §  123. 

291.  Eber  E.^  (David^  David'',  David^  John'-)  Morrison  is  a 
telegraph  operator  in  Boston.  He  married  Nellie  Gray.  They 
have  two  children,  David  Clinton  and  Ida  May.     §  123. 

292.  Louisa  Adeline  Clark''  (Hannah^,  David-',  John-)  is  the 
wife  of  William  Adwell,  and  the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Cath- 

*  A  letter  from  Capt.  McNaught,  of  Au?:.  2-1,  1880,  says  his  wife,  Alice 
Sophrouia  Christine  Hawley,  wa.s  born  at  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  25,  1849. 
They  were  married  April  20,  1870,  and  have  two  children  (§  34-t).  Emma 
Alethea,  the  other  daughter  of  General  Hawlev,  wa.s  born  at  Fort  'Wayne, 
lud.,  March  23,  1852. 

t  In  the  .sixth  generation,  as  a  general  rule,  sketches  are  given  only  of 
heads  of  families  havin*;  children;  but  to  this  rule  some  exceptions  have 
been  allowed. 


384  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

erine  (Covington)  Clark.     They  have  three  children,  Samuel  L., 
Henry  A.,  and  Lawrence  E.     §  124. 

293.  Charles  E.  Clark"  (Hannah^,  David^  John-)  married 
Theresa  Farley.  Their  children  are,  Lilia,  Birdie,  John  Mor- 
rison, and  Edward.     §  125. 

294.  Edward  T.  Nelson"  (Jane^  Moses  F.*,  David^,  John"^), 
son  of  Alexander  Kelson,  d.  d.,  was  born  in  Ohio,  Oct.  14,  1845. 
He  graduated  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  spent  three  years 
at  Yale,  received  the  title  Ph.  D.,  and  is  now  alumni  professor  in 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  at  Delaware,  O.  Clara  Albertine", 
his  sister,  graduated  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Female  College,  a  full 
course  ;  she  then  went  to  Europe  two  years,  for  German,  French, 
and  music,  and  on  her  return  was  elected  professor  in  her  alma 
mater.  Mr.  Nelson  married  Jeannie  Wilson  in  1872,  by  whom 
three  children :  Dana  Alexander,  Cora  Jeannette,  and  Albert 
James.     §  126. 

295.  Elizabeth  Blanchard"  (Helen'',  Moses  F."*,  David^, 
John-)  graduates  this  season  at  Mount  Holyoke  Seminary.  She 
is  the  only  surviving  child  of  Dr.  John  A.  and  Helen  (Morrison) 
Blanchard,  of  Des  Moines,  la.     §  66. 

296.  Albert  M.  Beecher"  (Pauline^  Moses  F.\  David^, 
John"-),  born  B^'eb.  7,  1863,  is  the  oldest  son  of  Hezekiah  and 
Pauline  (Morrison)  Beecher,  of  Fort  Dodge,  la.  June  15,  1880, 
he  successfully  passed  the  examinations  and  was  admitted  as  a 
cadet  in  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  with  high  hopes  of  an 
honorable  record,     §  68. 

297.  John  Morrison"  (Roxanna^,  John*,  SamueP,  John^) 
Whipple,  is  the  only  son  of  Joel  and  Roxanna  (Morrison) 
Whipple,  and  is  in  business  at  Claremont.  He  married  Carrie 
L.  Miner.     They  have  two  children,  John  M.  and  Lois  A.    §  127. 

298.  Mary  A."  (Ralph^  John*,  Samuel'\  John"^)  married  for 
her  second  husband  Calvin  Dunn,  by  whom  she  had  one  child, 
Helen  M.     §  129. 

299.  George  P.  Morrison"  (Ralph^  John*,  SamueP,  John'-) 
married  Nellie  Valentine,  by  whom  two  children,  Alice  E.  and 
Olive  G.     §  128. 

300.  Charles  H.  Morrison",  second  son  of  said  Ralph,  Avas 
in  Co.  I,  39th  Mass.  Regt.,  in  the  late  war;  other  children.  §§ 
70,  298,  299,  306,  307. 

301.  Zadock  H."  (Marquis  C.'',  John*,  Samuel'^,  John-),  only 
son  of  Marquis  C.  Morrison,  married  Ellen  L.  Rice,  by  whom 
two  children,  Mary  A.  and  Minnie  E.     He  lives  at  Lyme.    §  130. 

302.  Samuel  R."  (Daniel  W.^  Samuel*,  SamueP,  John-),  the 
oldest  son  of  Daniel  W.  Morrison,  married  Adeliza  Merrill,  of 
Orfoi'd,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  business,  —  a  dealer  in 
lumber,  coal,  and  bark.  They  have  two  children  now  living, 
Harry  Edgar  and  Lettie  Adeline.     §  131. 


SKETCHES.  —  SIXTH  GENERATION.  385 

303.  Henry^,  second  son  of  said  Daniel,  is  now  in  business  at 
Orford,  living  with  his  second  wife.    He  has  three  children.    §  132. 

304.  Elizabeth"  (Uriah^  SamueP,  Samuel-',  John-)  married 
for  her  first  husband  Christopher  Marston,  and  for  her  second, 
David  Bruce.  They  live  at  West  Fairlee,  Vt.  She  had  two 
children  by  her  first  husband,  Charles  and  Sarah,  and  one  by 
her  second.     §  134. 

305.  Clarissa^,  second  daughter  of  said  Uriah,  is  the  wife  of 
Eichard  Hould,  of  Vershire,  Vt.,  by  whom  she  has  two  children, 
now  living;  other  children  of  said  Uriah.     §§  75,  135. 

306.  Margaret  M.  iSToRTON*^  (Margaret*,  SamueP,  John'^)  is 
the  oldest  daughter  and  child  of  Seymour  Morrison  Norton,  and 
the  wife  of  Enestus  T.  Cross,  of  Alden,  N.  Y.  By  her  first 
husband,  Miron  Hutchinson,  she  had  a  daughter  Annie,  now  the 
wife  of  George  Mead,  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  mother  of  three 
children,  who  are  in  the  eighth  generation  from  Charter  Samuel. 
§§  77,  136,  164. 

307.  Harriet",  the  second  daughter  of  said  Seymour  M. 
Norton,  is  the  wife  of  William  Ring,  of  Rochester,  X.  Y.  By 
Thomas  S.  Gifford,  her  first  husband,  she  has  two  children: 
Charles  Thomas  and  Carrie  Melintha.     §  137. 

308.  Walter  Hermox  Nortox",  oldest  son  of  said  Seymour, 
served  in  the  war,  first  under  General  Palmer,  then  re-enlisted 
and  served  under  General  Greirson,  and  was  in  his  famous  raid 
of  sixty-four  days.  He  married  Mary  Smith,  at  Wood  River, 
Neb.,  in  1868.  His  younger  brother,  George  Frederick  Norton, 
married  Elizabeth  Leach,  by  whom  he  has  two  children,  Annie 
Harriet  and  Lillian  Maud,  and  they  live  at  Ashley,  la.  Charles 
Elihu,  the  third  son,  was  conductor  on  the  New  York  Central 
Railroad.  He  was  killed  in  the  throwing  of  the  train  from  the 
track,  Feb.  16,  1844,  by  a  cow  running  in  between  the  cars. 
§§  77,  138. 

309.  Isaac"  (John^,  James*,  SamueP,  John-),  only  son  of  John 
Morrison,  married  Annie  Otto,  by  whom  Clara  and  Ida,  and  who 
are  said  to  be  married.  When  last  heard  from,  he  was  living  at 
Richmond,  Ind.,  and  was  a  widower.     §§  78,  139. 

310.  Clara,  only  daughter  of  said  John,  is  the  wife  of  Jacob 
K.  Davis,  of  Bradford,  Yt.,  by  whom  she  has  five  children: 
Millard  F.,  George  M.,  Alice  C,  Arthur  L.,  and  Henry  E.    §  140. 

311.  James  B.  Kemp"  (Hannah^  James*,  SamueP,  John-)  is 
the  surviving  son  of  Russell  and  Hannah  (Morrison)  Kemp.  He 
married  Susie  Johnston,  and  is  doing  lousiness  at  East  Corinth, 
Vt.     Their  children  are  James  Henry  and  Charles  Linus.     §  141. 

312.  jNIary  Augusta"  (Elinus%  James*,  Samuel'^  John-),  second 
daughter  of  Elinus  J.  Morrison,  is  the  wife  of  Robert  M.  Smith, 
by  whom  one  son,  George  Sumner.  Thev  are  living  in  Peoria, 
111.     §  142. 


386  CHARTER   SAMUEL   MORISON. 

313.  Analine  F.*^  (Parker^  James^  SamueP,  John'-),  only 
daughtei'  of  my  cousin  Ira  Parker  Morrison,  was  a  school- 
teaclier  in  Grafton  Co.,  and  always  a  favorite  wherever  she  went. 
Jan.  1,  1S79,  she  married  Rev.  John  D.  Graham,  then  of  Lawrence, 
Mass.     Their  present  home  is  East  Canaan,  N.  H.     §§  27,  81. 

314.  Martha  E.  Sargext"  (Mary^,  James'*,  SamueP,  John'^), 
only  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Mary  E.  (Morrison)  Sargent,  is 
the  wife  of  Charles  C.  Palmer,  of  San  Francisco,  by  whom  two 
children,  Mary  Eunice  and  Harry.     §  142. 

315.  Lucy  Bell  Morrison'^  (Davenport^,  James*,  SamueP, 
Jolm-^)  is  the  oldest  daughter  of  Davenport  and  Lucy  (Fogg) 
Morrison,  and  the  wife  of  H.  W.  Dailey,  of  Stanstead,  Can,,  by 
whom  three  children,  Hazen,  Lewis,  and  Addie.     §  143. 

316.  Ann  Maria,  second  daughter  of  said  Davenport,  is  the 
wife  of  Fred  L.  Barber,  of  Charlestown,  by  whom  one  son,  Carl. 
Mr.  Barber  is  doing  a  good  business  as  an  apothecary.     §  144. 

317.  Charles  Robert®,  second  son  of  said  Davenport,  is  the 
husband  of  Louisa  Tuttle,  of  Exeter,  by  whom  one  daughter, 
Erid  Mac.     §  144. 

318.  Mary  Jane  Alger*^  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John'^),  oldest 
daughter  of  Jehiel  and  Elizabeth  (Allen)  Alger,  is  the  wife  of 
Ephraim  Cole, .of  Conesus,  ]^.  Y.,  by  whom  one  son,  Edward, 
who  married  Louisa  Hayward,  by  wliom  three  children,  in  the 
eighth  generation.     §§  145,  165,  343. 

319.  Davenport*',  oldest  son  of  said  Jehiel,  lives  at  Conesus, 
N.  Y.,  and  is  the  husband  of  Carrie  M.  Needham,  by  whom  Allie, 
who  is  the  wife  of  George  Snyder.     §  146. 

320.  George  M.®,  third  son  of  said  Jehiel,  lives  at  said  Co- 
nesus, and  is  the  husband  of  Laura  Jerome,  by  whom  one  son, 
George  M.     §  147. 

321.  Dewitt  C.'',  fourth  son  of  said  Jehiel,  lives  at  Conesus, 
and  is  the  husband  of  Emma  Brown,  by  whom  five  children  now 
living:  Duane  B.,  Clarence,  Elmer,  Bertie,  and  Arthur.     §  148. 

322.  Elizabeth  A.'',  oldest  daughter  of  said  Jehiel,  is  the  wife 
of  Edwin  E.  Shutt,  who  lives  at  Conesus,  by  whom  three  chil- 
dren :    Edwin  E.,  Enunett  J.,  and  Cameron.     §  149. 

323.  Sylvester"  (Mary"*,  Samuel'^  John'^),  oldest  son  of  Syl- 
vester and  Polly  (Alger)  Morris,  and  the  husband  of  Rhoda  E. 
McCalmont,  by  whom  two  children,  Maud  McCalniont  and  Grace 
Alger.     §  150. 

324.  Davenport'^,  second  son  of  said  Sylvester,  is  the  husband 
of  Kate  Ford,  of  Conesus,  N.  Y.,  by  whom  one  child  now  living, 
Louisa,  born  in  1877.     §  151. 

325.  John  D.*',  youngest  son  of  said  Sylvester,  is  the  husband 
of  Josephine  P^rescott,  by  whom  one  daughter,  L.  Mabel,  born  at 
Conesus  in  1876.     §  152. 

326.  Eugene  A.*'  (Mary*,  SamueP,  John^),  oldest  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Electa  (Alger)  Cole,  is  the  husband  of  Elizabeth 


SKETCHES.  —  SIXTH    AND    SEVENTH    GENERATIONS.  387 

Macomber,  of  Conesus,  by  whom  two  sons,  W.  Scott  and  George 
Eugene.     §  153. 

327.  David  S.«  (Frederick^  William'*,  SamueP,  John-),  the 
only  surviving  son  of  Frederick  W.  and  Ann  (Sutherland) 
Morrison,  is  the  husband  of  Fannie  Rieker,  by  Avhom  three 
children,  Eleanor,  Frederick,  and  Addie  Rieker.  He  succeeds 
to  the  business  of  the  firm  of  F.  W.  Morrison  &  Son,  manufac- 
turers of  the  Morrison  goat-skin  glove  in  Grinnell,  la.,  and  at 
thirty  is  a  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  of  that  place. 
He  is  a  grandson  of  Kev.  David  Sutherland,  of  Bath.  §§  29, 
90,  154,  201,  255. 

328.  John*'  (Charlotte*,  SamueP,  John^),  oldest  son  of  James 
G.  and  Lucinda  (Thorpe)  Daniels,  married  Martha  Grange,  by 
■whom  Edgar  A.  and  two  other  children.  Edgar  married  Sarah 
Sharpsteen,  Feb.  14,  1880.     §  155. 

329.  Carrie'^  (Charlotte^  SamueP,  John-),  oldest  daughter 
of  Seymour  M.  and  Emma  (Dean)  Thorpe,  is  the  wife  of  William 
Jerome,  of  South  Livonia,  N.  Y.,  by  whom  two  daughters,  Maud 
and  Blanche  B.     §  155. 

330.  America  Jane*'  (Charlotte*,  SamueP,  John-),  oldest 
daughter  of  Matthew  and  Mary  Ann  (Thorpe)  Allen,  is  the 
wife  of  Ezra  W.  Clark,  of  Conesus,  by  whom  three  children, 
John  Adams,  Grace  Mary  Ann,  and  America  JMatilda.     §  156. 

331.  Mary  Roach'',  second  daughter  of  said  Matthew  Allen, 
is  the  wife  of  William  P.  Boyd,  of  Conesus,  by  whom  one  son, 
Victor  Hiram,  born  March  21,  1878.     §  157. 

332.  Frances  A."  (Charlotte*,  Samuel^  John-),  oldest  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Stira  E.  (Thorpe)  McVicar,  is  the  wife  of 
Charles  R.  Austin,  of  Genesee,  N.  Y.,  by  whom  one  child  now 
living,  Julian  Riley,  born  April  5,  1878.     §  158. 

333.  George  C",  oldest  son  of  said  John  McVicar,  was  the 
husband  of  Frena  Northrop,  by  whom  two  children,  Leon  Wilber 
and  Georgia  May.     §  159. 

334.  William  J.«  (Elizabeth*,  John^,  John^),  only  son  of  Abra- 
ham and  Lois  (Priest)  Ball,  is  the  husband  of  Ellen  R.  Hemstead, 
of  Amsterdam,  X.  Y.,  by  whom  two  children,  Minnie  and  Simeon. 
§  160. 

335.  Julia  A."  (James^  James*,  Janies^,  John-),  oldest  daughter 
of  James  and  Caroline  (Webb)  Morrison,  is  the  wife  of  Dayton 
B.  Morgan,  Esq.,  of  Morensi,  Mich.,  by  whom  two  children,  Ray 
B.  and  Rena.  She  was  educated  at  Oberlin  College,  and  Presi- 
dent J.  H,  Fairchild  officiated  at  her  marriage.     §§"38,  99,  161. 

336.  Burr  T.  Morrison",  her  oldest  brother,  is  a  manufacturer 
and  dealer  in  factory  cheese  and  butter  at  Camden,  O.  His  Avife 
was  Ella  Irene  Merwin.  Jay  W.,  his  brother,  Avas  educated  at 
Oberlin  Colle2;e,  and  is  now  studying  medicine  at  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich.     §§  38,"99. 


388      CHARTER  SAMUEL  MORISOX.  —  SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

337.  Clara  D.  Lokd"  (Jennie^  Eobert^  SamueP)  is  a  great- 
grandchild of  Robert  Morrison,  of  Londonderry.  By  her  hus- 
band, William  L.  Lord,  she  has  one  son,  George  C.  Lord.  She 
lives  with  her  mother  at  Londonderry,  as  does  also  her  brother, 
Ransom  Flanders.     §§  39,  40,  102,  162. 

338.  Charlotte*'  (Isabella^,  SamueP),  oldest  daughter  of  Har- 
dison  and  Elvira  (Holmes)  Foss,  is  the  wife  of  James  E.  Seavey, 
of  Rye,  by  whom  one  daughter,  Ella  May.     §  163. 

339.  Sylyanus  W.'',  oldest  son  of  said  Hardison  Foss,  is  the 
husband  of  Ella  F.  Philbrick,  by  whom  one  daughter.  Bertha. 
§  163. 

340.  Ann  Julia^  second  daughter  of  the  said  Hardison,  is  the 
wife  of  Lewis  E.  Walker,  of  Eye,  by  whom  one  son,  Ezra  How- 
ard.    §  163. 

341.  May  C.*'  (Isabella^,  Samuel-),  oldest  daughter  of  Eben  L. 
and  Mary  (Holmes)  Seavey,  is  the  wife  of  Emmons  B.  Philbrick, 
of  Rye,  by  whom  two  children,  Shirley  S.  and  Annie  W.     §  163. 

342.  Annie'^  (Margaref*,  Samuel-^  John-),  only  daughter  of 
Myron  and  Margaret  (Norton)  Hutchinson,  is  the  wife  of  George 
Mead,  of  San  Francisco,  by  whom,  George  Washington,  born  in 
June,  1876;  Frank  Hutchinson,  June,  1877;  and  California  Grace, 
June  8,  1879.  These  children  are  in  the  eighth  generation  from 
Charter  Samuel.     §§  1,  4,  8,  26,  77,  136,  164. 

343.  Edward"  (Mary^  SamueP,  John-),  only  son  of  Ephraim 
and  Mary  Jane  (Alger)  Cole,  is  the  husband  of  Louisa  Hayward, 
of  Conesus,  N.  Y.,  by  whom,  Lewis  L.,  born  May  27,  1870  ;  Ashley, 
May  5,  1875;  and  Charles,  Sept.  18,  1879;  in  the  eighth  genera^ 
tion.     §§  1,  4,  8,  28,  85,  145,  165. 

344.  Alice  Sophronia  Christine'^  (Christine^  John"*,  David^, 
John'^),  eldest  daughter  of  Gen.  William  Hawley,  is  the  wife  of 
John  S.  McNaught,  captain  of  the  20th  Infantry  U.  S.  A.,  now 
stationed  at  Fort  Duncan,  Texas.  She  is  a  great-grandchild  of 
Maj,  John  Morrison.  She  Avas  married  to  Captain  McNaught, 
April  20,  1870.  They  have  two  sons  in  the  eighth  generation  : 
John  Hawley,  born  at  Fort  Wadsworth,  Dakotah  Ter.,  Feb.  3, 
1871;  and  William  Christie,  Oct.  12,  1872.  §§  2,  4,  7,  18,  52, 
215,  287. 


CHARTER    SAMUEL   MORISOX. 


ADDENDA  AND  ERRATA. 


[The  following  additional  information  was  received  by  Judge  Morrison  after  the 
book  was  in  the  binder's  hands.  I  deemed  best  to  print  it  on  a  separate  leaf,  and  insert 
it  immediately  after  the  chapter  to  which  it  refei's.  —  Ed.] 

1.  Alexanders.  — Fage  296,  §§  4,  5;  p.  297,  §  13;  p.  323,  § 
166  ;  pp.  324,  5,  §  173;  p.  333,  §  182.  The  records  in  the  registry 
of  deeds  and  in  the  probate  office,  show  three  Alexanders  among 
the  first  settlers.  James,  John,  a  brother  of  James,  and  Randal, 
Randle,  or  Randyll.  James,  who  was  a  grantee  in  the  charter, 
died  about  1731,  his  will  being  proved  Feb.  17,  1731.     His  wife 

(who  survived  him)  was  Mary ,    He  left  two  children  :  Agnes, 

b.  at  Lond,  April  6,  1722,  and  Joseph,  b.  at  Lond.  June  30,  1727. 
Joseph,  son  of  James,  Nov.  16,  1773,  was  living  in  Connecticut. 
John  died  in  1763  (his  will  being  proved  June  28,  1763),  leaving 
sonSi  Robert  and  James,  a  daughter  Ann,  and  grandchildren, 
shown   by  the  will.      Randal,  who  was    also    a   grantee   in    the 

charter,  died  after  June  20,  1770.       His  wife  was  Janet  . 

The  registry  shows  deeds  from  them  to  Eobert  Alexander  (a 
son),  May  19,  1759;  to  Samuel  (a  son),  Oct.  26,  1765;  and  to 
William  (a  son),  June  20,  1770.  The  Londonderry  records  of 
births,  show  children  born  to  them  as  follows  :  Robert,  Nov.  14, 
1720  ;  Mary,  March  5,  1721-2 ;  Isabel,  Feb.  16,  1723 ;  David, 
April  9,  1728 ;  and  John,  April  22,  1730.  Of  these,  Isabel  must 
have  been  the  wife  of  Samuel  Morrison,  and  is  mentioned  in  his 
will,  page  325.  The  statement  on  page  324,  that  she  was  his 
cousin,  is  of  doubtful  authority.  It  is  not  improbable  that  Eliza- 
beth Alexander,  the  wife  of  John  Morrison  (p.  322,  §  168),  was 
also  a  daughter  of  Randal  Alexander,  born  before  1720,  but  there 
is  as  yet  no  proof  of  it.  Robert  Alexander,  son  of  Randal,  died 
about  1765,  and  his  widow  Mary  returned  an  inventory,  Oct.  11, 
1765.  She  is  the  same  Mary  Alexander,  from  whose  Avill  extracts 
appear  on  page  323.  Their  children  were,  Jane,  John,  Hugh, 
William,  Jennet,  and  Mary.  Jennet  married  Robert  Morrison. 
John  wrote  the  letter  referred  to  on  page  333,  which  proves  to 
have  been  written  from  Belfast,  Me.,  instead  of  Ireland.  Wil- 
liam's estate  was  divided,  Dec.  20,  1816,  to  his  sons  Robert,  John, 
George,  James,  and  William,  and  his  daughter  Sally  Cheeney, 
wife  of  Thomas  Cheeney.  Of  these,  John  is  the  one  referred  to 
on  page  333,  note,  as  now  living,  at  the  age  of  eighty. 

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CHARTER    SAJVIUEL   MORISON. 

2.  Polly  Morrison.  — F age  299,  §  19;  p.  319,  §  166;  p.  335, 
§  194.  A  'letter  from  Mrs.  Wilson,  of  Oct.  11,  1880,  of  Mark- 
ham,  Ont.  (Canada),  gives  information.  Mary  (or  Polly)  Morrison, 
the  Avife  of  Nathan  P.  Gookin,  died  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  May  12, 
1846,  at  the  age  of  62  yrs.  Eliza  Finis  Gookin,  her  eldest,  born 
at  Corinth,  Vt.,  March  17,  1811;  was  married  Feb.  7,  1845,  at 
Ypsilanti,  to  Rev.  Peter  Ker,  and  died  at  Markham,  Jan.  11, 1852. 
She  had  three  sons:  Hamilton,  b.  June  22,  1846  (dying  Sept.  15, 
1847) ;  Frederick  Morrison,  b.  Dec.  19,  1848  (who  is  now  Avith 
his  kinsman,  Frederick  Y.  Gookin,  in  one  of  the  banks  at  Chicago, 
111.),  and  Wellington  Gookin  Ker,  born  Nov.  10,  1851,  who  is  now 
living  at  Aberarder,  Ont.,  Can.  He  is  a  carriage-maker.  Mary 
Ann  Gookin,  the  second  daughter,  was  born  June  26,  1813,  and 
died  Aug.  16,  1829.  Frederick  William  Gookin,  the  third  child, 
born  at  Corinth,  June  23,  1816,  married  Hester  Ann  Fisher,  May 
6,  1840,  at  Lewistown,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  manufacturer,  in  woolen 
mills,  at  La  Grange,  Cass  Co.,  Mich.  Adelaide  Lucinda  Gookin 
(Mrs.  Wilson)  Avas  born  at  Putney,  Vt.,  July  19,  1819,  Avhich 
would  make  her  visit,  referred  to  on  page  320,  to  have  been  about 
1830.  She  married  John  Wilson,  of  Markham,  Ont.,  Dec.  17, 
1851.  They  have  three  children :  1st,  Frederick  Theodore  Gookin, 
born  Nov.  24,  1852.  2d,  Josephine  Eliza,  b.  Jan.  15,  1856. 
3d,  William  Augustus,  born  March  1,  1858. 

3.  Page  375,  in  the  sixth  line  from  the  bottom,  Aug.  30,  1868, 
should  be  Aug.  30,  1848. 

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MORISONS    OF   NOTTINGHAM,    N.    H.  389 


CHAPTER    XVI. 

MoiiisoNS  OF  Nottingham,  N.  H.  —  Descendants  of  the  Emigrant, 
William  Moiuson.  —  Descendants  of  Hugh  Morison,  the  Emi- 
grant, Brother  of  David  and  William  Morison.  —  Other  Mor- 
isoNS  of  Colijuaine.  —  ]{ev.  John  Morrison,  of  Peterborough, 
N.  H.  —  MoRisoNS  of  Brentwood,  N.  H. — Morisons  of  San- 
BORNTON,    N.    H. 


MORISONS    OF   NOTTINGHAM,    N.    H. 

This  branch  of  tlie  family  is  descended  from  three  brothers, 
William,  David,  and  Hugh  Morison,  natives  of  Scotland,  where 
they  were  born  a  few  years  prior  to  the  Revolution  of  1688, 
which  placed  William  and  Mary  on  the  throne  of  her  father, 
James  II.  ^  The  family  to  which  they  belonged  were  rigid  Presby- 
terians, ardently  espousing  the  cause  of  the  Prince  of  Orange, 
and  they  rallied  to  the  aid  of  their  Protestant  brethren  who  had 
previously  formed  a  settlement  in  Ireland,  and  to  strengthen  the 
defences  of  the  city  of  Londonderry.  They  endured  the  horrors 
of  the  siege  ;  and  they,  with  others,  knew  what  it  was  to  suffer 
for  their  j^olitical  and  religious  faith.  According  to  tradition, 
one  of  the  uncles  of  these  emigrants  to  America  nearly  reached 
the  point  of  starvation  during  the  siege  of  Londonderry.  The 
Protestants  had  been  driven  beneath  the  walls  of  the  city,  and 
thereby  exposed  to  the  missiles  of  war  of  both  armies,  as  well  as  to 
the  horrors  of  starvation.  This  Morison  "  watched  all  day, 
hoping  to  catch  a  mouse  to  appease  his  hunger,  but  it  escaped 
into  the  walls,  when  he  burst  into  a  flood  of  tears." 

In  Ireland,  William  Morison  was  married  to  Mary  Henry,  a 
native  of  Scotland  ;  and  their  son  James,  the  only  one  living  to 
manhood,  was  born  May  7,  1725. 

At  this  time  the  tide  of  emigration  was  setting  towards  New 
England;  and  receiving  favorable  reports  from  their  relatives* 
who  a  few  years  before  had  settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  II. ,t 
a  new  impulse  was  given  to  emigration.  The  following  year  a 
company  was  formed,  a  vessel  chartered,  and  the  Morisons,  with 
their  families,  and  others,  emigrated  to  Boston,  Mass.,  sailing 

*  It  is  not  certain  that  Hiif^h  Morison  came  witli  his  brothers  iu  172G, 
hnt  \t  la  probable ;  and  it  is  certain  he  was  living  in  Loudouclerry  about 
1730. 

t  From  the  early  Town  Records  of  Nottingham,  N.  H. 


390  WILLIAM   MORISON,    OF   NOTTIXGHAM,    N.    H. 

from  Port  Rusli,  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  on  the  7th  of  August, 
and  arriving  on  the  8th  of  October,  172G,  when  William  and 
David  Morison  purchased  a  share  in  the  new  townshiji  of  Not- 
tingham, N.  H.,  for  which  a  charter  had  Leen  granted,  and  which 
was  then  being  surveyed,  prei)aratory  to  settlement.  Nottingham 
was  then  without  a  human  habitation,  and  contained  within  its 
limits  the  present  towns  of  Nottingham,  Deerfield,  and  North- 
wood,  N.  H. 

The  survey  of  the  "  First  Division "  lots  having  been  com- 
pleted, they  were  distributed  by  lot  among  the  proprietors,  in 
April,  1727,  when  both  brothers  entered  the  forest  with  the  iirst 
settlers,  clearing  and  putting  under  cultivation  three  acres  of  their 
ten-acre  lot,  No.  39  First  Street ;  building  a  dwelling-house  on  the 
same,  in  accordance  with  the  requir^nents  of  the  charter,  into 
which,  in  the  autumn  of  1728,  they  removed  their  families  from 
Boston,  where  they  had  been  for  two  years.  Here  in  their  new 
home  they  possessed  the  courage  to  encounter  the  hardships  of 
pioneer  life,  to  which  for  many  years  were  added  the  perils  of 
Indian  warfare.  The  dwellings  of  two  of  their  near  neighbors, 
Simpson's  and  Beard's,  were  attacked  at  midday,  and  the  inmates 
tomahawked  and  slain. 

Both  brothers  are  mentioned  in  the  town  records,  as  among  the 
earliest  municipal  officers.  The  first  town-meeting  in  Nottingham, 
in  which  all  citizens  of  lawful  age  were  allowed  to  ^  vote,  was 
March  26,  1733.  At  that  meeting,  David  Morison  was  chosen 
constable,  and  William  Morison,  tythingman ;  the  one,  to  maintain 
good  order  in  the  community ;  the  other,  to  see  that  decorum  was 
observed  in  church,  and  the  Sabbath  not  desecrated.  They  were 
men  of  firmness  and  discretion,  and  well  suited  for  the  offices  to 
which  they  had  been  elected.  William  Morison  served  on  the 
board  of  selectmen  at  the  age  of  seventy,  was  auditor  of  accounts 
the  year  following,  and  during  the  last  three  years  of  his  life  he 
was  appointed  on  three  several  committees  to  procure  a  minister 
for  permanent  settlement.  He  not  only  contributed  to  support 
at  home  a  clergyman  of  his  own  faith,  but  had  to  ])nj  an  annual 
tax  to  the  established  church.  Queen's  Chapel,  at  Portsmouth,  as 
the  following  verbatim  copy  of  the  original  receipt  now  in  the 
hands  of  Hon.  Robert  Morrison,  of  Northwood,  N.  H.,  will  show. 

COPY. 

"  Received  of  Mr.  William  Morrisson  four  pounds  Old  Tenor,  in 
full  for  his  Minister's  Eates  due  to  Queen's  Chappel  for  the  year 
1757. 
Portsm°  P.  James  Dwyer, 

November  4,  1758.  Constable:' 

In  1757,  William  Morison,  being  in  his  seventy-fourth  year, 
retired  from  active  duties,  and  with  his  aged  partner,  who  had 
shared  with  him  the  labors,  as  well  as  the  happiness,  of  a  well- 
spent  life,  wliich  then  appeared  to  be  drawing  to  a  close,  took 
up  his  residence  with  his  son  James  on  the  corner  of  the  square, 


WILLIAM   MORISON,    OF   NOTTINGHAM,    N.    H.  391 

where  both  died  the  following  year,  1758,  and  were  the  first 
persons  interred  in  what  is  now  Judge  Butler's  Cemetery. 

David  Morison  died  about  this  time.  He  left  two  daughters : 
Mary,  wife  of  William  Ray ;  two  children,  David  and  William  ; 
and  Sarah,  wife  of  Thomas  Simpson. 

Sarah  Morison,  daughter  of  David,  was  married  Feb.  4,  1748, 
to  Thomas  Simpson,  son  of  Andrew  Simpson,  whose  house  and 
ten-acre  lot  were  directly  opposite  to  Morison's  on  the  same 
street.  He  was  born  in  Scotland  about  1720,  came  to  Boston  in 
the  same  ship  with  the  Morisons  in  1726;  and  while  remaining 
there,  attended  the  public  schools,  which  laid  the  foundation  for 
the  knowledge  he  acquired  in  after  life.  He  became  a  useful 
and  prominent  citizen  in  Nottingham  and  Deerfield,  as  land-sur- 
veyor, conveyancer,  justice  of  the  peace,  etc.  Maj.  John  Simp- 
son, who  died  in  Deerfield,  Oct.  28,  1825,  was  the  eldest  child  of 
this  Thomas  Simpson  and  Sarah  Morison.  He  distinguished 
himself  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  was  in  Whipple's  brigade  as 
first  lieutenant  in  1778,  and  was  subsequently  promoted  to  major 
for  meritorious  services. 

DESCENDANTS   OF    THE   EMIGRANT,    WILLIAM   MORISON,    OF 
NOTTINGHAM,    N.    H. 

He  was  born  in  Scotland  ;  died  in  jSTottingham,  N.  H.,  1758,  at 
about  the  age  of  74.  His  wife  was  Mary  Henry,  of  Scotland ; 
she  died  1758.  He  had  three  children  :  two  daughters,  who  died 
young;  and  one  son. 

1.  ■  James,  born  in  Ireland,  May  7,  1725;  married  Jane  Kelsey, 
of  Nottingham,  born  Boston,  Mass.,  April  26,  1727  ;  three  chil- 
dren ;  married,  2d,  Martha  White,  of  Pembroke,  N.  H. ;  five  sons 
and  three  daughters^  only  one  of  whom  was  ever  married.  In 
1774  his  wife  died  in  Nottingham,  and  he  rem.  to  Deerfield,  then 
almost  a  wilderness. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   NOTTINGHAM,    N.    II. 

2.  William,  b.  Aug.  15,  1750;  d.  Oct.  23,  1821;  had  two  wives;  settled 

first  iu  Deerfield,  N.  H.,  theu  in  Gilmautou;  then  rem.  to 
Bridgton,  Me.,  where  his  descendants  still  res.  It  is  supposed 
that  all  his  children,  thirteen  or  fourteen  in  number,  went  to 
Maine,  except  his  son  Hugh,  who  lived  and  d.  in  Deerfield,  N.  H. 

3.  Robert  (13),  b.  June  12,  1752;  d.  Nov.  11,  1823. 

4.  James,  b.  Sept.,  1754 ;  was  a  captain  in  the  Revolution,  and  a  member 

of  General  Lee's  body-guard;  settled  in  Parsonsfleld,  Me.;  d. 
in  1840 ;  his  descendants  still  res.  in  Parsousfield. 

5.  Isaac  (21),  b.  Feb.  3,  17G0;  d.  Jan.  9,  1846. 
G.     Henry,  b.  1762;  d.  Jan.  15,  1825,  aged  63  yrs. 

7.  Hugh,  b.  1764;  d.  May  13,  1774. 

8.  Johu-W.,  b.  1766;  d.  Dec.  3,  1791. 

9.  A  son,  b.  1768  ;  d.  young. 

10.  Mary,  b.  1770;  d.  April  10,  1851,  in  Deerfield,  N.  H. 

11.  Jane,  b.  1772;  d.  about  1833. 

12.  Martha,  b.  1774;  d.   May  17,  1795.     The  last  seven  persons  died  in 

Deerfield,  N.  H. 

13.  Robert-^  [3]  (William^)  ;  born  June  12,  1752;  died  June 
11,  1823.     He  was  one  of  a  company  of  men  who  left  Notting- 

26 


392  NOTTINGHAM   MORISONS. 

ham  on  learning  of  hostilities  at  Lexington  in  1775.  He  rendered 
good  services  ;  was  at  Bunker  Hill,  Saratoga,  and  Stillwater ;  at 
the  latter  place  w^itnessed  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne.  He  lived 
in  Nottingham  till  1782,  Avhen  he  moved  to  Northwood.  He 
married  Anna  Eandall,  of  Lee,  N.  H. ;  she  died  March  21,  1844, 
aged  80  yrs. 

CHILDREN. 

14.  Miles,  b.  Oct.  7,  1781;  d.  Oct.  12,  1849;  res.  Nottiugham;  m.  Martha 

Batchelder;  two  sous,  Hiram  aud  Alexander;  single;  both 
deceased;  aud  two  surviving  daughters,  Naucy-B.,  ni.  Joshua 
Hoyt;  Mary-J.,  ni.  Richard  Hoyt;  both  res.  Northwood,  N.  H. 

15.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  3,  1790;  m.  Capt.  Moses  Hazeltiue ;  at  one  time  a  resi- 

dent of  Windham,  N.  H.  ;  she  d.  Feb.  10,  18G9. 

16.  James,  b.  Aug.  7,  1787;  d.  Aug.  5,  1823;  m.  Mary  Moses,  of  Epping, 

N.  H. ;  farmer;  res.  upon  the  homestead.     Four  children:   1st, 

John,  m.  Bartlett,  of  Haverhill,  Mass. ;  res.  Northwood. 

2d,  James ;  single ;  res.  Northwood.  3d,  Betsey.  4th,  Jane, 
m.  James  Knowlton,  of  Northwood. 

17.  John,  b.  Oct.  3,  1790;  d.  Alton,  N.  H.,  May  17,  1818;  physician;  res. 

Alton,  N.  H. ;  m.  Mary  Randall,  of  Lee,  N.  H.  One  child, 
Mary-Ann,  m.  Moses-F.  Gate,  of  Wolfboro',  N.  H. 

18.  Robert,  born  June  30,  1797.  Hon.  Robert  Morrison  is 
the  youngest  and  only  surviving  member  of  his  father's  family. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  taught  a  public  school,  and  in  May, 
1814,  he  travelled  into  the  State  of  New  York,  and  obtained  a 
school,  which  he  taught  till  the  spring  of  1815;  subsequently 
qualified  himself  for  the  practice  of  medicine,  and  in  1824-25 
attended  medical  lectures  of  Harvard  University.  He  received 
the  offer  of  a  good  situation  as  teacher  in  one  of  the  public 
schools  of  Portsmouth,  which  was  accepted,  and  he  rem.  to 
Portsmouth,  where  he  taught  for  ten  years.  He  then  occupied 
the  position  of  superintendent  of  the  public  institutions  of  the 
city,  which  position  he  held  for  five  years.  In  1841,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  legislature.  During  the  first  week  of 
the  session,  he  received  the  appointment  of  superintendent  of 
the  Boston  Asylum  and  Farm  School  in  Boston.  He  entered 
upon  the  discharge  of  his  new  duties  at  once,  and  held  this 
position  for  fifteen  years,  Avith  very  satisfactory  results.  He 
returned  to  Portsmouth  in  July,  1856,  and  in  tlie  following  March 
was  elected  mayor  of  that  city,  re-elected  in  1858,  and  in  1859 
elected  for  the  third  time,  when  he  purchased  a  farm  in  North- 
wood,  in  view  of  the  old  liomestead  where  he  was  born  and 
passed  his  early  youth,  "  where  he  is  now  residing  in  his  eighty- 
fourth  year,  passing  his  age  amid  the  pleasant  cares  and  comforts 
of  rural  life,  finding  pleasure  in  rock  and  rill,  in  flower  and  tree, 
never  tired  of  life,  nor  sighing  for  its  end."  He  married,  Sept. 
25,  1852,  Ann-Edward,  daughter  of  Stephen  Couch,  of  Bath, 
N,  H.     She  Avas  born  June  15,  1796,  and  died  Jan.  1,  1872. 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IN   PORTSMOUTH,    N.    H. 

19.  Anu-Edmond,  b.  April  16,  1834;  m.  Jan.  28,  1853,  Thomas-M.  Thomp- 

son ;  lawyer ;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

20.  Augusta-Elizabeth,   )).•  May  31,  1839;  ra.  April  15,  1858,  Ed\vard-N. 

Fuller;  journalist;  res.  Chicago,  111. 


HUGH   MORISON,    OF   COLERAINE,   MASS.  393 

21.  Isaac^  [5]  (William^)  ;  born  Feb.  3,  1760 ;  died  Jan.  9, 
1846.  He  settled  in  Pembroke,  N".  H.,  with  his  mother's  brother, 
John  White.  He  was  selectman  of  the  town  twenty-three  years, 
and  a  member  of  the  legislature  for  fourteen  years.  He  married 
Hannah  Holt,  of  Pembroke,  and  died  Jan.  9,  1846.  She  died 
Aug.  22,  1881. 

CHILDREN. 

22.  Mary-W.,  b.  April  11,  1790;  cl.  June  19,  1831,  aged  63  yrs. 

23.  Phoebe,  b.   Aug.    11,   1791;  m.  Nathaniel  Lakemau;  res.  Pembroke ; 

d.  Jan.  3,  1871 ;  three  children. 

24.  Johu-W.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1793;  res.  Pembroke;  m.  Mary  Folsom;  d.  Jan. 

1,  1872;  was  in  war  of  1812. 

25.  James,  b.  April  28,  1796;  d.  July  15,  1803. 

26.  Martha,  b.  May  12,  1798;  m.  James  Maun,  of  Pembroke;  d.  March 

30,  1877. 

27.  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  17,  1799;  m.  .Jesse  Garvin,  of  Chichester,  N.  H.  ;  d. 

April  4,  1821.     Two  children  :    1st,  Wilson-D.     2d,  William. 

28.  Henry,  b.  March  4,   1802;  m.  Anna  Whitti(?r;  d.   April  10,  1832.     He 

res.  in  Deerfleld.  Two  children  :  1st,  John- James ;  d.  young. 
2d,  Isaac-Henry;  Capt.  Isaac-Henry  Morrison  res.  Deertield ; 
has  represented  his  town  in  the  legislature ;  commanded  a 
company  in  11th  N.  H.  Regt.  Vols,  in  battle  of  Fredericksburg, 
where  he  was  wounded  by  the  rebels ;  m.  Susan  James,  of 
Deertield. 

29.  James,  b.  Feb.  9,  1805;  m.  Susan  Shackford,  of  AUenstown,  X.  H. ; 

cl.  Aug.  27,  1853 ;  res.  Pembroke. 

30.  Jane,  b.  March  25,  1807 ;  m.  Giles- W.  Ordway,  of  Concord,  N.  H.  ; 

d.  March  18,  1852. 

31.  Lucinda,  b.  Sept.  22,  1810;  d.  Oct.  31,  1854. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  HUGH  MORISON  THE  EMIGRANT,  BROTHER 
OF  DAVID  AND   WILLIAM  MORISON,  OF  NOTTINGHAM. 

32.  Hugh  Morison  lived  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  about  1730. 
He  deeded  land  to  Hugh  Bolton*  in  1733,  to  Samuel  Smith  in 
1736,*  and  to  McAlister  in  1739;  f  he  signed  the  call  for  the  Rev. 
Mr.  McGreggor ;  f  he  rem.  to  Coleraine  in  1740  ;  in  1742,t  he 
deeded  land  in  East  Nottingham  to  William  Morison.  Hugh 
married  Martha ,  June  13,  1772.     She  died  at  Coleraine. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   COLERAINE,   MASS. 

33.  Martha,  b.  June  29,  1740.     (It  is  a  curious  fact  that  she  was  the  first 

white  child  born  in  Coleraine,  Mass.,  and  that  Jonathan  Morison 
was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  And  also 
Thomas  Morison,  of  Londonderry,  the  lost  son  of  Charter  James 
(see No.  16,  p.  82,  and  also  Chap.  XXI),  had  a  son  b.  Cambridge, 
N.  Y.,  who  was  the  first  white  child  born  there.  Thomas  m. 
Martha  Clark,  of  Pelham,  Mass.,  Feb.  15,  1762;  he  was  a  sur- 
veyor; surveyed  the  town  of  Salem,  N.  Y.,  and  res.  in  Cam- 
bridge.) 

34.  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  26,  1742. 

OTHER   MORISONS    OF   COLERAINE. 

35.  John  Morison,  born  1728 ;  died  at  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
1,  1810,  aged  82  years  ;  lived  in  Coleraine,  and  married  Ann ^. 


*  Rockingham  County  Records.  f  Londonderry  Rt  cords 


394  COLERAIXE,    MASS.,    MOEISOXS. 

Hq  W2is  2^^'obably  a  son  of  Hugh.     She  died  at  Hartford,  iST.  Y., 
Nov.  10,  1808,  aged  72  years.  . 

CHILDREN,    BORN  IX   COLERAINE,    MASS. 

35a.  David,  b.  Nov.  4,  1752. 
355.  ,7onathan,  b.  Dec.  22,  175-t. 

36.  Hugh  (42),  b.  April  22,  1757;  d.  Hartford,  Washiugton  Co.,  N.  Y., 

March  23,  1813. 

37.  Martha,  b.  Oct.  18,  1759 ;  m.  Dr.  Adolphus  Freeman,  of  Kingsbury, 

N.  y. 

38.  Solomon,  b.  May  18,  1762. 

39.  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  10,  1764. 

40.  John,  b.  May  7,  1767;  d.  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  Aug  30,  1807. 

41.  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  22,  1769. 

42.  Hugh-  [36]  (John^) ;  born  in  Coleraine,  Mass.,  but  settled 
in  Hartford,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN,    150RN  IN   HARTFORD,    WASHINGTON   CO.,    N.    Y. 

43.  John,  d.  1796. 

44.  Ann,  d.  Feb.  28,  1805,  aged  18  yrs.  4  mos. 

45.  James-C,  d.  Nov.  26,  1806,  aged  18  yrs. 

46.  Betsey,  m.  David  Harkness.    One  child,  David;  res.  Bellevue,  0. ;  m., 

2d,  Rev.  Isaac  Blagley ;  she  d.  Bellevue,  Sept,  5,  1861. 

47.  Laviuia ;  ra. Simpson. 

48.  Ziua;  d.  single. 

49.  Lucinda,  b.  Dec.  1781;  m.  George-W.  McCracken ;  lawyer;  d.  April 

28,  1826;  she  m.,  2d,  James-B.  Gibson,  of  Salem,  N.  Y. ;  he  d. 
May  10,  1827;  she  d.  at  Bellevue,  0.,  Oct.  17,  1852;  no  Issue.* 

50.  Joseph,  b.  1784.t 

REV.    JOHN    MORRISON,    OF   PETERBOROUGH,  N.  H, 

51.  Rev.  John  Morfison,  of  Peterborough,  IST.  H.,  was  born  in 
Pathfoot,  ScotLand,  May  22,  1743  ;  was  graduated  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Edinburgli  in  1765.  He  was  ordained  at  Peterborough, 
Nov.  26,  1766,  and  was  the  first  settled  minister  of  the  town. 
His  abilities  were  good,  but  by  disreputable  practices  he  lost  the 
respect  of  the  people  ;  he  relinquished  his  connection  with  the 
society  in  1772.  "He  died  suddenly  (as  is  supposed)  at  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  while  a  commissary  in  the  British  service,  May  26  or 
27,  1782,"  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Ferguson,  of 
Peterborough;  she  died  Nov.  28,  1824,  aged  84  years. 

CHILDREN. 

52.  John,  b.  1768;  d.  Nov.  15,  1794,  aged  26  yrs.  J 

53.  Polly,  b.  1770;  d.  April  1,  1812,  aged  42  yrs. 

54.  William,  b.  1772;  lived   in  Peterborough  until  about  1800;  he  lived 

at  oue  time  near  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;    liut  little  is  knowu   of  his 
histor3\ 

*  I  am  indebted  to  his  son,  James  Gibson,  Esq.,  of  Salem,  Washington 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  for  this  information. 

t  Further  notices  of  Coleraine  and  the  Morisons  will  be  found  in  Hol- 
land's History  of  Western  Massachusetts,  Vol.  II,  p.  336;  of  Pelhain, 
Mass.,  same  History,  p.  338.  See  also  Drake's  History  of  French  and 
Indian  Wars  (ed.  1870),  p.  104.  The  capture  of  David  Morison  by  the 
Indians  is  described  in  same  work,  p.  114. 

X  He  was  educated  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and  was  greatly 
beloved  and  respected. 


BRENTWOOD   MORISONS.  395 

MORISONS    OF   BRENTWOOD,    N.    H. 

55.  Robert  Morison  emigrated  from  Scotland  Avhen  six  years 
of  age,  and  settled  in  Brentwood,  N.  H.  Tradition*  says  he 
came  to  America  about  1706.     He  had  at  least  two  children  :  — 

56.  Robert ;  no  record. 

57.  Jonathan,  born  1756;  died  1840;  was  in  the  Revolutionary 
Avar,  and  at  its  close,  with  his  young  wife,  Shuah  Stevens  (born 
1755;  d.  1840),  joined  a  party  of  six  families  of  pioneers,  who 
settled  in  the  town  of  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  which  at  that  time  in- 
cluded the  present  town  of  Gilford.  He  chopped  down  the  first 
tree  in  the  present  town  of  Laconia ;  he  built  a  saw-mill  there  ; 
a  log-house  Avas  built,  where  their  children  were  born.  In  1805, 
he  moved  to  Tuftonborough,  N.  H.  Most  of  his  children  liA^ed 
to  a  good  old  age,  and  jihysically  Avere  large  and  tall  persons. 
The  sons  Avere  farmers. 

CHILDllEX,    BORN   IX   GILMAXTON,   X.    H. 

58.  r  Dauiel  (68),  b.  Aui;-.  28,  1783 ;  d.,  aged  77  yrs. 

59.  t  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  28,1783;  d.,  aged  2-4. 

60.  Rhoda;  m.  Barnard  Morrill,  of  Gilford. 

61.  Jonatliaii,   b.    1787;  d.   about   1875;   m.   Mary  Libby;    m.,   2d,   Mrs. 

Gould.  Five  children:  1st,  Robert;  res.  Robinson,  111.  2d, 
George;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y.  3d,  Charles-I. ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 
4th,  John;  res.  Boston,  Mass.     5th,  Mary;  d.,  aged  18  yrs. 

62.  Hannah,  b.   1789;  m.   John  Fullerton,   of  Tuftonborough;   d.   1853; 

three  children. 

63.  Samuel,  b.  about  1791;  d.  1829  in  Tuftonborough,  N.  11.;  m.     Two 

children :  1st,  Hannah ;  m.  Daniel  Wright ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 
2d,  Samuel ;  res.  California. 

64.  Mary,  b.  1793 ;  m.  Josiah  Libby ;  res.  Wolfboro',  N.  H. ;  one  daughter. 

65.  Stevens,  b.  1795;  res.  Tuftonborough,  N.  H. ;   d.  1876;  m. ;  three  ch. 

66.  John,  b.  1797;  drowned  1842  (?),  aged  45  yrs. ;  m.  Lucy  Blake;  res. 

Moultouborough,  N.  H.  Four  cliildren :  1st,  John-H.  2d, 
Jonathan.  3d,  Ebenezer.  4th,  Nancy.  All  res.  in  Moultou- 
borough. 

67.  Ebenezer;    m.   Nancy  Ladd ;    d.,  aged  about    50  yrs.;    res.  on  the 

homestead  in  Tuftonborough.      Three  cliildren  :     1st,   Shuah ; 
»  m.   Rev.   Dauiel    Stevens,   of    Tuftonborough.      2d,   Jonathan ; 

res.  Tuftonborough.  3d,  Ruth;  m.  Samuel  Gordon ;  res.  Tuf- 
tonborough. 

68.  DanieP  [58]  (Jonathan-,  Robert^) ;  he  was  a  teacher  for 
thirteen  years,  and  preached  occasionally ;  Avas  also  a  farmer ; 
he  married  Abigail  Ladd,  of  Ncav  Hampton,  N.  H. ;  lived  in 
Tuftonborough  and  Sandwich,  N.  H. ;  died,  aged  77  years. 

CHILDKEX,    BORX   IX  TUFTOXBOROUGH,  X.  II. 

69.  Sarah,  b.  May  13,  1818;  m.  Oilman  Felch,  of  Sandwich,  N.  H. ;  nine 

children;  d.  at  Brookline.  Mass.,  1870. 

70.  Almirah,  b.  June  27,  1821  ;  m.  Francis  Stickney,  of  Sandwich,  N.  H.  ; 

three  children;  d.  at  East  Cambridge,  Mass.,  1856. 

71.  Daniel-T.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1823;  d.  June  24,  r835. 

72.  Nancy-Ladd,  b.  Nov.  10,  1825;  m.  Samuel  Tucker,  of  Maine. 

73.  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  18,  1827 ;  d.  Nov.  1828. 

*  It  was  probabl}'  a  later  date,  as  his  second  child  was  born  in  1756. 


396  SANBORNTON   MOPJSONS. 

74.  Saniuel-L.,  b.  Feb.   18,   1829;  left  N.  H.  1850;  rem.  to  Chicaso  in 

1856 ;  fruit-grower,  aud  has  one  of  the  largest  fruit  orchards  of 
the  Northwest;  res.  Chicago.  He  m.  Lizzie-M.  Lane,  of  Boston, 
Mass. ;  five  childi'en  :  1st,  Benjamin-Lane,  b.  St.  Louis,  Sept. 
21,  1856 ;  printer  in  Chicago.  2d,  Abbie-Whittle,  b.  Pierre  Mar- 
quette, ISIich.,  Sept.  25,  1859;  teaclier  in  public  schools  of  Chi- 
cago. 3d,  Alfred-Lincoln,  b.  Kirkwood,  111.,  May  2,  1867.  4th, 
Nellie-Florence,  b.  Chicago,  June  22,  1871.  5th,  Bessie-Lane, 
b.  Chicago,  Dec.  11,  1874. 

75.  Comfort- Abigail,  b.  Sept.  18,  1831;  m.  Lemuel  Webb;  res.  Boston, 

Mass. 

76.  Beuiamin-F.,  b.  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  March  28,  1834;  d.  March,  1858. 

77.  Daiiiel-T.,  b.  Sandwich,  Dec.  28,  1838;  d.  June  24,  1860. 

78.  Levi- Alfred,  b.  Sandwich,  Jan.  17,  1844;  m.  Lydia .     One  child, 

Mabel-Alma,  b.  Oct.  1873 ;  res.  Somerville,  Mass. 

MORISONS    OF    SANBORNTON,    N.    H. 

Their  record,  as  traced  out  genealogically  by  the  Rev.  M.  T. 
Kimnels,  and  embodied  in  his  liistory  of  that  town,  occupies  a 
larger  sj^ace  than  that  of  any  other  family  except  that  of  the 
Sanborn  family.  For  more  than  one  hundred  years  it  has  been 
one  of  the  most  prominent  and  respectable  of  the  families  of  the 
original  town  of  Sanbornton,  including  the  present  towns  of 
Sanbornton,  Tilton,  and  East  Franklin. 

The  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family  is  supposed  to  be 
David  Morison,  who,  according  to  one  theory,  is  traditionally  said 
to  have  first  come  "  to  some  part  of  the  British  colonies  farther 
south  than  Mass.,  but  his  time  of  landing  is  unknown."  It  is  the 
conclusion  of  the  town  historian  of  Sanbornton,  wdio  has  given 
the  matter  much  attention,  that  notwithstanding  the  above  tradi- 
tion, this  David  was  of  the  old  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  stock,  and 
may  have  been  the  brother  or  ne))hew  of  Joh^i  Morison  (who  is 
erroneously  called  Samuel'mthe  History  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.), 
who  died  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  at  the  rc])uted  age  of  108  years, 
and  whose  five  sons  settled  in  Londonderry.  Another  theory, 
suggested  by  Hon.  Charles-E.  Morrison,  of  Manchester,  N.  H., 
makes  the  Sanbornton  family,  not  of  Scotch-Irish,  but  of  older 
Scotch-English  descent,*  and  supposes  that  John  Morison  of  the 
second  generation,  according  to  the  first  theory  the  son  of  David 
(?),  to  be  really  the  son  of  Daniel  Morrison, f  of  Newbury,  Mass., 

*  The  author  adopts  the  Scotch-English  theory,  and  thinks  there  is  uo 
connection  between  the  Morisons  of  Londonderry  and  those  of  Sanborn- 
ton, only  as  all  Morisons  belong  to  the  same  Scotch  clan. 

t  Daniel   Morrison,   of   New))ury,   Mass.,    m.   Hannah  ,  who  died 

Oct.  9,  1700.     He  lived  in  Newbury  in  1710. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  1,  1691. 

2.  John,  b.  March  28,  1693,  the  possible  ancestor  of  the  Sanbornton 

Morrisons. 

3.  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  27,  1696. 

4.  Ebenezer,  b.  Oct.  6,  1697. 

5.  Mary,  b.  March  20, . 


SANBORXTOX   MORISOXS.  397 

whose  son  John  (according  to  Coffin's  History  of  Newbury)  was 
born  March  28,  1693.  In  either  case  the  record  will  be  like 
this  :  — 

79,  David  (?),  or  Daniel  (?),  first  generation.     His  son, 

80.  John-,  was  the  known  father  of  eleven  children.  He  also 
appears  to  have  been  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass. ;  and  this  place  is 
the  only  possible  point  in  which  to  unite  the  Londonderry  and 
Sanbornton  branches  on  this  side  of  the  ocean.  Four  of  his  sons 
are  genealogically  represented  in  Sanbornton. 


CniLOREN. 

81. 

Bradburys  (99). 

87. 

Jeremiah^. 

82. 

JoLn^. 

88. 

Samuels  (i03) 

83. 

Jonathan^. 

89. 

Abigails. 

84. 

Daniel^. 

90. 

Mollys. 

85. 

Ebenezei-s  (96). 

91. 

Lydias. 

86. 

Davids,  b.  1732 

(?)  (90). 

9-2.  Bradbury^  [81]  (John-,  David^  (?)) ;  settled  in  Exeter, 
ZST.  H.  His  widow  rem.  to  Sanbornton  with  her  son,  and  married, 
2d,  John  Philbrook,  and  died  April  24,  1797,  aged  74  yrs.  Their 
youngest  son, 

93.  Jonathan^,  having  settled  in  Sanbornton,  married  Esther- 
J.,  daughter  of  Abraham  Perkins  (the  first  school-teacher  of  that 
town),  and  had  a  numerous  and  worthy  family ;  their  homestead 
being  under  "  Steele's  Hill,"  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town, 
where  his  youngest  son, 

94.  Simon-Rowe^,  now  resides.  Jonathan  Morrison's  third 
daughter, 

95.  Abigail^,  married  Dea.  Moses  Cheney,  of  Holderness  ;  and 
was  the  mother  of  Oren-B.  Cheney,  president  of  Bates  College, 
Maine,  and  of  Hon.  P.-C.  Cheney,  late  Governor  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

96.  Ebenezer^  [85]  (John'-,  David^  (?) ),  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers,  and  the  first  miller,  at  M'hat  is  now  Sanbornton  Bridge, 
or  Tilton  Village,  N.  H.  His  descendants  are  numerous  in  San- 
bornton and  vicinity.     His  son, 

97.  John*,  was  a  fife-major  in  the  Revolutionary  Avar,  and 
became  the  father,  among  others,  of 

98.  William-Moore^,  who  early  settled  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  was  an  enterprising  bookseller  and  publisher  in 
Washington,  D.  C.  He  died  Jan.  1863,  in  his  62d  year.  His 
son  and  nephew,  William-H.  and  Obadiah-H.,  comprise  the  firm 
of  "W.-H.  &  O.-H.  Morrison,"  of  Washington,  D.  C,  one  of  the 
largest  law-]:)ublishing  houses  in  the  country. 

99.  David''  [86]  (John'-,  David^  (?j),  has  many  descendants  in 
Sanbornton  and  Franklin.     His  son, 

100.  Bradbury*,  an  excellent  man,  was  an  early  settler  at  the 
"  Morrison  Mills "  in  Franklin,  and  originated  tlie  somewhat 
noted  "Morrison  Meetings,"  first  lield  Jan.  15,  1844.  These 
gatherings  of  the  family  liave  been  kept  u]i  with  a  good  deal  of 
interest  to  the  present.     His  son, 


398  SANBORNTOX   MORISONS. 

101.  Natlian-Smith^,  retained  tlie  homestead  till  his  death, 
April  10,  1868,  in  his  seventy-ninth  year;  and  his  son, 

102.  Nathan-Jackson  Morrison*^,  d.  d.,  is  the  present  enterpris- 
ing president  of  Drury  College,  at  Springfield,  Mo. 

103.  SaniueP  [88]  (John-,  David^  (?),  was  an  early  settler  at 
what  is  now  the  "Ten  Corners,"  in  Tilton,  N.  H.  He  was  twice 
married,  but  no  living  descendants  are  known  in  the  Morrison 
name,* 

*  The  families  liere  represented  are  all  full)/  and  elaborately  traced  out, 
with  much  additional  information  of  genuine  interest,  in  Vol.  II  of  the 
forthcoming  "History  of  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,"  by  that  persistent  and 
industrious  genealogist,  Rev.  M.  T.  Runnels,  of  Sanbornton. 


VIRGINIA   MOEEISOXS.  399 


CHAPTER    XYII. 

John  Morrison,   the  Emigrant.  —  Dr.  Edwin-A.   Morrison.  —  Rev. 
Jamp:s-Horace  Morrison,  d.  d. 


MORRISONS    OF   VIRGINIA. 

John  Morkison  emigrated  from  Coiinaught,  uortli  of  Ireland, 
to  America,  about  1795.  His  father  is  believed  to  have  been 
a  manufacturer,  and  he  at  one  time  owned  houses  in  London, 
England. 

John  Morrison  was  educated  for  a  physician,  but  for  some  cause 
his  medical  education  was  not  completed.  He  first  located  in 
Petersbui'g,  Va.,  and  afterwards  in  Lunenburg  Co.,  Va.,  engaging 
in  mercantile  business.  As  phj-sicians  were  much  needed,  he 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicine.  He  was  an  accomplished 
man,  and  ranked  high  in  his  profession.  He  was  brought  up  a 
Presbyterian.  He  married  Miss  Bagley,  in  Lunenburg  County, 
about  1798,  where  he  res.  till  his  death  in  1823.  His  brother 
Samuel  located  near  Snow  Hill,  on  the  eastern  sliore  of  Maryland, 
where  he  married,  but  left  no  cliildren.  John  Morrison  Avas  born 
about  1760. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   LUNENBURG   CO.,    VA. 

1.  Jaue,  b.  1799;   m.  Josiah-B.  Wilsou,  of  Lunenburg  Co.,  Va.,  a  mer- 

chaut;  d.  182G,  leaving  two  daughters,  Maiw-Aune  aud  Sarah- 
Jane,  the  first  of  wlioni  d.  unmarried ;  the  second  m.  Dr. 
Richard-H.  Hatchett,  a  ph^ysician  of  high  standiug;  both  now 
res.  in  Lunenburg  County. 

2.  William-Andei'son,  b.  1801;  entered  a  medical  school  in  Philadelphia, 

and  d.  unmarried  at  the  age  of  2G  yrs. 

3.  Edwin-Armistead  (5),  b.  Sept.  24,  1804;  d.  Oct.  30,  1879. 

4.  James-Horace  (19),  b.  March  31,  1811;  res.  Cartersville,  Va. 

5.  Edwin-Armistead-  (3)  (John^),  Dr.  Edwin-A.  Morrison, 
after  studying  medicine,  settled  at  Lawrenceville,  Brunswick  Co., 
Va.,  and  had  an  extensive  practice.  He  was  eminent  as  a  phy- 
sician. For  more  than  fifty  years  lie  was  a  communicant  of  the 
Episcopal  church.  "  While  his  unaffected  humility  would  not  per- 
mit him  to  call  upon  others  to  follow  him  as  he  followed  Christ, 
yet  all  who  knew  him  might  ])oint  to  his  Cliristian  example  as  one 
worthy  of  imitation.  .  .  .  From  a  condition  of  great  comfort 
and  prosperity,  he  was  brought  down  to  very  straitened  circum- 
stances.    In  this  his  lot  Avas  not  singular,  but  it  was  a  singular 


400  VIRGINIA   IMORRISONS. 

grace  that  enabled  him  to  pass  through  this  trial  in  such  a  man- 
ner that  the  most  keen-sighted,  to  detect  any  swerving  from  the 
strictest  rectitude,  could  find  none  in  him  ;  ...  he  bore  the  touch- 
stone unscathed ;  the  crucible  detected  no  alloy."  He  died  sud- 
denly, Oct.  30,  1879,  of  paralysis  of  the  heart.  He  married  twice ; 
liis  first  wife  was  Mary-C,  daughter  of  Robert  Turnbull,  for  many 
years  clerk  of  Brunswick  Co.,  Va.     By  her  he  had 

CHILDREN. 

6.  Ilobert-J.,  professor  in  William  aud  Mary  College;  d.  18G1. 

7.  Mary-T. ;  m.  Dr.  Thos.  Marable,  now  res.  Petersburg,  Va. 

8.  William-E.;  clerk;  res.  Tetersburg. 

9.  Sarauel-J. ;  physician;  res.  Little  Hock,  Ark. 

10.  Elizabeth  ;  m.  Geo   Goodwin  ;  clerk  ;  res.  Petersburg. 

11.  J. -Horace;  professor  at  Virginia  Military  Institute. 

12.  Caroline-B. ;  m.  J.  Griswokl ;  lawyer,  but  now  teaching  in  Petersburg. 

13.  Anderson-B. ;  druggist;  res.  Memphis,  Tenu. 

14.  Channing-M.  :  druggist;  d.  Memphis,  Tenn.,  1878.     His  second  wife 

was  Lucea  Ilackley.     His  children  by  her  were,  — 

15.  Hackley;  machinist;  res.  Petersburg,  Va. 

16.  Harriet-R. ;  m.  Freeman-W.  Jones,  of  Brunswick  County;  tobacco 

inspector,  Petersburg. 

17.  Lucea;  m.  M.-D.  Bernard,  a  lawyer  of  high  standing  in  Brunswick 

County. 

18.  J.-G.  Wolson;  d.  1880. 

19.  James-Horace- [4]  (John^).  Rev.  James-Horace  Morrison, 
D.  D.,  was  left  without  a  father's  care  at  the  age  of  twelve  years. 
He  encountered  many  obstacles,  which  were  overcome,  in  acquir- 
ing an  education.  He  graduated  at  Hampden  Sydney  College, 
Va.,  in  1834,  taking  the  "first  honor  of  his  class.  On  leaving  col- 
lege, he  began  the  study  of  law,  but  he  soon  felt  constrained  to 
devote  hiniself  to  the  ministry.  He  studied  theology  at  the  Vir- 
ginia Seminary  at  Alexandria  ;  he  Avas  ordained  by  Bishop  Moore, 
of  the  E])iscopal  church,  and  began  the  Avork  of  the  ministry  at 
Shepherdstown,  W.  Va.,  where  he  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Seth-Belfield  Foster,  of  Norfolk,  Va.  She  was  born  May  7, 
1819,  at  Shepherdstown,  Jefferson  Co.,  W.  Va.  In  a  few  years 
he  became  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Richmond,  Va.,  and 
successively  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Montgomery,  Ala.,  St. 
Peter's  Cliurch,  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Christ  CInxrch,  Lexington, 
Kv.  The  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred 
upon  him  in  1857  by  the  University  of  Maryland,  and  bv  Racine 
College,  AVis.,  1859. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  standing  committee 
in  several  dioceses,  a  member  of  the  general  board  of  missions, 
and  delegate  to  the  General  Convention.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
war,  he  returned  to  Virginia,  where  he  has  since  ministered  in 
small  parishes.  Through  much  physical  Aveakness  he  has  labored 
for  many  years.     Residence,  Cartersville,  Cunrberland  Co.,  Va. 

CniLDKEN. 

20.     Horace-B.,  b.  Shepherdstown,  W.  Va.,  Feb.  10,  1840;  civil  engineer 
of  much  promise;  d.  Nov.  2,  1859. 


VIRGINIA  MORRISONS.  401 

21.  Mary-Boiling,  b.   Buckingham  Co.,  Va.,  Oct.  17,  1841;  m.  Feb.  12, 

1868,  John-Claibonie   James,  a  lawer  of  Goochland  Co.,  Va., 
their  present  residence;  P.  O.,  West  View,  Goochland  Co.,  Va. 

22.  Auna-Bedinger,  b.  Cumberland  Co.,  Va.,  Aug.  25,  1843;  m.  Jan.  6, 

1871,  Dr.  Thomas-Mann  Fleming,  of  Goochland  Co.,  Va.,  who 
■was  also  a  large  farmer.     He  d.  Nov.  21,  1872. 

23.  Ella,  b.  Richmond, '"Va.,  June  13,  1845;  m.  Nov.  8,  18GG,  Wm.-Fitz- 

gerald  Jones;  teacher;  he  was  b.  Brunswick  Co.,  Va.,  Oct.  8, 
1844;  res.  Lawrenceville,  Brunswick  Co.,  Va. 

24.  Margaret-Foster,  b.  June  26,  1847;  d.  Sept.  8,  1847. 

25.  Edvfin-Morton,  b.  July  31,  1848;  d.  Dec.  11,  1853. 

26.  William-Foster,  b.  Montgomery,  Ala.,  Oct.  25,  1850;   studied  at  St. 

Clement's  Hall,  a  classical  school  near  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  was 
graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Ct.,  in  1874;  completed 
the  course  in  the  Episcopal  General  Theological  Seminary  at 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  graduated  1877;  ordaiued  to  the  ministry 
by  Bishop  Whittiugham,  of  Md.,  May  27,  1877.  His  first  per- 
manent charge  was  as  rector  of  Church  of  Our  Saviour,  Balti- 
more, Md.,  where  he  labored  two  and  one  half  years.  He  then 
accepted  a  call  and  became  assistant  rector  of  the  Church  of 
the  Ascension,  Washington,  D.  C,  in  Feb.  1880. 
27a.  Margaret-Virginia,  b.  Montgomery,  Ala.,  Nov.  12,  1852;  m.  Nov.  12, 

1872,  George-Thomas  Herudon,  of  Goochland  Co.,  Va.,  farmer; 
res.  Bell  View,  Kv. 

271).  Herbert-Taylor,  b.  Aug.  19,  1856 ;  d.  July  27,  1857. 

28.  Arthur-Cleveland,    b.  "Baltimore,    Md.,    Jan  25,    1858;    educated  at 

Che-hire   Academy,   Conn.,  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H., 
and  St.  Clement's  Hall,  Md.     Clerk  in  Kichmond,  Va. 

29.  Alice-Stewart,  b.  Jan.  28,  1800. 

30.  Bertha-Lee,  b.  July  28,  1862. 


402  PENNSYLVANIA   MORISONS. 


CHAPTER    XVIII. 

MoRisoNS  OF  Pennsylvania.  —  Gabriel  Morison,  the  Emigrant,  and 
HIS  Descendants.  —  Descendants  of  John  Morison. 


FIRST  GENERATION.  — GABRIEL  MORISON. 

Gabriel  Morison,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  family,  came 
from  the  north  of  Ireland  about  1740,  leaving  his  brother,  John 
Morison,  a  merchant,  in  Ireland.  It  is  believed  that  he  did  not 
marry  till  after  his  settlement  in  Pennsylvania.  He  married 
Martha  Glen  (?)  or  Wilson  (?),  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  prior  to  Jan. 
2,  1743  (according  to  an  old  bond  in  existence).* 

By  tradition,  his  home  was  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  and  at  the 
death  of  his  father,  as  his  oldest  brother  inherited  nearly  all  the 
property  by  the  law  of  primogeniture,  he  emigrated  to  America, 
and  landed  in  Philadelphia.  Another  tradition  is  that  Gabriel 
and  his  three  brothers  emigrated  together.  He  first  settled  in 
Londonderry,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  Later  (1752  and  1754),  he  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land  in  Coleraine,  Lancaster  County,  and 
located  near  the  Octorara,  a  beautiful  stream  which  divides 
Chester  and  Lancaster  Counties.  Together  these  purchases 
amounted  to  over  three  hundred  acres.  Some  of  his  descendants 
still  (1880)  own  and  res.  upon  part  of  this  tract  of  land. 

Gabriel  was  well  educated,  and  there  are  many  indications  of 
his  being  from  a  family  of  wealth  and  refinement ;  a  strict  Presby- 
terian, and  an  elder  in  the  Middle  Octorara  Church  for  many  years, 
and  was  buried  in  that  graveyard.  He  was  of  great  firmness  of 
character,  of  good  judgment,  and  had  much  influence  in  the 
neighborhood ;  was  very  industrious,  and  accomplished  a  great 
deal  in  his  day.  He  dug  a  trench  around  his  three  hundred  acres 
of  land  for  protection  against  cattle,  as  was  the  custom  in  those 
days.  This  was  an  immense  work,  and  part  of  this  old  ditch  can 
be  seen  at  tlie  present  time.  He  was  regarded  as  a  rich  man,  as 
was  also  liis   son  and  successor,  Alexander  Morison ;  and  if  the 


*  This  bond  is  dated  Jan.  2,  1743-4,  and  payable  Jan.  2,  1744-5,  to  P.- 
Gilbert Buchanan  and  Martha  Morison  for  James  McClelland.  It  was 
given  by  Joseph  and  John  Glen,  witnessed  by  Walter  Buchanan,  Andrew 
Walker,  and  Robert  Ross,  and  executed  in  Chester  Co.,  Province  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  receipted  on  the  back  by  Gabriel  Morison. 


FIRST    GENI:RATI0X.  —  GABRIEL   MORISON.  403 

possession  of  much  land  and  fine  teams  are  evidences  of  wealth, 
then  they  were  justly  entitled  to  the  reputation. 

He  and  his  wife,  "  a  remarkably  fine  woman,"  used  to  ride  on 
horseback  six  miles  and  more  to  church,  and  carry  their  children 
Avith  them.  This  custom  was  followed  by  his  descendants  for 
three  generations.  The  solid  silver  knee  and  shoe  buckles  that 
he  wore  at  the  time  of  his  emigration  and  afterwards,  remained 
at  the  old  homestead  till  a  few  years  ago,  when  they  were  taken 
to  Wilmington,  Del.,  and  made  into  spoons.  Thus  the  relics  of 
the  past  changed  their  form,  and  were  made  to  serve  the 
present.* 

CHILDREX. 

2.  Sarah  (6),  b.  17U;  m.  Samuel  McClellan,  1767;  tl.  Feb.  14,  1790.t 

3.  John,  b.  1747  (?)  ;  d.  in  his  youth. 

4.  Alexauder  (15),  b.  1749;  d.  March  8,  1826,  age  77  yrs. 

SECOND    GENERATION. 

6.  Sarah-  (McClellan)  [2]  (Gabriel  Morison^) ;  married  Samuel 
McClellan  f  in  1767 ;  died  Feb.  14,  1790,  aged  46  years ;  res. 
in  Coleraine,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  on  the  property  now  known  as 
the  Cornelius  Collins  farm.  He  died  March  9,  1806;  they  are 
buried  at  Middle  Octorara  Church,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  Their 
children,  after  their  death,  removed  to  Union  Co.,  Pa. 

CHILDREX,    BORN  IX   COLERAIXE,    PA. 

7.  James,  b.  Feb.  3,  1768 ;  m.  Mary  Irwin,  July  5,  1796,  and  died  in  Cen- 

tral Pennsylvania,  Nov.  4,  1849,  aged  81  yrs.  ;  farmer;  rem.  to 
Union  Co.,  Pa.,  and  was  followed  by  the  rest  of  the  family. 
He  was  greatly  respected.  Four  children:  1st,  Sarah-M.,  b. 
July  25,  1800;  d.  May  22,  1871.  2d,  Margaret,  b.  Oct.  1,  1801; 
dv  Jan.  7,  1863.     3d,  Catharine,  b.  May  1,  1804;  res.  Union  Co., 

Pa.     4th,  Mary-L.,  b.  March  14,   1814;  m.  Rankin,  M.  D. ; 

widow;  res.  Muncy,  Pa. 

8.  Jane,  b.  Nov.  22,  1771;  m.  John  Kinkead ;  d.  Aug.  31,  1832,  in  Cen- 

tral Pennsylvania,  aged  61  yrs.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Kinkead, 
who  formerly  owned  what  is  now  known  as  "  Pusey's  Mill,"  on 
the  west  branch  of  the  Octorara,  in  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  Her 
only  living  child,  .lane,  m.  Samuel  Morrow^  of  Lewisburg  Co., 
Pa.,  a  son  of  Alexander  Morrow  and  Martha  McClellan.  Three 
children :  1st,  Samuel-Kiukead,  d.  Oct.  5,  1826.  2d,  John- 
Kiukead,  d.  Oct.  31,  1832.  3d,  Eliza-Wagnon,  d.  Nov.  19,  1826. 
All  dead  but  their  daughter  Jane,  as  above. 


*  Dr.  J.-B.  Morrison,  of  Maryville,  Mo.,  writes,  April  19,  1880:  "There 
mxitit  be  in  existence  a  number  of  letters  that  Gabriel  received  from  his 
friends  in  Ireland,  though  I  have  been  unable  to  find  them.  Some  of  the 
counections  speak  pretty  positively  in  support  of  the  tradition  that  four 
Ijrothers  came  from  Ireland  together,  and  the  name  of  Alexander  is  men- 
tioned as  one  of  them.  Robert  (?)  and  James  (?)  are  also  mentioned 
with  some  doubt.  I  am  inclined  to  the  belief  that  Alexander  Morison, 
who  lived  in  New  London,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  and  whose  will  is  recorded 
in  West  Chester  Will  Book  D,  Vol.  IV,  p.  609,  was  a  brother  to  Gabriel. 
Alexander  is  a  common  name  in  our  branch  of  the  family.  An  acquaint- 
ance used  to  say  that  he  '  could  not  go  out  in  a  dark  night  without  run- 
ning against  an  Alexander  Morison.'" 

t  The  McClellans  were  related  to  President  Buchanan. 


404  PENNSYLVANIA   MOEISONS. 

9.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  23,  1773;  m.  Joshua  Ewing;  d. ;  rem.  to  Michigan, 
Five  children:  1st,  Samuel;  m.  Annie  Iddiugs.  2d,  James. 
3d,  John.     4th,  Joshua.     5th,  Mary. 

10.  Catharine,  b.  Jan.  27,  1776 ;  d.  single. 

11.  Samuel,  b.  March  8,  1778;  m.  Ruth  Thompson.      One  child,  Eliza- 

beth, who  m.  Thomas  Iddings.  He  m.,  2d,  Elizabeth  Robinson, 
b.  July  22,  1800 ;  d.  March  7,  1878,  and  had  several  children. 
Farmer;  rem.  to  Union  Co.,  Pa.;  d.  Feb.  4,  1854.  Six  chil- 
dren by  second  wife  :  1st,  Mary-Ann.  2d,  James  ;  m.  Eliza-A. 
Biddle.  3d,  Samuel.  4th,  Caroline.  5th,  Henrietta;  m.  Josiah 
Shriner.     Gth,  Catharine. 

12.  Martha,  b.  April  18,  1780;  m.  Alexander  Moi-row,  of  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

Six  children  :  1st,  Samuel ;  m.  Jane  Kinkead.  2d,  James.  3d, 
Jane.     4th,  Sarah.     5th.  Margaret.     Gth,  Mary-Ann. 

13.  Gabriel,  b.  Aug.  21,  1782;  d.  young. 

14.  Mary,  b.  April'l),  1786;  m.  John  Irwin:  d.  Jan.  15,  1858,  aged  71  yrs. 

9  months.  Eight  children  :  1st,  Samuel-M. ;  res.  at  Bellefonte, 
Centre  Co.,  Pa.  2d,  Jane.  3d,  Sarah.  4th,  Mary-Ann.  5th, 
John.     Gth,  James.     7th,  Louisa.     8th,  William. 

15.  Alexander^  [4]  (GabrieP) ;  born  1749;  died  March  8, 
1826,  aged  77  years.  He  possessed  nearly  the  same  qualities  of 
mind  and  heart  which  belonged  to  his  father ;  he  made  money  by 
farming,  and  by  teaming  with  his  fine  team.  He  did  some  team- 
ing for  the  government  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  This 
money  was  not  squandered.  He  built  a  grist-mill  on  his  place, 
which  is  still  standing  and  doing  work,  and  has  always  been 
known  as  "  Morrison's  Mill."  He  was  an  elder  for  many  years  in 
the  Middle  Octorara  Church.  He  married,  about  1770,  Prudence 
Gamble,  of  Dauphine  Co.,  Pa.,  who  was  born  1751,  and  died  Aug. 
16,  1821.  He  died  March  8,  1826,  aged  77  years.  They  were 
buried  in  the  graveyard  at  Octorara  Church. 

CHILDREX. 

16.  Gabriel  (20),  b.  about  1771 ;  d.  May  21,  1830. 

17.  Samuel  (34),  b.  1773;  d.  May  19,  1832. 

18.  Alexander  (42),  b.  1778;  d.  April  12,  1852. 

19.  Prudence  (51),  b.  1784;  d.  1850. 

THIRD   GENERATION. 

20.  GabrieP  [16]  (Alexander-,  GabrieP);  born  about  1771; 
died  May  21,  1830.  He  was  named  by  his  grandfather  and  for 
him,  with  whom  he  was  a  great  favorite.  He  would  permit  him 
to  labor  but  little  and  educated  him  for  a  surveyor.  At  an  early 
age  he  located  on  a  farm  his  father  had  purchased  at  Buffalo  Val- 
ley, Union  Co.,  Pa.  He  was  a  fine  surveyor,  and  was  employed 
in  surveys  by  individuals  and  the  State.  On  Nov.  26,  1793,  he 
married  Ann  Love,  daughter  of  Thomas  Love,*  of  Chester  Co., 

*  Thomas  Love  lived  on  the  farm  in  West  Fallowfleld,  Chester  Co., 
Pa.,  lying  on  the  Octarara  River,  now  known  as  the  Pattie  Ross  farm. 
("Pattie"  w\as  his  granddaughter.)  He  married  Martha  Guthrie,  of 
Guthrie's  Ford,  now  known  as  Andrews'  Bridge.  She  was  a  sister  of 
Abigail  Andrews,  of  Andrews'  Bridge ;  also  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Samuel 
Martin,  who  came  from  Londonderry,  Ireland.     She  was  blind  for  twenty 


THIRD   GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL   MORRISON.  405 

Pa.,  and  born  Sept.  21,  1774;  died  Oct.  13,  1801,  aged  27  years. 
He  married,  2d,  in  1802,  Elizabeth  Swartz,  of  Central  Pa. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   CENTRAL  PENNSYLVANIA. 

21.  Thomas-Love  (59),  b.  Dec.  4,  1794;  d.  Oct.  1826. 

22.  Alexander- Wilsou  (62),  b.  Dec.  6,  1796;  d.  Sept.  8,  1872. 

23.  Prudence,  b.  Dec.  26,  1798;  d.  youug. 

24.  Julian,  b.  Sept.  11,  1800;  m.  James-K.  Simpson;  d.  Sept.  20,  1867; 

no  issue. 

25.  Mary  (71),  b.  Sept.  2,  1803;  m.  Daniel  Betts. 

26.  Prudence,  b.  Dec.  6,  1805 ;  d.  young. 

27.  Sarah  (79),  b.  July  26,  1807;  d.  about  1858. 

28.  Jane  (82),  b.  May  22,  1809;  m.  1838,  Henry  Kissell. 

29.  Hester,  b.  May  11,  1811;  d.  1877;  m.  Samuel  Betts;  res.  Jackson- 

ville, Clinton  Co.,  Pa. 

30.  Margaret  (83),  b.  May  23,  1813;  d. 

31.  Gabriel-BIair-V.,  b.  April  19,  1815;  d.  Jersey  Shore,  1843;  single. 

32.  Samuel-Gamble  (87),  b.  Feb.  8,  1817;  res.  Philadelphia. 

33.  Elizabeth  (95),  b.  March  19,  1819;  m.  John  Stiver,  1847. 

34.  SamueP  [17]  (Alexander-,  GabrieP);  born  1773;  died 
May  19,  1832,  aged  59  years.  He  married,  1797,  Jane  Anderson, 
born  in  Coleraine,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  and  daughter  of  Robert 
Anderson,  of  Coleraine,  born  1779;  died  'N'ov.  26,  1815,  aged  36 
years.  He  married,  2d,  in  1817,  Martha  BroAvn,  born  1774;  died 
May  8,  1829,  aged  55  years;  farmer  and  miller,  and  resided  on 
that  portion  of  the  homestead  on  which  his  father  had  previ- 
ously built  a  mill,  and  which  was  deeded  to  him. 

CHILDRKN,    BORN  IN   COLERAINE,    PA. 

35.  Alexander-Gamble  (96),  b.  Sept.  13,  1798;  d.  Oct.  27,  1870. 

36.  Kobert-Elder  (101),  b.  Oct.  19,  1800;  d.  Aug.  30,  1873. 

37.  Eliza  (109),  b.  June  26,  1802;  m.  James  Martin,  June  21,  1821;  d. 

Sept.  11,  1852. 

38.  Samuel  (122),  b.  1803;  m.  Abigail  Gordon,  Jan.  16,  1833. 

39.  James-G.  (129),  b.  April  22,  1807;  m.  Nancy  Clark,  Dec.  25,  1838. 

40.  Gabriel-Sample,  b.  1809 ;  d.  single,  Aug.  1852. 

41.  John- Anderson  (133),  b.  about  1811;  res.  Cochranville,  Chester  Co., 

Pa. 

42.  Alexander^  [18]  (Alexander,'-^  GabrieP)  ;  born  1778;  died 
April  12,  1852.  He  married,  1808,  Isabella  Cooper,  born  1788 ; 
died  May  11,  1858,  aged  70  years.  He  died  April  12,  1852,  aged 
74  years ;  farmer,  and  resided  on  part  of  the  old  homestead.  He 
was  a  strong  man,  and  was  much  respected.  She  was  daughter 
of  James  Cooper,  a  farmer  of  Coleraine,  who  resided  on  what  is 

years  prior  to  her  death,  Dec.  29,  1825.  The  old  arm-chair  in  which  she 
sat  during  these  years  of  darkness,  and  the  family  Bible,  are  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  family.  Thomas  Love  helped  cut  and  haul  the  timber  for 
the  first  church  at  or  near  Flagg's  Manor,  in  Chester  Co.,  and  which  he 
helped  to  build.  He  died  Dec.  20,  1825,  age  85  yrs.  10  mos.  John  Love, 
sou  of  Thomas,  moved  to  Kentucky  or  Tennessee.  Some  of  the  Guth- 
ries  removed  to  Kentucky  many  years  ago.  Pattie  Ross  dietl  Feb.  1879, 
aged  87  yrs.  Sarah-Gilkerson,  daughter  of  Thomas  Love,  moved  to 
Augusta,  Va.,  and  died  May  27,  1826.  There  are  many  descendants  of 
the  Love  aud  Guthrie  families. 


406  PENNSYLVANIA   MORISONS. 

now  known  as  the  Robert  Beyers  property.     They  are  buried  in 
the  Middle  Octorara  churchyard. 

CHILDREN,   BORN   IN   COLERAINE,  PA. 

43.  James-Cooper,  b.  1809 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

44.  James-Cooper,  2cl  (137),  b.  Aug.  14,  1811;  m.  Ellen  Donahue,  March 

21,  1844. 

45.  Alexander  (139), b.  March  16,  1817 ;  m.  MatildaFerguson,  Oct.  10, 1850. 

46.  Jane,  b.  about  1815;  single;  living. 

47.  Samuel  G.  (144),  b.  about  1821;  m.  Rebecca  Ingram,  1858. 

48.  Prudence-A.,  b.  1824;  m.  Daniel,  son  of  Joseph  Wallier,  of  Coleraine, 

Pa.,  1850,  and  res.  on  the  Squire  Barkley  farm,  joining  the 
"  ol'i  homestead." 

49.  Mary  (148),  b.  1826;  m.  Thomas  Doyle,  1863. 

50.  '  Isabella,  b.  1829;  m.  John-A.  Chxrk,  of  Barringtonville,  Chester  Co., 

Pa.,  in  1869. 

51.  Prudence^  (Work)  [19]  (Alexander-,  GabrieP) ;  born 
1784;  married,  in  1805,  Samuel  Work,  of  Coleraine,  Lancaster 
Co.,  Pa.,  and  died  1850.     He  was  a  farmer. 

CHILDREN. 

52.  Sarah ;  d. ;  single. 

53.  Jane ;  m.  Alexander  Andrews. 

54.  Samuel ;  d. ;  single. 

55.  Eliza;  living;  res.  Coleraine,  Pa. 

56.  Alexander  ;  d. ;  single. 

57.  John;  m.  Rebecca  Taylor,  of  Little  Britain,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

58.  Robert;    single;    living;  farmer;  res.  Coleraine,  Pa.,  on  part  of  the 

homestead,  the  first  purchase  of  Gabriel  Morisou,  1752. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 

59.  Thomas-Love^  [21]  (GabrieP,  Alexander-,  GabrieP)  ;  born 
Dec.  4,  1794;  died  Oct.  1826,  very  suddenly  in  Central  Pa.  He 
married  Mary  Struble,  of  Union  Co.,  Pa. 

CHILDREN,  BORN  AT  BUFFALO  CROSS  ROADS. 

60.  Mary-Ann,   b.    about   1824;   m.    John   Shadle,    of    Union  Co.,   Pa., 

farmer,  about  1850.  Five  children,  b.  at  Buflalo  Cross  Roads : 
1st,  Catharine,  b.  about  1852.  2d,  Annie,  b.  about  1854.  3d, 
Elizabeth,  b.  about  1856.  4th,  Morrison,  b.  about  1858.  5th, 
James-L.,  b.  about  1860. 

61.  Catharine,  b.  about  1826;    m.  George  Ruhl  about  1854.     Children, 

b.  at  Bufl'alo  Cross  Roads  :  1st,  Mary-H.    2d,  Israel.     3d,  David. 

62.  Alexander- Wilson^  [22]  (GabrieP,  Alexander^  GabrieP) ; 
born  in  Milton,  Pa.,  Dec.  6,  1796 ;  died  Sept.  8,  1872.  When 
four  years  of  age,  his  mother  died,  and  his  grandfather  took  him 
to  his  home  in  Coleraine,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. ;  and  at  his  death 
made  him  heir  to  most  of  his  property  and  the  executor  of  his 
will.  But  for  this  he  would  have  studied  for  a  profession.  Nature 
intended  him  for  a  lawyer,  and  he  regretted  deeply  that  he  had 
not  chosen  a  profession  when  young.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  dur- 
ing most  of  his  life  kept  a  fine  team  of  four  or  six  horses,  with 
which  he  did  a  great  amount  of  teaming.  He  was  a  strong  man, 
])hysically,  mentally,  morally,  and  religiously. 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  —  ALEXANDER-WILSON   MORRISON.    407 

There  are  marvellous  anecdotes  told  of  his  physical  strength. 
He  and  his  relative,  Samuel  Morrison,  were  the  only  men  in  their 
vicinity  who  could  place  three  barrels  of  flour  in  a  perpendicular 
position,  the  second  barrel  on  top  of  the  first,  and  the  third  on 
top  of  the  second.  He  excelled  all  others  in  throwing  56-lb. 
weights,  and  on  one  occasion  caused  deep  chagrin  to  the  "cham- 
pion thrower  "  by  hurling  the  56-lb.  weight  some  four  feet  farther 
than  he.  He  stood  six  feet  two  inches  in  height,  and  weighed 
nearly  two  hundred  pounds;  was  muscular,  and  had  no  super- 
fluous flesh. 

He  was  a  man  of  influence,  and  for  several  years  was  an  elder 
in  the  Middle  Octorara  Presbyterian  Church,  and  subsequently  in 
the  Union  Presbyterian  Churcli.  His  character  was  spotless,  and 
he  was  generous  to  a  fault.  His  liberality  was  a  hinderance 
to  his  accumulation  of  property.  He  was  too  ready  to  go  as 
security  for  the  man  who  would  ask  him,  and  would  lose  a  debt 
rather  than  sue  for  it. 

He  was  an  excellent  reasoner,  and  well  informed  in  theology 
and  law.  His  reasoning  was  always  tempered  with  justice,  and 
so  he  was  often  called  upon  to  arbitrate  upon  differences  between 
parties  in  his  neighborhood.  An  opinion  was  never  adopted  by 
him  because  it  was  promulgated  by  a  great  man,  but  was  put  to 
the  test  of  reason.  Being  firm  in  his  opinions,  he  was  still  open 
to  conviction  when  weightier  reasons  were  presented. 

In  politics  he  was  a  whig;  and  when  that  party  died,  he  became 
a  republican.  A  relative  remembers  seeing  him  in  tears  over  the 
defeat  of  Henry  Clay  for  the  Presidency  in  1844.  He  was  an 
antislavery  man,  but  not  an  abolitionist.  While  considering 
slaveiy  an  evil,  and  knowing  that  it  existed  by  virtue  of  State 
laws,  he  held  that  we  as  a  nation  had  no  right  to  interfere  with 
it,  except  to  create  a  public  sentiment  in  favor  of  its  abolition. 
He  believed  that  the  time  would  come  when  it  woiild  be  wiped 
out  of  existence,  and  he  lived  to  see  the  day. 

Like  his  friend  Thaddeus  Stevens,  he  was  the  friend  of  the  poor 
and  the  oppressed.  In  his  daily  life  he  carried  out  the  princi])les 
inculcated  in  the  13th  chapter  of  1st  Corinthians.  He  died  the 
death  of  the  Christian,  Sunday  morning,  Sept.  8,  1872,  and  -was 
buried  at  the  cemetery  at  Union  Presbyterian  Church,  Coleraine, 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

He  married  Margaret  McCalmmont*  (now  spelled  McCommon), 
Nov.  27,  1823  ;  born  Nov.  7,  1801,  and  who  is  still  living.  She 
is  the  daughter  of  James  t  and  Elizabeth  $  (Patterson)  McCalm- 
mont, of  Coleraine,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

*  Of  the  "cahn  mountain." 

t  James  was  son  of  Samuel  McCalmmant,  who  came  from  the  north  of 
Irehmd.  .Tames  was  born  Nov.  20,  1703;  died  June  23,  1853,  in  his  i)Oth 
year,  and  was  much  respected.  His  father,  Sanuiel  .McCahnmaut,  m. 
Mollie  Larimer,  dauifhter  of  James  Larimer,  of  Drumore,  Lancaster  Co., 
Pa. 

X  Elizabeth  was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Peggy  (.McElhenney)  Pat- 
terson.    She  died  Oct.  G,  1849,  aged  78  yrs. 

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408  PENNSYLVANIA   MORISONS. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IX   COLERAIXE,    LANCASTER  CO.,    PA. 

63.  Ann-Eliza  (153),  b.  Nov.  7,  1824;  ra.  Vincent  King,  March  30,  1848. 

64.  Thomas-Love,  b.  Dec.  27,  1826;  cl.  Jnly  22,  1828. 

65.  Mary-Jane,  b.  Nov.  10,  1829 ;  res.  on  the  homestead. 

66.  James-McCalmmont  (163),  b.  July  21,  1832;  m.  Nannie  Bailey,  Nov. 

18,  1862. 

67.  Joseph-Barr  (173),  b.  Jan.  18,  1835;  res.  Maryville,  Mo. 

68.  Alexander-Kinlcead  (175),  b.  Sept.  30,  1837;  res.  Coleraine,  Lancaster 

Co.,  Pa.,  on  the  homestead;  served  in  122d  Regt.  Pa.  Vols. 

69.  Gabriel-Thomas,  b.  Aug.  2,  1840 ;  d.  Nov.  18,  1853. 

70.  Samuel-Work  (176),  b.  March  7,  1843;  res.  Oregon,  Holt  Co.,  Mo. 

71.  Mary*  (Betts)  [25]  (Gabriel  Morrison^,  Alexander-,  Ga- 
brieP) ;  born  Sept.  2, 1803  ;  married,  March  10, 1827,  Daniel  Betts, 
of  Jersey  Shore,  in  Central  Pa. ;  res.  at  Jersey  Shore,  Lycoming 
Co.,  Pa. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   JERSEY   SHORE,    PA. 

72.  Catherine,  b.  Jan.  22,  1828 ;  m   Joseph  Cowling. 

73.  Ellen,  b.  Nov.  16,  1830;  m.  David  Sweeley. 

74.  John-Gamble,  b.  Sept.  19,  1832;  m.  Annie  Dimouer. 

75.  Margaret,  b.  May  7,  1834;  m.  Wm.-O.  Hillard. 

76.  Mary,  b.  March  6,  1836;  m.  Charles  Billman. 

77.  Susan,  b.  Feb.  15,  1838:  m.  Jeremiah  Durant. 

78.  Daniel-Elliott,  b.  Dec.  29,  1843 ;  m.  Margaret  Kline. 

79.  Sarah''  (Betts)  [27]  (Gabriel  Morrison^,  Alexander'-,  Ga- 
brieP) ;  born  July  26,  1807  ;  died  about  1850 ;  she  married,  in 
1840,  William  Betts,  of  Jersey  Shore,  Pa. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   CENTRAL   PENNSYLVANIA. 

80.  George,  b.  in  Scharlton,  Clinton  Co.,  Pa. 

81.  Sarah;  m.  Mr.  Baird,  and  res.  Liberty,  Clinton  Co.,  Pa. 

82.  Jane''  (Kissell)  [28]  (Gabriel  Morrison^,  Alexander-,  Ga- 
brieP) ;  born  May  22,  1809;  married  1838,  Henry  Kissell;  res. 
Lock  Haven,  Clinton  Co.,  Pa. ;  widow. 

83.  Margaret''  (Stevenson)  [30]  (Gabriel  Morrison^  Alexan- 
der^, GabrieP) ;  born  May  23,  1813  ;  married  William  Stevenson 
in  1843 ;  died. 

CHILDREN. 

84.  Jane ;  m.  Francis  Leban  ;  res.  Williamsport,  Pa. 

85.  John-M. ;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

86.  William;  res.  Jersey  Shore,  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa. 

87.  Samuel-Gamble''  [32]  (GabrieP,  Alexander'^,  GabrieP). 
Samuel-Gamble  Morrison  was  born  Feb.  8,  1817,  in  the  village  of 
Jersey  Shore,  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa. ;  married  Eliza-C.  Magee,  of  New 
Bloomlield,  Peru  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  30,  1845.  He  is  a  self-educated 
man.  He  read  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Lycoming 
Co.,  Pa.,  1842.  Being  naturally  inclined  to  scientific  study,  he 
did  not  devote  himself  closely  to  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  the  last  fifteen  years  (to  1880)  have  been  given  principally  to 
the  study  of  geology,  chemistry,  and  metallurgy.  He  is  possessed 
of  strong  religious  convictions,  of  an  ardent  temperament,  zealous, 
yet  stable  in  his  Christian  life,  maintaining  the  characteristics  of 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  —  ROBERT-E,    MORRISON.  409 

his  ancestry,  though  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church.      Now  a 
resident  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

CHILDKEX. 

88.  Sarah-Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  5,  1846 ;  d.  April  15,  1848. 

89.  Mary-Eliza,  b.  Aug.  30,  1848. 

90.  Helen- v.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1850. 

91.  Gabriel-B.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1852;  d.  Oct.  1,  1878. 

92.  Samuel- Alexander,  b.  Nov.  5,  1854;  d.  Dec.  11,  1854. 

93.  Cathariue-C,  b.  Feb.  21,  1856. 

94.  Matta-Bell,  b.  March  9,  1861. 

95.  Elizabeth''  (Stiver)  [33]  (Gabriel  Morrison^,  Alexander^, 
GabrieP)  ;  born  March  19,  1819,  at  Jersey  Shore,  Pa. ;  married 
John  Stiver,  of  Central  Pennsylvania,  in  1847;  res.  Mill  Hall, 
Clinton  Co.,  Pa. 

96.  Alexander-Gamble*  [35]  (SamueP,  Alexander'^,  GabrieP)  ; 
born  Sept.  13,  1798,  at  Coleraine,  Pa.;  married,  Feb.  8,  1827, 
Jane  Brown,  born  Jan.  25,  1809 ;  she  died  iSTov.  28,  1834,  aged 
25  yrs.  He  married,  2d,  June  26,  1836,  Elizabeth  Scott,  born 
April  29,  1811 ;  died  Feb.  15,  1879,  aged  nearly  68  yrs.  He  died 
Oct.  27,  1870.  He  was  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and  was  endowed 
with  more  than  ordinary  abilities.  Being  very  earnest  and  im- 
pressive, his  preaching  carried  conviction  with  it.  The  latter 
part  of  his  life  he  preached  at  Coatesville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  He 
was  graduated  at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  He  was  in- 
deed a  superior  man. 

CHILDREX,    BORX   IN   COLERAIXE,    PA. 

97.  William-Brown  (191),    b.    Sept.    10,    1828;    m.    Rebecca   Scott,    of 

Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

98.  Martha-Jane,  b.  May  19,  1831;  single;  I'es.  Coatesville,  Pa. 

99.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  27,  1837 ;  d.  Feb.  27,  1839.    One  child  by  2d  wife,  b.  at 

Doe  Run,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 
100.  Thomas-Scott,  b.  March  17,  1840;  m.  Emma  Thomas,  of  Coates- 
ville, Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  Nov.  25,  1876.  He  is  a  physician  of 
Coatesville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. ;  was  assistant  surgeon  of  a  regt. 
of  Pa.  cavalry  during  the  latter  part  of  the  "late  war.  He 
graduated  at  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  One  child,  b.  at  Coatesville :  Bessie-Prentiss, 
b.  1879. 

101.  Robert-Elder*  [36]  (SamueP,  Alexander-,  GabrieP)  ;  b. 
Oct.  19,  1800,  at  Coleraine,  Pa. ;  d.  Aug.  30,  1873 ;  married  Martha 
Swift,  of  Fulton,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  19,  1826.  He  was  a 
Methodist  minister,  and  resided  at  Hightstown,  N.  J.  I  insert 
the  following  notice  of  his  life  and  death,  which  was  ])ublished 
at  the  time  of  his  decease. 

'■'■  Rev.  R.-E.  Morrison.  —  One  of  our  most  prominent  citizens 
departed  this  life  on  Saturday  morning.  Rev.  Robert-E.  Morri- 
son was  probably  as  widely  known  as  any  member  of  the  confer- 
ence to  which  he  belongs,  and  has  been  thoroughly  idcntitied  Avitli 
the  growth  and  history  of  Hightstown  for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
We  learn  that  he  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Pa.,  in  A.  ]).  1800, 
entered  the  ministry  in  1833,  and  labored  in  that  work  at  Chester, 


410  PENNSYLVANIA   MORISONS. 

Pa.,   Tuckeiton,    Haddonfield,    Swedesboro',    Pembertou,    Long- 
Branch,  Higlitstown,    Pennington,    Allentown,    and  Crosswicks. 
While  on  the  last-named  circuit,  in  1846,  his  vocal  powers  failed, 
and,  taking  a  superannuated  relation,  he  removed  to  Hightstown 
in  1847.     As  a  minister,  the  active  life  of  Mr.  Morrison  was  a 
remarkably  successful  one.     From  personal  observation  on  some 
of  his  former  fields,  especially  that  known   as  the  Swedesboro' 
circuit,  which  comprised  a  large  ten-itory  and  ten  churches,  we 
know  that  he  was  a  very  useful  pastor,  and  has  left  behind  him 
very  abundant  results.     Several  prominent  ministers  date  their 
conversion  from  his  preaching.     His  largest  salary  was  $425  per 
annum.     After  his  removal  to  Hightstown,  he  entered  into  busi- 
ness, and  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Central  Bank,  but  in 
his  later  years  he  relinquished  all  business  matters  except  the  care 
and  im]H-ovement  of  his  property.     He   had  quite  a  great  deal 
to  do  with  the  laying  out  of  a  portion  of  our  borough,  and  one 
of  the  principal  streets  bears  his  name.     While  at  Ocean  GroA^e, 
in  the  summer  of    1872,  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis,  since 
which   time  he   has   been    entirely   helpless   and   almost  totally 
speechless,  but  retained  the  full  possession  of  his  mental  powers 
and  suffered  comparatively  little  pain.     A  dominant  will  and  a 
remarkable  mental  vigor  seemed  to  hold  death  at  bay,  until  last 
Wednesday,  when  he  commenced  to  sink  rapidly,  and  died  on 
Saturday  morning.     It  is  during  the  last  year  of  his  life  that  we 
believe  he  has  been  able  to  accomplish  more  than  ever  before  to 
make  his  memory  cherished.     As  an  example  of  the  exercise  of 
Christian  virtues  under  the  severest  trials,  his  later  life  was  re- 
markable.    About  a  year  ago  he  lost  almost  all  powers  of  motion, 
and  since  that  time  has  only  been  able  to  s])eak  a  Avord  at  long- 
intervals,  but  in  the  midst  of  his  seeming  helplessness,  he  has 
been  remarkably  upheld  by  the  Master  in  whom  he  trusted.     His 
faith  never  wavered,  his  courage  never  gave  Avay,  and  by  feeble 
signs  and  with  palsied  utterance  he  Avas  ahvays  expressing  his 
hopes  and  expectations.     Unable  to  preach  himself,  his  house  has 
for  years  been  the  itinerant's  home,  and  his  heart  has  been  in  the 
work.     We  pen  these  lines  aAvay  from  home,  Avhen  a  brief  dis- 
patch is  all  the  tidings  we  have  of  his  death.     We  knoAV  nothing 
of  the  details  of  his  latest  moments,  but  have  no  doubt  that  the 
good  old  man  passed  aAA^ay, — 

'Sustained  and  soothed  by  an  unfaltei-ing  trust, 
Like  one  who  wraps  the  drapery  of  liis  couch 
About  him,  and  lies  down  to  pleasant  dreams.' " 

CniLDREX. 

102.  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  11,  1827;  d.  Aug.  23,  1S4G. 

103.  Margaret-Swift,  b.  May  12,  1829;  res.  Hightstown,  N.  J. 

104.  Elizabeth-Ellen,  b.  Nov.  3,  1830 ;  res.  Hightstown. 

105.  Hester-Ann,  b.  Feb.  22,  1833;  res.  Hightstown. 

106.  Mary,  b.  March  18.  1835;  d.  Nov.  2,  1854. 

107.  Martha-Jane,   b.    Jan.   28,    1838,   at   Sharpstown,   N.   J.  ;    m.   Jacob 

Stults,  ]\Iay  20,  1858.  They  res.  at  Hightstown,  N.  J.,  until 
1872,  when  they  rem.  to  Long  Branch.  He  is  editor  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Long  Branch  News.     Five  children  :   1st,  Robert 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL   MORRISON.  411 

b.  Hiyhtstown,  N.  J.,  June  1,  18(31;  now  studying  medicine. 
2d,  Milton,  b.  Hightstowu,  Aug.  26,  1862;  d.  Sept.  5,  1862.  3d, 
Mary-Ellen,  b.  Higlitstown,  Nov.  20,  1866;  d.  Jan.  20,  1873. 
4tli,  Jacob-Albert, '"b.  Long  Brancli,  N.  J.,  Aug.  24,  1874.  5tli, 
Percy,  b.  Long  Branch,  Feb.  25,  1880. 
108.     Robert-Newton,  b.'"Nov.  24,  1840;  d.  Aug.  29,  1842. 

109.  Eliza^  ( Martin  )  [  37  ]  (  Samuel  Morrison^,  Alexander^, 
GabrieP);  born  June  "26,  1802;  married  James  Martin,  of  Cole- 
raine,  Pa.,  June  21,  1821  ;  died  Sept.  11,  1852,  aged  50  yrs.  He 
was  born  May  21,  1792;  died  Jan.  25,  1857,  aged  61  yrs. ;  farmer 
and  miller.  He  was  an  earnest  antislavery  man,  and  hoped  to 
live  to  see  slavery  disappear  from  his  country ;  he  was  a  Presby- 
terian and  a  republican.  His  father,  Samuel  Martin,  emigrated 
from  Londonderry,  Ireland. 

CHILDKEX,    BORX   IX  COLEUAIXE,    LAXCASTER   CO.,    PA. 

110.  John  (189),  b.  April  7,  1822;  res.  Georgetown,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.; 

physician. 

111.  Josiah,  b.  May  8,  1823;  m.  Jane  Blaclv;  res.   Strasburg,  Lancaster 

Co.,  Pa. ;  dentist. 

112.  Silas,  b.  Nov.  25,  1824  ;  m.  Sarah  Elliott;  res.  Coleraine,  Pa. ;  farmer. 

113.  Martha-Jane,  b.  Jan.  31,  1826;  m.  Isaac  Walker,  of  Coleraine,  Pa.; 

res.  Strasburg,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

114.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  25,  1827;  m.  Joseph  McClure,  of  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

115.  Isabella,  b.  May  19,  1829. 

116.  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  19,  1830;  d.  young. 

117.  Harriet-Newall,  b.  June  25,  1833;  d.  single. 

118.  Alexander-M.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1835;  m.  Maggie  Dean;  res.  near  Fogg's 

Manor,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  ;  farmer. 

119.  Harriet,  b.  Nov.  27,  1836;  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Trimble,  and  rem.  to  Ohio, 

afterwards  to  Michigan. 

120.  Joseph,  b.   Sept.   14,   1838;  m.   Miss  Smith,  daugliter  of  Rev.  Mr. 

Smith,  of  York  Co.,  Pa.;    pliysician;  res.   Stewartsou,  York 
Co.,  Pa. 

121.  Ann-Eliza,  b.  Dec.  20,  1844;  m. 

122.  SamueP  [38]  (SamueP,  Alexander-,  GabrieP) ;  born  1803, 
at  Coleraine,  Pa. ;  married,  Jan.  16, 1833,  Abigail  Gordon,  of  Chester 
Co.,  Pa. ;  she  died  Aug.  1853  ;  farmer  and  miller;  res.  on  the  mill 
property,  part  of  the  old  homestead ;  is  a  Presbyterian,  in  politics 
a  republican,  and  a  respectable  citizen. 

CIIILDREX,    BOKX   IX    COLERAIXE,    PA. 

123.  William-Gordon,  b.  1834;  m.  Ruth  Gait,  of  Strasburg,  Pa.,  1864;  d. 

1867;  dentist;  Sterling,  111. 

124.  Alexander-Franklin,  b.  1835  ;  d.  single,  1875 ;  Presbyterian  minister. 

125.  Johu-Hanna,   1).   1837;    m.   Mary  Towusend,  of  North  Carolina,  iu 

1876;  farmer  and  fruit-grower;  res.   Ridgeway,  N.  C. ;  served 
in  the  122d  Regt.  Pa.  Vols,  during  the  late  war. 
125a.  Robert- Anderson,  b.  1839 ;  ra.  Belle  Black,  of  Little  Britain,  Pa. ; 
I'es.  on  the  mill  property  iu  Coleraine;  farmer. 

CIIILDREX. 

126.  Franklin-Gordon,  b.  1840:  d.  1855. 

127.  Samuel-Wilson,  b.  1842;  d.  1844. 

128.  Margaret-Jane,  b.  1844;  d.  1861. 


412  PENNSYLVANIA   MORISONS. 

129.  James-G.''  [39]  (SamueP,  Alexander'^,  GabrieP) ;  born  at 
Coleraine,  Pa.,  April  22,  1807 ;  married,  Dec.  25,  1838,  Nancy, 
daughter  of  Robert  Clark,  of  Drumore,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  born 
Oct.  24,  1813  ;  farmer  ;  a  man  of  intiiience  ;  a  stanch  Republican  ; 
an  elder  in  the  Union  Presbyterian  church,  and  res,  Coleraine, 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  She  died  May  14,  1880,  in  the  68th  year  of 
her  age;  he  died  July  21,  1880. 

CHILDREN,   BORN  IN   COLERAINE,    PA. 

130.  Eobert-Clark  (178),  b.  Oct.  20,   1839;  m.  Rebecca   Beyer,  of  Cole- 

raine, Feb.  IG,  1865;  d.  Jiuie  29,  1876;  fanner,  aud  ageut  for 
machinery.  He  served  during  tlie  war  as  lieutenant  in  the  122d 
Pa.  Vols. 

131.  Samuel-Wilnier  (182),  b.  April  9,  1844;  m.  Sadie-H.  McDowell,  of 

Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  31,  1868;  physician;  graduate  of  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Pa.,  and  practises  in 
Oxford,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

132.  Louisa-Jane  (185),  b.   July  10,   1846;  m.    J.-H.   Ferguson,  of  Cole- 

raine, Pa.,  May  13,  1875;  res.  Coleraine,  Pa. 

133.  John-Anderson-*  [41]  (SamueP,  Alexander'-,  GabrieP). 
Hon.  John-A.  Morrison  was  born  about  1811,  and  res.  Cochrans- 
ville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.;  j^hysicinn;  graduated  at  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Prior  to  1857, 
he  practised  his  profession  at  Cochransville.  He  represented 
Delaware  and  Chester  Counties  in  Congress  in  1851,  '52,  and  '53. 
In  1857,  he  was  appointed  by  President  Buchanan  inspector  of 
drugs  in  Philadelphia ;  he  is  a  Presbyterian ;  married  Martha 
Clingan ;  she  died ;  married,  2d,  Mrs.  Sarah  Boyd. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   COCHRANSVILLE,    CHESTER   CO.,    PA. 

134.  William-Clingau  (188),  b.   about  1842;  res.  Cochransville,   Chester 

Co.,  Pa. 

135.  Thomas-Clingan,  b.  about  1845;  killed  at  liattle  of  Antietara,  1862. 

One  child  by  2d  wife,  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

136.  A  son,  b.  about  1858. 

137.  James-Cooper^  [44]  (Alexander^  Alexander-,  GabrieP) ; 
born  Aug.  14,  1811 ;  married,  March  21,  1844,  Eleanor  Donahue, 
born  April  13,  1809,  of  Coleraine,  Pa. ;  farmer;  res.  on  part  of  the 
old  homestead. 

CHILD,    BORN   IN   COLERAINE,    PA. 

138.     Martha-Ellen,  b.  Feb.  22,  1849. 

139,  Alexander*  [45]  (Alexander^  Alexander'-,  GabrieP)  ;  born 
March  16,  1817 ;  married,  Oct.  10,  1850,  Matilda  Ferguson,  born 
May  3,  1824;  res.  Brandywine  Manor,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.;  farmer. 

CHILDREN,   BORN   IN   COLERAINE,    PA. 

140.  Hannah- J.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1853. 

141.  Jenuie-E.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1856;  m.  John  Buchanan,  Jan.  1,  1880. 

142.  William-S.,  b.  June  11,  1861. 

143.  Gertie-F.,  b.  June  22,  1865. 

144.     Samuel-G.*  [47]  (Alexander^  Alexander'-,  GabrieP)  ;  born 


FIFTH    GEXERATIOX. — JAMES-M.    MORKISOX.  413 

about  1821 ;  married  Rebecca  Ingram,  of  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  in 
1858  ;  res.  Steelville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. ;  farmer. 

CHILDREN,    BORX   IN   COLERAINE,    PA. 

145.  Robert-Alexander,  b.  1859. 

146.  Auna-Bell,  b    18G1. 

147.  Joseph-Tlioinp.sou,  b.  18G4. 

148.  Mary^  (Doyle)  [49]  (Alexander  Morrison^  Alexander-, 
GabrieP)  ;  born  1826,  at  Coleraine,  Pa. ;  married  Thomas  Doyle, 
in  1863;  farmer;  res.  Coleraine,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   COLERAINE,    PA. 

149.  r  Jane-Emma,  b.  1865. 

150.  t  Auua-Mary,  b.  1865. 

151.  Elizabeth-Koss,  b.  1867. 

152.  Margaret-Letitia,  b.  1869. 

FIFTH   GENERATION. 

153.  Ann-Eliza^  (King)  [63]  (Alexander-Wilson  Morrison^ 
GabrieP,  Alexander'-,  GabrieP);  born  Nov.  7,  1824;  married 
Vincent  King,  March  30,  1848;  iron-master,  and  for  many  years 
carried  on  White  Kock  Forge,  in  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  He  was 
possessed  of  a  fine  mind,  wonderful  memory,  frank,  open  manners, 
and  an  honest  heart.  His  tastes  would  have  led  him  into  the  legal 
profession,  for  which  by  nature  he  was  eminently  fitted.  He  was 
well  versed  in  history  and  in  general  literature  ;  his  generosity  "was 
such  that  it  prevented  him  from  being  a  wealthy  man  ;  his  English 
ancestors  belonged  to  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  he  was  a  consis- 
tent Christian.  He  died  of  pneumonia,  Dec.  2, 1876,  and  was  buried 
at  Penn  Hill,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  His  widow  still  lives  at  Kings-. 
bridge,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

CHILDREN,    ALL   BUT   FIRST   BORN    IN    COLERAINE,    PA. 

154.  James-Alexander,  b.   Deer  Creek  Iron  Works,   Harford  Co.,    Md., 

April  11,  1850;  d.  Nov.  22,  1877. 

155.  Elizabeth-Mason,  b.  Dec.  14,  1852. 

156.  Albert,  b.  May  2,  1855. 

157.  Vincent,  b.  Aug.  1,  1857. 

158.  Margaret-Laura,  b.  July  25,  1859. 

159.  Horace,  b.  Feb.  14,  1862. 

160.  Anna-Franklin,  b.  Feb.  9,  1864. 

161.  Joseph-Morrison,  I).  Sept.  13,  1866. 

162.  Therwald,  b.  July  4,  1868. 

163.  James-M.°  [66]  (Alexander-W.^  (labricV^  Alexander^ 
GabrieP).  Rev.  James-McCalmmont  Morrison,  a.  m.,  born  July 
21,  1832;  married,  Xov.  18,  1862,  Nannie,  daughter  of  William 
Bailey,  of  Baileyville,  Centre  Co.,  Pa.  He  graduated  at  Dela- 
ware College  in  1856,  and  soon  after  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  Theolog- 
ical Seminary.  He  is  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability;  is 
argumentative,  earnest,  and  logical.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  denomination,  and  preaches  at  Shenandoah,  Li. ;  in 
politics,  a  republican. 


414  ■  PENNSYLVANIA    MORISONS. 


CIIILDKEX. 

](U.  Ella,  b.  Hopewell,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  Nov.  7,  1863. 

165.  Joseph-Bailey,  b.  Hopewell,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  19,  1865. 

166.  iMary,  b.  Newbury.  Pa.,  Nov.  9.  1866;  d.  March  3,  1867. 

167.  Nannie-B.,  b.  Newbury,  March  23,  1868. 

168.  Margaret-M.,  b.  Oreaou,  Holt  Co.,  Mo.,  Feb.  18,  1870. 

169.  Thomas-Calvin,  b.  Oregon,  Holt  Co.,  Mo.,  March  9,  1872. 

170.  Alexander-Wilson,   b.   Empire  Prairie,  Andrew  Co.,  Mo.,  Jan.    17, 

1874 :  d.  May  13,  1875. 

171.  James-M.,  b.  Empire  Prairie,  Mo.,  Dec.  26,  1875. 

172.  A  girl,  b.  Shenandoah,  la.,  April,  1880. 

173.  Joseph-Barr^  [67]  (Alexander-W.^  GabrieF,  Alexander-, 
GabrieP).  Lieut-Col.  Joseph-Barr  Morrison  is  a  physician  and 
surg-eon.  He  was  born  in  Coleraine,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  Jan. 
18,  1835,  on  the  old  homestead;  was  educated  at  piiblic  and 
private  schools,  and  at  academies ;  at  Unionville  Academy,  Ches- 
ter Co.,  Pa.,  in  1851-2;  Newark  Academy,  Del.,  1854-5;  and 
Coatesville  Academy,  Chester  Co.,  1855-6,  and  assisted  in  teaching 
at  the  same  time.  He  had  great  fondness  for  Latin  and  Greek, 
especially  Greek,  and  a  strong  love  for  science  and  meta- 
l^hysics,  and  occasionally  lectures  on  such  subjects.  He  began 
the  study  of  medecine  with  James-P.  Andrews,  of  Oak  Hill, 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  in  April,  1858;  attended  lectures  at  the 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  two  winters,  and  grad- 
uated March  9,  1861.  He  practised  his  profession  in  Martic, 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  during  the  first  year  after  his  graduation.  He 
entered  the  army  in  June,  1862,  as  acting  asst.  surgeon  U.  S.  A., 
and  was  stationed  at  Columbian  College  Hospital,  on  Meridian 
Hill,  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  remained  until  August,  1863. 
In  January,  1863,  he  went  before  the  examining  board  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  to  be  examined  for  the  position  of  asst.  surgeon  of 
United  States  Volunteers.  He  was  commissioned  as  such  by 
President  Lincoln,  Feb.  19,  1863,  and  in  June,  1863,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  full  surgeon.  In  August,  he  was  ordered  to  the 
department  of  the  South,  where  General  Gilmore  was  bombarding 
Forts  Sumter  and  Moultrie.  He  took  passage  from  New  York, 
Sept.  1,  1863,  in  the  "proud  Arago"  for  Hilton  Head,  S.  C, 
where  he  arrived  Sept.  4.  He  was  assigned  to  duty  by  the 
medical  director  of  the  de]>artmeiit,  as  surgeon-in-chief  of  General 
Vogdes'  Division  on  Folly  Island,  The  troops  were  ordered  to 
Florida  in  February,  1864,  where  they  did  some  fighting.  In 
April  they  were  ordered  to  Virginia  to  assist  Grant  in  the 
campaign  against  Lee.  The  trooj>s  coming  from  the  department 
of  the  South  were  organized  into  the  10th  Corps,  and  they  wei*e 
equipped,  etc.,  at  Gloucester  Point,  opposite  Yorktown.  The  18th 
Corps  WHS  reorganized  at  Yorktown ;  General  Gilmore  com- 
mauded  the  10th,  and  General  William  F.  Smith  ("Baldy") 
commanded  the  18th  Corps.  The  two  corps  were  under  Gen. 
Benj.-F.  Butler,  and  were  called  the  "Army  of  the  James." 

He  Avas  surgeon-in-chief  of  Ames's  Division  of  the  10th  Corps, 
during  the  early  summer  campaign,  and  was  at  Cold  Harbor  and 


n.i. 


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FIFTH   GENERATION. — JOSEPH-B.    MORRISON.  415 

at  Petersburg  with  the  18th  Corps.  He  was  at  the  battle  of  Fort 
Harrison,  Sept.  29,  1864,  and  again  in  front  of  Petersburg  at  the 
time  of  its  capture,  April  2,  1865,  during  which  time  he  was 
medical  director  of  the  24th  (Gibbon's)  Corps.  He  was  at 
Appomattox  C.  H.,  April  9,  1865,  and  was  medical  director  of 
the  24th  Corps  from  Feb.  10,  1865,  to  the  last  of  July,  when  the 
corps  was  disbanded  and  most  of  the  troops  mustered  out.  He 
was  then  sent  to  Lynchburg,  Va.,  as  surgeon-in-chief  of  the 
district  of  Southwest  Virginia,  where  he  remained  until  Feb.  2, 
1866,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  and  brevetted  lieut.-col. 
The  duty  of  receiving  the  hospital  stores  of  Lee's  army,  of  dis- 
posing of  his  sick  and  wounded,  and  of  carrying  out  the  details 
of  the  surrender,  so  far  as  they  pertained  to  the  medical  depart- 
ment, fell  upon  him  after  the  second  or  third  day,  because  the 
24th  Corps  was  left  until  the  14th  of  April  to  carry  out  the 
details  of  surrender.  His  "Report"  of  the  campaign  to  the 
surgeon-general  is  ]>ublished  in  the  Medical  and  Surgical  History 
of  the  War  (Med.  Vol.  p.  222,  Appendix). 

He  joined  the  "Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion"  of  the 
United  States,  a  society  formed  at  the  close  of  the  war,  similar 
to  the  old  "  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,"  which  was  formed  after 
the  "War  of  the  Revolution"  —  "Commandery  of  the  State  of 
New  York,"  Nov.  14,  1866,  and  was  chancellor  of  said  comman- 
dery during  the  years  1870-71.  He  joined  the  order  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  in  September,  1867,  in  New  York,  and  he  is  now 
a  member  of  Nodaway  Lodge,  of  Maryville,  Mo.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  chapter  in  Savannah,  Andrew  Co.,  Mo.,  and  of  the  com- 
mandery in  St.  Joseph,  jVIo.  He  was  brought  up  a  Presbyterian, 
and  joined  the  church  at  Newark,  Del.,  in  November,  1854.  He 
has  always  been  an  earnest  supporter  and  defender  of  the  Christian 
religion  against  all  opposition,  whether  it  was  scientific,  so-called, 
or  metaphysical,  or  of  some  other  form.  He  is  a  lover  of  science, 
so  far  as  science  is  reliable,  but  takes  no  interest  or  share  in  the 
unsupported  assertions  of  men  who  can  see  nothing  but  a  mass  of 
matter  that  has  had  no  beginning,  that  cannot  be  either  increased 
or  diminished,  and  that  is  indestructible.  He  holds  to  the  doc- 
trine of  the  existence  of  spirit  as  well  as  matter,  and  to  the  doc- 
trine of  "revelation";  and  claims  that  true  science,  instead  of 
being  in  opposition  to  religion,  supports  and  defends  it.  In 
politics,  he  is,  and  always  has  been,  a  republican,  and  he  cast  his 
first  vote  for  Fremont  in  1856.  He  was  always  an  antislavery 
man,  though  not  an  abolitionist;  believed  that  the  North  had 
no  right  to  interfere  with  slavery  in  the  Soutliern  States,  as  it 
existed  there  by  virtue  of  State  laws,  but  he  Avas  op]iosed  to  the 
institution  on  princi])le.     He  was  a  Thaddeus  Stevens  man. 

He  resided  in  New  York  City  from  1866  until  1871,  and 
located  in  Maryville,  Mo.,  in  1873,  where  he  now  resides,  and 
has  a  large  practice.  He  married,  July  25,  1876,  Mary-Bell 
Paukey,  of  Maryville,  Mo.,  formerly  of  Fayette,  Howard  Co., 
Mo.,  and  soon  after  thev  visited  his  earlv  home  in  Peiinsvlv;niia. 


416  PENNSYLVANIA   MORISONS. 

His  wife  is  the  oldest  child  of  Col.  Thomas-A.  Paukey,  by  his 
third  wife,  Belle-M.  Farris,  of  Kentucky.  She  was  educated  at 
Howard  College,  Fayette,  Mo.  Col.  Thonias-A.  Paukey  was 
born  near  Prince  Edward's  Court  House,  Va.,  and  afterwards 
moved  to  Mississippi,  where  he  owned  a  large  plantation  and 
many  slaves.  He  came  to  Howard  Co.,  Mo.,  in  1856  or  1857; 
Avas  of  English  descent,  and  a  superior  man.  He  died  Jan.  31, 
1875.  (See  "History  of  the  McDonald  Family,"  now  in  prepara- 
tion.) 

CHILD,    BORX   IN   MARYVILLE,    MO.. 

174.     Gnice-L:iwreuce,  b.  July  24,  1877. 

175.  Alexander-Kinkead^  [68]  ( Alexander-W.*,  GabrieP, 
Alexander'-,  GabrieP).  Alexander-K.  Morrison  was  born  Sept.  30, 
1837;  fanner;  res.  on  the  homestead  in  Coleraine,  Lancaster  Co., 
Pa.;  single.  He  served  in  the  122d  Regt.  Pa.  Vols,  during  the 
late  war. 

176.  Samuel-Work^  [70]  (Alexander-W.'*,  GabrieP,  Alexander'^ 
GabrieP);  born  March  7,  1843;  married  Flora  Hahn,  of  Holt 
Co.,  Mo.,  March  28,  1877;  res.  Oregon,  Holt  Co.,  Mo.,  and  has 
been  county  collector  for  several  years.     He  was  in  the  late  war. 

CHILD,   BORN  IN   OREGON,    HOLT   CO.,    MO. 

177.     Blanche,  b.  Jan.  1878. 

178.  Robert-Clark^  [130]  (James-G.S  SamueP,  Alexander^, 
GabrieP) ;  born  Oct.  20,  1 839 ;  married  Rebecca  Beyers,  of  Cole- 
raine, Pa.,  Feb.  16,  1865  ;  died  June  29,  1876;  farmer,  and  agent 
for  machinery ;  res.  Coleraine,  Pa.  He  was  enrolled  as  private 
in  the  122d  Regt.  of  Pa.  Vols.,  Aug.  11,  1862;  discharged  May 
15,  1863,  during  the  late  war;  enrolled  as  2d  lieut.  Co.  C.  43d 
Regt.  Pa.  Vol.  M.,  July  1,  1863  ;  discharged  Aug.  13,  1863. 

CHILDRKN,    BORN   IN   COLERAINE,    PA. 

179.  Charles-Elmer,  b.  Feb.  10,  1866. 

180.  Edwiu-koss,  b.  June  3,  1867. 

181.  Howard-Scott,  b.  Sept.  19,  1869. 

182.  Samuel-Wilmer^  [131]  (James-G.'',  SamueP,  Alexander'^, 
GabrieP).  Samuel-W.  Morrison,  m.  d.,  was  born  April  9,  1844  ; 
married  Sadie-H.  McDowell,  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  31,  1868; 
physician  ;  graduate  of  medical  department  of  University  of  Pa. ; 
}u-actises  in  Oxford,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN    CHESTER    CO.,    PA. 

183.  James-Harry,  b.  May  19,  1870. 

184.  May,  b.  Feb.  11,  1873. 

185.  Louisa-Jane''  (Ferguson)  [132]  (James-G.  Morrison^  Sam- 
ueP, Alexander-,  GabrieP);  born  July  10,  1846;  m.  William- 
Hervey  Ferguson,  of  Coleraine,  Pa.,  May  13,  1875. 

CHILDREN,    BORN    IN    COLERAINE,    PA. 

186.  Leta-Clark,  b.  June  26,  1877. 

187.  Roy-Hervey,  b.  Dec.  16,  1879. 


LIST   OF   PROFESSIONAL   MEN.  417 

188.  William-Clingan^  [134]  (Hon.  Johu-A.-',  SamueP,  Alex- 
ander'-, GabrieP) ;  born  about  1842;  married  about  1866;  res. 
Cochransville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  and  is  a  practising  physician  ;  grad- 
uated at  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the  97th  Regt.  Pa.  Vols,  during 
the  late  war. 

189.  John-Martin,  m.  d.^  [110]  (Eliza"  (Martin),  Samuel  Morri- 
son^, Alexander-,  GabrieP) ;  born  April  7,  1822  ;  married  Hannah 
Kidd;  res.  Georgetown  or  Bart,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.;  jDhysician  ; 
graduated  at  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Pa. ; 
a  Presbyterian. 

CHILD,    BOKN    IN    GEOHGETOWN,    PA. 

190.     A  son,  who  graduated  in  medicine,  and  entered  the  U.  S.  Navy  as 
assistant  surgeon,  and  who  d.  about  1879. 

191.  William-Brown^  [97]  (Alexander-Gamble'',  SamueP,  Alex- 
ander^, GabrieP).  William-B.  Morrison  was  born  in  Fallowfield, 
Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  Sept.  lU,  1828  ;  married,  March  8, 1848,  Rebecca- 
J.  Scott,  of  Valley,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  She  was  born  March  4, 
1828,  and  thev  res.  West  Chester,  Pa.,  and  formerly  res.  Coates- 
ville,  Pa.     He\vas  sheriff  of  Chester  Co.,  1874,  '75,  and  '76. 

CHILDREX. 

192.  Martha-Jane,  b.  Fallowtield,  Chester  Co.,  Dec.  10,  18-19. 

193.  John- Alexander,  b.  Fallowtiekl,  Chester  Co.,  Jan.  5,  1850. 

194.  Sainuel-Winfleld,  b.  Coatesville,  Oct.  17,  1852. 

195.  Elizabeth,  b.  Coatesville,  Oct.  17,  1855. 

196.  .  Edgar-Cramer,  b.  Coatesville,  May  26,  1857. 

197.  Frank-Brown,  b.  Coatesville,  Dec.  29,  1859. 

198.  Thomas-Scott,  b.  Coatesville,  Feb.  8,  1862. 

199.  Mary- Allen,  b.  Coatesville,  March  23,  1865. 

LIST    OF    MINISTERS    OF    THE    GOSPEL. 

Rev.  Alexander-Gamble  Morrison  (deceased),  Coatesville,  Ches- 
ter Co.,  Pa. 

Rev.  Robert-Elder  Morrison  (deceased),  Hightstown,  N.  J. 

Rev.  James-McCalmmont  Morrison,  Shenandoah,  Page  Co.,  la. 

Rev.  Alexander-Franklin  Morrison  (deceased),  New  Harmony, 
York  Co.,  Pa. 

LIST    OF    PHYSICIANS. 

Hon.  John-Anderson  Morrison,  m.  d.,  Cochransville,  Chester 
Co.,  Pa. 

William-Clingan  Morrison,  m.  d.,  Cochransville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Thomas-Scott  Morrison,  m.  d.,  Coatesville,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Samuel-Wilmer  Morrison,  m.  d.,  Oxford,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Lieut.-Col.  Joseph-Barr  Morrison,  m.  d.,  Marvville,  Nodaway 
Co.,  Mo. 

John  Martin,  m.  d.,  Georgetown,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

Joseph  Martin,  m.  d.,  Atglen,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Martin,  m,  d.,  asst.  surg.  U.  S.  Navy  (deceased). 

Under  date  of  April  19,  1880,  Dr.  Joseph-B.  Morrison,  of  ]\Iary- 
ville,  Mo.,  writes  as  follows  :  — 


418      DESCEND  ANTS    OF   JOHN   MORISON,    OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 
"  THE    MORRISONS, 

So  far  as  I  am  acquainted  Avitli  them,  have  always  been  noted 
for  their  liberality,  generosity,  and  general  kindness  of  heart, 
as  well  as  for  their  common-sense,  good  judgment,  and  practi- 
cability. They  have  borne  the  reputation  of  being  people  who 
act  from  pure  motives  as  far  as  it  is  possible  for  erring  mortals 
so  to  act.  There  may  be  exceptions,  and  it  would  be  singular 
if  there  were  not, 

"The  Scotch-Irish  are  peculiarly  fond  of  wit,  humor,  and  fun 
in  general,  but  especially  of  out-door  sports  and  games;  and  I 
was  delighted  Avhen  I  read,  a  few  years  since,  in  'Greeley's  Rec- 
ollections of  a  Busy  Life,'  the  account,  on  page  27,  of  the  peculi- 
arities of  the  settlers  in  New  Hampshire;  for  it  vividly  recalled 
the  scenes  of  my  childhood.  Our  settlement  along  the  'beautiful 
Octorara'  was  an  exact  duplicate  of  the  New  Plampshire  settle- 
ment written  of  by  Mr.  Greeley. 

"  The  house-raisings,  corn-huskings,  apple-butter  boilings,  stone- 
pickings,  etc.,  together  with  the  games  attending  them,  such  as 
leap-frog,  hide-and-seek,  throwing  fifty-six  pound  weights,  etc., 
and,  I  had  almost  forgotten  to  mention  the  family  worsliip,  often 
including  a  long  hymn  or  psalm,  with  a  slow  tune.  But  however 
tedious  or  useless  it  may  have  seemed  at  the  time,  I  am  now 
persuaded  that  these  very  habits  of  family  Avorship  have  done 
more,  and  do  more,  to  bind  our  hearts,  our  affections,  to  our 
parents,  brothers,  and  sistei's,  to  our  religion  and  our  God,  than 
all  the  other  and  pleasing  scenes  of  our  childhood.  The  Scotch- 
Irish  should  never  give  up  this  excellent  custom." 

DESCENDANTS    OF   JOHN   MORISON,    OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

200.  John"  Mokisox  was  born  in  Scotland,  and  must  have 
emigrated  to  Ireland  about  the  time  of  the  siege  of  Londonderry. 
He  probably  lived  in  Stewartstown,  Tyrone  Co.,  Ireland,  as  his 
son  Avas  born  there.  He  and  several  members  of  his  family  were 
slain  by  the  Catholics  in  a  conflict  between  the  Scotch  Presby- 
terians and  the  Roman-Catholic  Irish.     Children  :  — 

201.  Ephraim ;  emigrated  to  America,  and  located  in  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  died,  leaving  two  sons:  1st,  Morris,  who  lived 
in  Philadelphia.     2d,  James,  Avho  went  to  Maryland  or  Virginia, 

202.  Samuel,  born  Stewartstown,  Tyrone  Co.,  Ireland,  Jan. 
5,  1701,  N.  S,  He  married  Mercy  Mayse,  Avho  was  born  at  StcAA^- 
artstOAvn  in  1716;  her  parents  were  Scotch;  they  emigrated  to 
America  in  1740,  sailing  in  the  good  ship  "Sally  of  Coleraine," 
He  was  a  very  large  and  powerful  man,  more  than  six  feet  in 
height,  and  Aveighed  over  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  He  also 
participated  in  a  struggle  betAveen  the  native  Irish  and  Protestant 
Scotch.  He  related  to  his  grandson,  John  Morrison,  the  folloAV- 
ing  incident  of  the  struggle.  He  (Samuel)  Avas  attacked  by  seven 
furious  Irishmen,  and  his  only  Aveapon  of  defence  Avas  a  pitch- 
fork.    He  thrust  this  fork  into  the  foremost  assailant,  and  threw 


SECOND    GENERATION.  —  SAMUEL   MORISON.  419 

him  over  a  stone  wall.  The  others,  witnessing  this  feat,  forsook 
their  wounded  comrade  and  fled.  He  located  in  Bucks  Co.,  Pa., 
after  the  Kevolutionary  war  was  over.  He  and  all  his  family, 
several  of  them  then  married,  located  on  lands  on  the  west  branch 
of  the  Susquehanna  E-iver,  near  the  mouth  of  Pine  Creek,  and 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  in  Lycomiiig 
Co.,  Pa.,  May  5,  1801,  aged  100  yrs.  4  mos.,  and  is  buried  in  the 
old  Pine  Creek  Cemetery.  His  wife  died  at  same  place,  Oct.  30, 
1798,  aged  82  yrs. 

CHILDKEN,    EXCF.PT   THE   FIUST,    BORX   IN   BUCKS   CO.,    PA. 

203.  Aiiua,  b.  Ireland,  1739 ;  cl.  in  infanc^y,  and  buried  at  sea. 

204.  Margaret,  b.  1743;  d.  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa. 

205.  James,  b.  Jan.  14,  1745;  eight  sous  and  three  daughters. 

206.  William,  b.    1747;  d.   in  Lycoming  Co.,  Pa.;  four  sons  and  three 

daughters. 

207.  Ephraini,  b.  1749 ;  d.  young. 

208.  Rachel,  b.  1751;  d.  youug. 

209.  John,  b.  1753;  d.  Lycomiug  Co.,  Pa.  ;  two  sous  and  one  daughter. 

210.  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  7,  175G;  three  sons  and  three  daughters:  res.  Ohio. 

211.  r  Ephraim,  b.  June  5,  1759. 

212.  \  Jonah,  b.  June  5,  1759;  d.  single. 

213.  Ephraim*^  [^H]  (Samuel-,  John^) ;  settled  in  Xorthwestern 
Territory  (now  Indiana)  in  1796.  He  died  Feb.  2,  1806;  his 
wife  died  Dec.  18,  1803.  They  left  four  sons  and  a  daughter, 
all  deceased,  save 

214.  SamueP,  born  March  1,  1798,  who  res.  at  131  Christian 
Avenue,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


420  DELAWARE   MORRISONS. 


CHAPTER    XIX 


DELAWARE   BRANCH   OF    THE   MORRISON    FAMILY. 

BY  KEV.  GEOKGE  MOKRISON,   D.   D.,  OF  SWEET  AIKE,   MD. 

The  subjoined  memoranda  of  the  Delaware  branch  of  the 
Morrison  family  is  prepared  at  the  request  of  Leonard  A. 
Morrison,  Esq.,  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  the  compiler  of  a  History 
of  the  Morrison  Family.  Capt.  F.  W.  L.  Thomas,  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland,  in  a  pamphlet  entitled  "  Tra- 
ditions of  the  Morrisons,  Hereditary  Judges  of  Lewis,"  brings 
the  history  of  the  Morrisons  down  to  1613.  The  biographer, 
Leonard  A,  Morrison,  Esq.,  from  that  period  brings  the  history 
and  genealogy  of  the  descendants  down  to  1880. 

I  take  it  that  the  persecutions  in  Ireland  and  Scotland  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  dro^'e  the  DelaAvare  branch 
of  the  family  to  America.  From  1600  to  1700,  upon  the  author- 
ity of  W.  K.  Hayward,  Commissioner  of  Land  Office  of  Maryland, 
as  learned  from  the  list  preserved  in  the  State's  paper  department 
of  London,  there  were  but  two  persons  who  emigrated  to  Vii'ginia 
and  Maryland  ;  these  were  Richard  Morrison,  captain  of  Castle 
of  Point  Comfort,  and  Robert  Morrison,  the  latter  in  1635. 

The  progenitor  of  the  Delaware  branch  was  Hans,  or  John, 
Morrison.  I  assume  that  Hans,  or  John,  Morrison,  either  in  the 
old  country  or  in  this,  through  his  mother,  Avas  connected  with 
the  early  Dutch  colonists ;  as  in  the  troubles  between  the  Swe- 
dish settlers  of  Delaware  and  the  Hollanders  during  the  period 
from  1640  to  1655,  his  citizenship  was  not  disturbed.  In  1670, 
six  years  after  the  Duke  of  York  claimed  the  settlements  in  Del- 
aware as  his,  Hans,  or  John,  Morrison  entered  a  tract  of  land  on 
Whiteclay  Creek,  within  New  Castle  County,  which  said  tract  of 
land  is  now  held  in  1880  by  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  said  John 
Morrison  of  the  seventh  generation.  The  patent  record  in  the 
land  office  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  sets  forth  the  date  of  this  entry. 
The  writer  knows  naught  of  the  children  of  John  Morrison,  save 
of  Hugh  Morrison  his  son,  and  of  Keal  Morrison  his  grandson, 
the  ancestors  of  the  line  of  the  family  traced  in  this  paper. 
During  the  Revolutionary  war  the  family  homes  were  in  the  line 
of  march  of  the  British  army,  when  their  goods  and  much  of  the 
family  records  Avcre  destroyed.  JV^eal  3Iorrison^  the  father  of 
Robert,  was  one  of  the  purchasers  of  the  site,  and  one  of  the 


FIFTH    GEXERATIOX.  —  DOUGLASS   MORRISOX.  421 

building  committee  of  the  Whiteclay  Creek  church,  in  1752. 
From  that  j^eriod  his  descendants  held  his  pew  until  the  erection  of 
the  new  church  in  1853.  From  1880,  back  to  the  earliest  organi- 
zation of  the  Whiteclay  Creek  church,  and  of  its  predecessors 
through  seven  generations,  the  family  has  been  identified  with 
the  eldership  and  membership  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  that 
locality.  It  is  reported  that  Xeal  Morrison's  mother  was  the 
aunt  of  the  Eev.  Daniel  Xeal,  a  dissenting  minister  of  London, 
the  author  of  the  "  History  of  the  Puritans  and  of  Xew 
England." 

Our  progenitor,  the  son  of  Neal  Morrison,  was  Robert^  who 
was  born  in  the  year  1723.  In  1747,  at  twenty-five  years  of  age, 
in  New  Castle,  to  which  point  he  hauled  wood  for  sale  from  his 
father's  farm  in  an  ox-cart,  he  met  with  Annie  Douglass,  about  to 
return  to  her  native  Scotland,  and  made  matrimonial  propositions 
to  her,  which  Avere  accepted.  They  were  immediately  married, 
and  the  bride  and  groom  returned  to  "Whiteclay  Creek  farm  in 
all  the  pomp  and  grandeur  which  a  "coach"  in  the  shape  of  a 
"  cart  drawn  by  oxen  "  would  allow,  and  soon  afterwards  Robert 
removed  to  New  Castle,  where  he  became  a  merchant. 

FOURTH   GENERATION. 

KoBERT  Morrison  was  born  at  Whiteclay  Creek  farm,  in  New 
Castle  Co.,  Delaware,  1723.  He  was  a  merchant  in  New  Castle, 
and  a  farmer,  and  an  elder  in  the  Whiteclay  Presbyterian  church  ; 
married,  in  1747,  to  Annie  Douglass,  of  Scotland.     Children  :  — 

1.  Isaac,  b.  1748,  who  lived  to  1791,  age  43  yrs. 

2.  David,  b.  1753,  who  lived  to  1829,  age  74  yrs.     He  served  iu  the  war 

of  1776. 

3.  Martha,  b.  1756,  who  lived  to  1823,  age  67  yrs. 

4.  Susannah,  b.  1759,  who  lived  to  1799,  age  40  yrs. 

5.  Robert,  b.  1760. 

6.  Douglass,  b.  1765,  who  lived  to  1849,  age  84  yrs. ;  a  farmer,  and  Pres- 

byterian elder. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

Douglass  Morrison  was  born  at  New  Castle,  Del.,  in  1765, 
the  youngest  child  of  Robert  and  Annie  (Douglass)  Morrison. 
When  an  infant,  at  the  death  of  his  grandfather  Neal  Morrison, 
he  and  his  father  (Robert)  removed  to  the  Whiteclay  Creek  farm. 
Douglass  Morrison  married,  in  1796,  Elizabeth  Wilson.  He 
died  in  1849,  aged  84.  His  wife  Elizabeth  was  born  in  1777,  and 
died  1831,  aged  54  years.     Children  :  — 

1.  George  Morrison,  b.  .Jan.  15,  1797;   lived  until  1837,  age  40  vrs. 

2.  Catherine  and  Annie  (twins),  b.  Dec.  18,  1800. 

3.  Matilda,  b.  .June  11,  1805. 

4.  David,  b.  Sept.  13,  1808. 

5.  Robert,  who  d.  in  his  14th  year. 

6.  Elizabeth,  b.  1815. 


422  DELAWARE   MOIJRISOXS. 

SIXTH   GENERATION. 

George  Mokuison  was  born  at  Whiteclay  Creek  farm,  in 
New  Castle  Co.,  Del.,  Jan.  15,  1797,  the  oldest  of  six  children  of 
Douglass  and  Elizabeth  (Wilson)  Morrison.  After  his  licensure, 
he  removed  to  Maryland,  and  in  1>23  he  was  married  by  the 
Eev.  Wm.  Nevins,  her  pastor,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Ann  Lovell,  of 
Baltimore.  He  died  April  19,  1837,  leaving  his  widow  and  five 
children  to  survive  him.  Elizabeth  Ann  Lovell,  his  consort,  was 
the  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Millington  Lovell,  both 
of  whom  were  born  in  London,  and  removed  to  Baltimore  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  last  century.  From  the  Baltimore  "Literary 
and  Eeligious  Magazine"  of  1837,  edited  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  R.  J. 
Breckinridge,  ll.  d.,  and  the  Rev.  Andrew  B.  Cross,  we  take  the 
following  facts  in  regard  to  the  life  and  work  of  the  Rev.  Geo. 
Morrison.  He  pursued  his  classical  studies  under  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Russell,  ]/l-incipal  of  the  Newark  Academy  and  pastor.  In  1837, 
his  classical  preceptor.  Dr.  Russell,  from  his  pulpit  at  Whiteclay 
Creek  church,  paid  a  liigli  tribute  to  the  character  and  work  of 
his  pupil.  This  discourse  was,  forty  years  afterwards,  published 
in  the  "Presbyterian  Weekly"  of  Baltimore.  Mr.  Morrison 
studied  theology  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Martin,  of  Chance- 
ford,  York  Co.,  Pa.,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of  his 
generation.  He  was  licensed  as  a  Presbyterian  minister  in  1822 
by  the  New  Castle  Presbytery.  Li  1824,  having  had,  for  the  two 
years  previous,  charge  of  the  Belair  Classical  Academy,  where 
he  educated  some  who  afterwards  became  distinguished  among 
the  citizens  of  Maryland,  he  was  transferred,  by  order  of  the 
synod,  from  New  Castle  to  the  Baltimore  Presbytery.  In  1822, 
he  was  called  to  the  charge  of  the  Bethel  church  in  Harford 
County,  and  about  this  time  also  purchased  a  farm  in  Baltimore 
County  at  Sweet  Aire,  at  which  place  he  sliortly  afterwards 
established  a  classical  boarding-school,  which  he  conducted  in 
conjunction  with  his  ministerial  labors  at  Bethel  and  other  points 
in  Baltimore  and  Harford  Counties.  Among  these  preaching 
points  were,  Sweet  Aire,  where  is  now  located  the  Chestnut 
Grove  church  ;  also  in  the  vicinity  of  Cockeysville,  at  the  house 
of  William  Jessu]),  near  which  point  has  grown  up  the  Ashland 
church ;  on  Deer  Creek,  the  North  Bend  Presbyterian  church  ; 
also  at  Franklinville  and  Belair,  in  connection  with  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Finney.  In  fact,  by  him  and  his  distinguished  Presbyterian 
associates,  the  Rev.  Drs.  Nevins,  John  and  Robert  J.  Breckinridge, 
Dr.  Geo.  Musgrave  and  Dr.  Hamner,  it  was,  that  in  Baltimore 
and  the  region  around  that  centre,  the  seeds  of  so  many  future 
church  organizations  were  soAvn.  Mr.  INIorrison,  after  a  success- 
ful and  arduous  ministry  of  fifteen  years,  died  at  the  age  of  forty. 
Through  his  entire  ministry  lie  continued  pastor  of  the  Bethel 
church  in  Harford  County.  He  died  at  his  farm-home  at  Sweet 
Aire,  in  Baltimore  County,  near  Baltimore,  and  his  remains  are 
interred  in  the  graveyard  of  Bethel,  an  old  and  historic  church 
of  Harford,  Md.     In  his  correspondence  are  letters  from  the  Rev. 


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SIXTH    GENEHATIOX. — GEORGE    MOIiKISON.  423 

Dr.  Samuel  Miller,  whose  mother  was  a  Millington  ;  also  from 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander,  Eev.  Dr.  James  McGraw,  Rev. 
Wm.  Finney,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Samiiel  Martin,  his  theological  ine- 
ceptor.  Dr.  Martin,  in  the  discourse  preached  at  Bethel  church, 
at  request  of  the  congregation,  after  Mr.  Morrison's  decease,  thus 
speaks  of  him.  We  quote  from  the  discourse  as  published  in  the 
"Literary  and  Religious  Magazine"  of  Baltimore,  of  April,  1838. 

"  The  friend  whose  demise  has  given  occasion  to  this  meeting  was,  in  the 
estimation  of  those  who  knew  liim,  and  who  knew  the  people  of  this 
place,  pecnliarly  fnrniyhed  for  doing  good  among  yon.  His  simplicity  of 
manner;  his  honesty  and  candor;  his  integrity,  his  litlelity,  his  constancy 
in  friendship,  opened  every  heart  to  receive  him  witliont  jealonsj'  or 
suspicion.  No  man  of  whatever  Cliristian  name  could  withhold  from 
him  the  hand  of  brotherly  aflection,  nor  wish  him  ill  success.  His  open, 
expressive  countenance  beamed  love  upon  you  with  every  glance.  If  he 
had  an  enemy,  he  mnst  have  been  a  man  whose  heart  breathed  wrath 
upon  worth  and  virtue,  and  wliose  malice  was  ?iis  praise.  In  his  inter- 
course with  you  in  your  families,  he  was  peculiarly  attractive;  iu  his 
teaching  from  liouse  to  house,  a  duty  which  he  performetl  with  mucJi 
delight,  he  was  profitable  beyond  what  is  common.  His  pulpit  perform- 
ances were  plain  and  scriptural,  were  adapted  to  instruct  his  hearers. 
His  discourses  were  always  delivered  with  an  earnestness  and  warmth 
which  showed  the  deep  sense  which  he  had  of  liis  solemn  station  as 
standing  up  in  Christ's  stead,  and  entreating  sinners  that  they  be  recon- 
ciled to  God.  His  compassion  for  the  perishing  around  him  often  flowed 
forth  from  his  mouth  in  tones  so  melting  that  his  precious  people  could 
not  but  connnix  their  souls  with  his  in  warm  entreaties  at  the  throne  of 
grace  iu  their  behalf  The  fruit  of  his  labors  among  you  for  the  time  he 
has  been  spared  over  you,  has  beeu  such  as  to  furnish  to  you  all  matter 
of  praise  to  Him  that  set  him  over  yon.  I  know  not  the  number,  but  I 
am  fully  persuaded  that  there  are  many  who  will  ever  praise  and  bless 
Jehovah's  name  for  sending  this  his  servant  to  warn  and  entreat  them  to 
come  to  Christ,  whom  he  offers  full  and  free  the  luispeakable  gift  of  God 
to  guilty  men.  He  was  a  pure  old-style  adherent  to  the  doctrine  and 
order  of  the  Presbyterian  church  as  plainly  stated  in  its  standards.  He 
knew  no  sophistry.  The  metaphysics  of  the  Bible  were  all  the  metaphys- 
ics he  ever  studied,  and  all  his  pride  was  spent  in  understanding  them. 
His  preaching  was  '  not  with  the  enticing  words  of  man's  wisdom,  but  in 
demonstration  of  the  spirit  and  of  power.'" 

The  issue  of  the  Rev.  George  and  Elizabeth  (Lovell)  Morrison 
(both  deceased),  born  at  Sweet  Aire  farm,  in  Baltimore  Co.,  Md., 
were,  — 

SEVENTH   GENERATION. 

a  1.     Elizabeth  Millington,  b.  1825 ;  d.  July  10,  1826. 

2.  William  Douglass,  b.  1828;  is  a  farmer  in  Kansas,  near  Louisville, 

Pottawatomie  Co. ;  was  a  captain,  with  brevet  of  major,  in 
war  of  1860-5  ;  has  four  children,  minors. 

3.  Alexander  Martin,  b.  1830  ;  is  a  farmer  at  Sweet  Aire,  Baltimore  Co., 

Md. ;  is  married  to  Mary  Sollers  Gorsuch,  and  has  one  living 
child,  a  minor. 

4.  George  Morrison,  b.  1832 ;  he  is  a  Presbyterian  minister,  licensed  bv 

Presbytery  of  Baltimore  in  1860.  He  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  a  church  in  Kentucky  in  18G1 ;  from  1873  to  1879,  he 
was  editor  and  founder  of  "  Presbyterian  Weekly,'"  of  Baltimore, 
and  pastor  of  Bethel  and  the  Grove  Presbyterian  church  of 
the  Baltimore  Presbytery ;  Aug.  7,  1856,  was  married  to  Sally 

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424  DELAWARE   MORRISONS. 

Campbell  Breckinridge,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  J. 
Breckinridge  and  Sophonisba  (Preston)  Breckinridge.  In 
18G5,  April  23,  his  wife  died,  leaving  no  issue.  In  1875,  Febru- 
ary, he  was  married  a  second  time  to  Maggie  Regester,  oldest 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Esther  Regester,  of  Baltimore.  She 
was  b.  in  Baltimore,  1845.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  are 
three  children,  minors. 

5.  Henry   Whitely,  b.    1834;  he  was  m.   in   1856  to  Laura  Jessup;  left 

two  children;  one  m.  Georgio  (Morrison)  Batty,  the  mother  of 
an  infant;  and  the  second,  a  minor.  Henrj'  W.  was  a  farmer  at 
Sweet  Aire,  and  d.  in  1870.  His  remains  are  intei'red  at  tlie 
Chestnut  Grove  Presbyterian  church,  at  Sweet  Aire,  where  also 
repose,  since  1854,  the  remains  of  liis  mother. 

6.  Catherine,  b.  in  1836 ;  who  d.  at  2  yrs.  and  past  of  age. 

Of  the  Rev.  Geo.  Morrison,  the  son  and  fonrtli  child  of  Rev. 
Georo-e  and  Elizabeth  Lovell  Morrison,  a  minister  of  Baltimore 
Presbytery,  and  pastor  of  one  of  its  churches,  the  "  Biographical 
Cyclopedia  of  Maryland  and  District  of  Columbia,"  1879  (page 
613),  says:  — 

"Morrison,  Gkokge,  Presbyterian  minister,  and  editor  of  the  'Pres- 
byterian Weekly,'  Baltimore,  Md.,  was  born  at  Sweet  Air,  Baltimore  Co., 
Jan.  30,  1831.  After  a  thorough  preparatoi'y  education  under  the  instruc- 
tion of  the  Rev.  Prof.  Stephen  Yerkes,  i>.  d.,  now  of  Danville  Theological 
Seminary,  of  Kentucky,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  Princeton 
College,  whence  he  graduated  in  1852.  Though  in  early  life  having  a 
great  ambition  to  be  a  farmer,  he  established,  in  the  autumn  of  the  year 
of  his  graduation  from  Princeton,  a  classical  school  at  Sweet  Air,  which 
proved  to  be  a  successful  step.  In  1854,  he  was  elected  principal  of  the 
Baltimore  City  College,  which  position  he  held  until  1857,  the  board  of 
scliool  commissioners  on  the  occasion  of  his  resignation  passing  resolu- 
tions highly  complimentary  to  tlie  faitliful  and  efficient  manner  in  which 
he  performed  his  duties.  The  same  year  he  removed  to  Danville,  Ky.,  to 
study  theology  at  the  Danville  Theological  Seminary,  and  in  1860  was 
licensed  by  the  Baltimore  Presbytery  to  preach  the  gospel.  After  travel- 
ling for  some  months  in  the  States  west  of  the  Mississippi  Riv^r,  he,  in 
the  autumn  of  1800,  accepted  the  charge  of  a  church  at  Cynthiana,  Ky., 
where  he  remained  until  the  close  of  the  civil  war.  In  1865  his  wife  died, 
and  in  the  spring  of  that  year  he  resigned  his  Kentucky  charge  to  assume 
the  chai'ge  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  the 
duties  of  which  he  entered  upon  in  the  winter  of  1866.  During  his  Ken- 
tucky residence  he  adhered  to  the  federal  government  in  all  of  its 
struggles  for  unity  and  integrity,  and  was  an  occasional  contributor  to 
the  secular  and  religious  press.  He  remained  in  charge  of  the  church  at 
Terre  Haute  until  the  spring  of  1870 ;  and  wdiilst  thei'e,  in  addition  to  his 
pastoral  work,  contributed  to  the  '  Herald  and  Presbj'ter,'  performed  con- 
siderable missionary  and  educational  work  for  his  presbytery  and  synod, 
and  paid  off  the  debt  of  the  church-building  at  Terre  Haute.  In  1870,  he 
resigned  the  above  charge,  with  a  view  to  return  to  the  bounds  of  the 
Baltimore  Presbytery.  In  1867,  Mr.  Morrison  was  a  member  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  his  church  at  Cincinnati;  and  during  the  same  year 
at  Indianapolis,  at  the  joint  meeting  of  the  synods  of  Indiana,  he  delivered 
a  forcible  and  eloquent  address  on  the  reunion  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
which  was  published  in  full  in  the  'Indianapolis  Journal,'  and  widely 
circulated.  For  a  few  months  before  his  return  to  Maryland,  he  supplied 
a  church  at  Shipman,  Macoupin  Co.,  111.  In  1872,  he  accepted  a  call  to 
the  Bethel  church  of  Harford  Co.,  Md.,  still  retaining  his  residence  in 
Baltimore.  In  1873,  he  became  editor  and  one  of  the  propi'ietors  of  the 
'  Presbyterian  Weekly '  of  Baltimore.     In  May  of  1875,  he  was  appointed 


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SEVENTH   GENERATION.  —  GEORGE   MORRISON.  425 

by  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore  to  represent  them  in  the  General  Assembly 
which  sat  at  Cleveland,  0.  In  1876,  he  resigned  his  charge  of  the  Bethel 
church  to  assume  that  of  the  Grove  church,  Harford  County.  From  18G0 
until  the  present  time,  Mr.  Morrison  has  been  prominently  identified  with 
the  questions  that  aflect  the  integrity  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  His 
father,  George  Morrison,  was  a  Presbyterian  minister  who  from  1822  to 
1837  preached  in  Baltimore  and  Harford  Counties.  He  was  an  accom- 
plished classical  teacher,  his  reputation  as  such  extending  throughout 
the  State.  His  wife,  the  mother  of  (Jeorge  Morrison  the  younger,  was 
Eliza  Milliugton  Lovell.  The  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  Douglass  Morrison,  who  died  at  his  farm  near  Whiteclay  Creek 
Presbyterian  church  in  New  Castle  Co.,  Del.  He  was  an  elder  in  that 
church,  as  w'ere  his  father  and  grandfather.  Several  generations  of  the 
Morrison  family,  from  1711,  are  interred  in  the  cemetery  of  the  above 
church.  Mr.  Morrison's  maternal  grandfather  was  William  Lovell,  from 
Loudon,  Avho  settled  in  Baltimore  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century. 
In  August  of  1856,  Mr.  Morrison  was  married  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  J. 
Breckinridge,  to  his  daughter.  Sail}'  Campbell  Breckinridge,  at  Braedal- 
bane,  near  Lexington,  Ky.  She  dying  in  18G5,  he  married  the  second 
time,  February,  1875,  Maggie  Regester,  daughter  of  Joshua  Regester,  of 
Baltimore.  Mr.  Morrison  is  a  gentleman  of  great  force  of  character  and 
marked  individuality,  and  is  one  of  the  ablest  ministers  in  the  Presby- 
terian church." 

The  issue  of  the  twin  children  of  the  above  Douglass  and 
Elizabeth  (Wilson)  Morrison  were, — 

SEVENTH   GENERATION. 

h      Second  child,  Catherine,  who  was  b.  1800;  m.  Mr.  Kelly,  a  farmer  of 
New  Castle  Co.,  Del. 

1.  George  D.  Kelly,  b.  1822;  d.  1837,  age  15  yrs. 

2.  Samuel,  b.  1825  ;  d.  1873,  aged  48  yrs.     He  was  a  farmer  and  merchant 

of  Wilmington.  He  left  one  son,  George  Douglass  Kelly,  who 
is  a  farmer  of  New  Castle  Co.  His  wife  is  a  Clarke  of  same 
county,  and  they  have  two  children,  minors. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  1828;  m.   Mr.  Higgins ;   d.  1869,  and  left  seven  children, 

one  of  whom,  Maggie,  is  m.  to  Mr.  J.  Moore,  a  farmer  of  New 
Castle  Co.,  Del. 

4.  John  Kellj^,  b.  1837;  has  four  sons,  minors. 

5.  Annie,  b.  1838 ;  m.  to  Robert  Taylor,  and  has  seven  children,  one  of 

whom  is  m.  to  Mr.  John  Welch,  and  has  one  child,  a  minor. 

c  Annie  Morrison,  twin  sister,  who  died  in  1879;  married 
George  Madill,  of  Del.,  brother  to  William  Madill,  for  tAvo  terms 
governor  of  Ohio.     The  issue  w^ere,  — 

1.  George  Douglass  Madill,  a  fiirmer  at  Whiteclay  Creek  farm.     He  is  an 

elder  in  the  Whiteclay  Creek  Presbyterian  church.  He  has  five 
children,  minors. 

2.  William  Madill,  of  Lancaster,  0.     He  is  a  farmer,  and  heir  by  law  of 

the  estate  of  his  uncle,  Governor  Madill.  He  has  five  children, 
minors. 

d  Matilda,  born  1805  ;  she  married  Mr.  William  Hawthorne,  a 
farmer  of  Delaware,  and  a  Presbyterian  elder.  The  issue  of  this 
marriage  was  :  — 

1.  Wm.  M.,  b.  1834;  a  farmer,  with  three  children. 

2.  George  Morrison,  b.  1840;  two  children,  deceased. 


426  DELAWARE   MORRISONS. 

3.  Dr.  Columbus  Henry,  b.  1844,  after  the  secoud  marriage  of  his  mother 

to  Captain  Henry,  of  Delaware.  Dr.  Henry  has  two  children, 
and  is  a  large  and  successful  practitioner  of  medicine  in  Newark, 
Del. 

4.  Dr.  Chai-les  Henry,  aged  31 ;  unmarried. 

e  David,  born  1808  ;  a  farmer  of  New  Castle  Co.,  aged  72.     His 
children  are,  — 

1.  Douglass  Moi-rison,  b.  1830;  unmarried. 

2.  James  C.  Morrison,  b.  1839 ;  married,  but  no  issue. 

/Elizabeth  McCoy,  born  1815;  married  to  Mr.  James  McCoy, 
of  Kew  Castle  Co.,  Del.     The  issue  of  this  marriage  are,  — 

1.  Rev.  John  McCoy,  b.  1839 ;  twice  married ;  pres.  wife  a  Miss  Grove, 

of  Baltimore,  by  whom  one  child.  Mr.  McCoy,  in  Delaware, 
Baltimore,  and  now  as  pastor  of  the  Presb.  church  at  Columbia, 
Pa.,  is  an  able  and  successful  preacher  of  the  Gospel.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  Jefferson  College  and  of  Princeton  Theo.  Seminary. 

2.  David ;  has  two  children. 

3.  Douglass  Morrison ;  unmarried. 

4.  William ;  unmarried. 

5.  Jas.  Franklin  :  unmaiTied. 


DESCENDANTS   OF   MORISONS    OF   PRESTON   GRANGE.         427 


CHAPTER    XX. 

HisTOKY  OF  Erskine  Moruison's  Branch  of  the  Clan  Mhic-Ghille- 
Mhuire.  —  Earliest  Mention  of  Mhoir,  Mhuir,  Mhor,  or  More, 
THE  Original  of  Moreson.  —  Explanation  of  the  Origin  of 
"Three  Moors'  Heads"  in  the  Arms  and  Crest  of  the  Mor- 
isoNS.  —  Morrisons  of  Cape  Breton. 


"In  or  about  the  year  1715,  Andrew  Morrison,  who  had,  it  was 
said,  taken  part  in  'The  Rising  of  Fifteen,'  as  it  was  called  in 
the  Highlands,  came  over  from  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  where 
he  resided,  passing  through  the  Lewis,  which  he  regarded  as  the 
cradle  of  his  race,  and  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  thus  avoid- 
ing the  unpleasant  consequences  of  having  taken  j^art  in  that 
affair. 

"  He  came  to  Callagary,  Tyrone  Co.,  Ireland,  and  there  married 
a  Miss  Hamilton,  the  descendants  of  whose  family  have  since 
held  seats  in  the  House  of  Commons  up  to  the  year  1879.  A 
sister  of  this  Miss  Hamilton  married  a  Colonel  Archdall,  who 
was  an  ancestor  of  the  present  Archdalls  of  Fermanagh  in  Ire- 
land. This  Colonel  Archdall  entered  into  a  lawsuit  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Andrew  Morrison,  for  some  property  about  which 
there  was  a  dispute  between  the  two  sisters.  The  decision  of  the 
court  being  in  favor  of  Mr.  Morrison,  an  appeal  was  made,  and 
again  was  the  decision  given  in  favor  of  the  latter.  Another 
appeal  was  then  made,  and  once  more  Morrison  gamed  a  victory 
over  his  brother-in-law ;  but  the  cost  of  these  three  lawsuits  was 
so  enormous,  that  the  leading  lawyer  of  the  winning  side,  Avho 
was  not  an  honest  man,  charged  the  estate  with  such  a  lieavy  bill 
to  defray  expenses,  tliat  it  was  sold,  and  the  sale  financially  ruined 
Mr.  Morrison.  He  was  a  man  of  very  violent  temper,  as  was 
proved  by  the  fact  that  he  once  struck  a  man  in  court,  and  when 
asked  his  reason  for  doing  so,  replied,  '  My  Lord,  he  trod  on  my 
corns.''  At  another  time  he  knocked  a  man  down  in  the  street 
for  attempting  to  take  the  wall  side  of  him. 

"  He  was  a  gentleman  by  birth,  education,  and  profession,  which 
latter  was  that  of  arms.  The  brancli  of  the  Hamiltons  to  which 
his  wife  belonged,  at  that  time  took  its  place  amongst  the  aris- 
tocracy of  the  kingdom,  and  indeed  retains  the  same  in  the 
present  day.  The  ))roperty  which  came  into  his  possession  in 
the  north  of  Ireland,  and  which  he  afterwards  lost,  is  now,  or 


428         DESCENDANTS    OF   MORISOXS    OF   PRESTON   GRANGE, 

was  not  many  years  ago,  owned  by  the  son  of  a  certain  Sir  John 
Stuart,  in  the  County  of  Tyrone.  Some  years  after  his  deatli, 
two  gentlemen  came  over  from  Scotland,  and  urged  his  grandson 
to  claim  a  baronetcy,  to  which  they  asserted  he  was  the  heir  as 
the  representative  of  Sir  Alexander  Morrison,  Bart.,  of  Preston 
Grange,  in  Scotland,  whose  daughter  Helen  married  Sir  John 
Riddell,  Bart.  These  gentlemen  said  that  they  had  traced 
Andrew,  Avho  had  left  Scotland,  and  cut  himself  off  from  his 
people,  with  whom  he  must  have  quarrelled,  without  giving  them 
anv  idea  of  w^hat  had  become  of  him  after  the  suppression  of  the 
rising  of  1715,  but  they  affirmed  that  Andrew's  representative 
was  heir  to  the  baronetcy.  Hans  Morrison,  who  was  at  that  time 
in  this  position,  was  too  poor  to  put  forward  claims  to  a  title 
which  was  then  in  abeyance,  owing  to  ignorance  of  existence  of 
direct  male  issue.  It  might,  however,  be  yet  revived,  if  the 
present  representative,  Avho  is  Erskine  Morrison,  Esq.,  of  11 
Newstead  Road,  Burnt  Ash  Hill,  Lee,  Kent,  England,  choose  to 
exert  himself  sufficiently  to  have  this  done.  This  Andrew  Mor- 
rison had  four  children  after  his  marriage  with  Miss  Hamilton. 
One  of  these  was  a  son  named  Hans,  which  was,  and  still  is,  a 
common  Christian  name  in  the  Hamilton  family.  This  Hans 
Morrison  married  a  Miss  Erskine,  and  by  her  had  three  sons, 
whose  names  were  Erskine,  Hans,  and  Alexander.  Erskine,  the 
eldest  of  these,  married,  and  had  two  sons,  named  Hans  and 
Andrew.  Hans,  the  elder  of  these,  married  a  Miss  Warnock, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Warnock,  and  by  her  had  three  sons,  Erskine 
(the  eldest  and  present  representative  alluded  to  above),  William, 
and  James.  These  two  younger  sons  died  without  issue,  but 
Erskine,  who  was  born  the  3d  of  November,  1812,  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Hans  Morrison,  avIio  was  younger  brother  of  the  first 
Erskine,  and  therefore  a  double  strain  of  the  Morrison  blood  runs 
in  the  only  surviving  issue  of  this  marriage,  whose  name  is  Rid- 
dell Morrison,  late  captain  in  her  Majesty's  16th  Regiment  of 
Infantry,  and  at  present  chaplain  to  her  Majesty's  forces.  Be- 
sides the  Rev.  Riddell  Morrison,  there  Avas  other  issue  in  the 
jaerson  of  the  late  Hans  Morrison,  barrister-at-law  and  master  of 
arts  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  who  died,  unmarried,  aged 
twenty-seven,  on  the  5th  of  August,  18G9.  Of  the  three  daugh- 
ters of  Andrew  the  Highlander,  one  of  them,  Agnes,  died  un- 
married ;  another  married,  and  died  without  issue.  The  third 
married  a  Mr.  Bell,  and  had  a  daughter,  who  married  a  gentleman 
descended  from  one  of  the  families  of  Riddell,  in  Roxburghshire. 
His  daughter,  by  this  lady,  Miss  Jane  Riddell,  married  Hans 
Morrison,  the  second  son  of  the  first  Erskine.  And  in  this  fact 
we  may  notice  a  strange  coincidence,  namely,  that  a  descendant 
of  Sir  Alexander  Morrison,  of  Preston  Grange,  married  a  Miss 
Riddell  in  Ireland  about  a  hundred  years  after  Miss  Helen  Mor- 
rison, Sir  Alexander's  daughter,  married  Sir  John  Riddell  in 
Scotland.  Four  children,  a  son  and  three  daughters,  were  the 
issue  of  this  marriage  between  Hans  Morrison,  the  grandson,  and 


OF    SCOTLAXD.  429 

J.ane  Riddell,  tlie  great-granddaugliter  of  Andrew  the  Highlander. 
Jane  Riddell  had  four  brothers,  who  were  of  course  also,  as  has 
been  shown,  great-grandsons  of  Andrew  Morrison,  the  High- 
lander:  James  Riddell,  —  afterwards  Sir  James,  knighted  in  the 
reign  of  George  III,  —  the  eldest;  Hans  Riddell,  who  was  con- 
troller of  customs  in  the  city  of  Londonderry ;  he  had  formerly 
been  for  some  years  an  officer  in  the  62d  Regiment,  and  on  leaving 
that  regiment  was  presented  by  his  brother  officers  with  a  hand- 
some gold  snuff-box,  now  in  the  possession  of  his  grand-nephew, 
the  Rev.  Riddell  Morrison  ;  John  Riddell,  who  died  unmarried, 
and  William  Riddell,  the  youngest,  who  died  in  the  year  1851, 
and  who  at  the  time  of  his  death  held  the  commission  of  major- 
general  in  the  army,  having  for  his  military  services,  in  the  war 
of  1812  with  America,  been  made  knight  of  the  Hanoverian 
Guelphic  Order.  (See  Hart's  Army  List  of  1851.)  This  branch 
of  the  Riddells  is  now  extinct  in  the  male  line,  none  of  these 
brothers  having  left  male  issue.  Hans  Morrison,  the  grandson 
of  Andrew,  who  married  Miss  Jane  Riddell,  had,  as  has  been 
said,  a  son  and  three  daughters.  His  son's  name  was  also  Hans, 
who  entered  H.  M.  46th  Regt.  of  Foot,  and  became  a  lieutenant 
at  the  early  age  of  fourteen.  He  became  captain  in  18*25,  and 
retired  afterwards  on  half-pay,  60th  Rifles.  He  died  unmarried 
in  1868.  Anne,  the  daughter,  as  has  been  shown,  married  her 
father's  nephew's  son,  Erskine,  mentioned  above  as  of  Lee,  Kent. 
And  besides  these  there  were  two  other  daughters,  one  of  whom 
married  a  Mr.  Robinson  in  the  County  of  Down,  Ireland,  and 
the  other  married  a  Mr.  Sheppard,  of  Maryland.  This  lady's 
daughter  married  a  Mr.  Bryant,  also  of  Maryland,  and  their 
son,  Sheppard  Bryant,  was,  a  very  few  years  ago,  a  cadet  at 
West  Point  Military  Academy.  The  third  son  of  Hans,  the 
son  of  Andrew  by  his  marriage  with  Miss  Hamilton,  left  two 
sons,  both  of  whom  died  without  male  issue  beyond  the  second 
generation.  The  last  representatives  of  the  collateral  branch 
of  Alexander,  the  third  son  of  Andrew,  from  Scotland,  Avere 
Robert,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  James  Riddell  men- 
tioned above,  whose  daughter,  Anna  Maria,  married  Philip  Dev- 
ereaux  Hickman,  Esq.,  of  the  Manor  House,  Esher,  Surrey,  in 
England;  and  Erskine  Morrison,  of  Hobart  Town,  Tasmania, 
who  died  unmarried.  Andrew,  the  younger  son  of  Erskine,  the 
eldest  son  of  Hans,  the  son  of  Andrew,  left  two  sons,  Alexander 
and  Andrew.  The  elder  of  these  died  unmarried,  but  Andrew 
went  out  to  Tasmania  to  his  father's  cousin,  whose  property  he 
inherited.  He  married  there,  and  has  a  son.  The  only  male 
Morrisons  of  this  branch  of  the  clan  now  living,  therefore,  are 
Erskine  Morrison,*  his  son  Rev.  Riddell,  and  a  younger  son  by  liis 

*  Erskine  Morrison  is  a  private  gentleman,  living  near  London,  Eng., 
having  a  house  in  Lee,  in  Kent.  He  is  one  of  the  directors  of  tlie  London 
General  Omnibus  Co. 

CHILDKEN. 

Hans,  b.  .April  20,  1842,  and  graduated  with  distinguished  honors  at  Trin- 


430  ORIGIN    OF   THE   THREE   MOORS'    HEADS. 

second  wife,  named  Robert-James  Alexander  (his  first  wife,  Anne, 
having  died  9th  April,  1856).  These  three,  with  the  collateral 
branch  of  Andrew,  of  Tasmania,  and  his  son,  are  the  only  sur- 
viving males  of  this  branch  of  the  clan."  * 

This  family  is  descended  from  the  IMorisoxs  of  Preston^ 
Grange,   Scotland. 

EARLIEST    MENTION    OF    MHOIR,    MHUIR,    MHOR,    OR    MORE, 
THE   ORIGINAL   OF   M0RE80N. 

In  the  year  503,  three  brothers,  named  Fergus,  Lorn,  and  Angus, 
came  over  from  Ireland  with  their  followers,  and  settled  on  the 
western  coast  of  Scotland  and  the  islands  there.  In  787  these 
were  attacked  by  the  Morganaich,  or  sons  of  Morgue,  which  means 
"a  man  from  the  sea."  These  intermarried  with  the  Picts;  they 
were  of  the  ISTorse  Viking  race ;  one  of  the  daughters  of  Morgue, 
or  Morg,  married  Ciniod,  or  Kenneth,  Mhoir,  Mhuire,  Mhor,  or 
More,  meaning  big  or  large  man,  who  lived  in  Lewis,  and  came 
originally  from  Glinne  or  Glen  Moreson,  in  West  Lothian,  Scotland, 
where  a  battle  was  fought  in  the  year  640,  between  the  Scoto- 
Irish  and  the  native  Irish  under  Cruithue,  King  of  Ulster 
(Ireland),  and  this  battle  Avas  called  "the  battle  of  the  sons  of  big- 
men  in  the  Glen";  hence  the  name  of  '•'■Glen  Mhoireson."  From 
this  Ciniod  or  Kenneth  More,  and  Agnes,  daughter  of  Morgue, 
our  branch  claims  descent.  .  .  .  Skene's  History  of  the  Picts  and 
Scots  mentions  this  battle  of  Glen  Moreson  in  640,  but  I  think 
this  does  not  mean  any  particular  family,  but  that  there,  the  sons 
of  big  men  fought,  as  Mhoir  or  More  means  big.  There  were 
Morrisons  of  Glen  Morrison,  whom  we  have  always  regarded  as 
clansmen,  sprung  from  the  same  stock. f 

EXPLANATION   OF  THE  ORIGIN   OF   "  THREE  MOORS'  HEADS" 
IN    THE    ARMS    AND    CREST. 

It  is  asserted  that  the  Morisons  of  Preston  Grange  had  an  an- 
cestor named  Kenneth  More,  or  Mhoir,  who  accompanied  Lord 
James  Douglas,  or  "the  good  Sir  James,"  as  he  is  known  in 
Scottish  history,  into  Spain,  with  the  heart  of  King  Robert  the 
Bruce,  about  the  year  1330  ;  and  when  they  landed,  they  engaged 

ity  College,  Dublin  University;  called  to  the  bar  of  England,  and  was 
winning  a  great  reputation  when  he  died,  Aug.  5,  1869,  at  the  early 
age  of  27  yrs. 

Rev.  Riddell,  b.  .June  30,  1843.  He  entered  Her  Majesty's  1st  or  Royal 
Regt.  of  Dragoons,  Sept.  17,  1861 ;  was  transferred  to  the  4th  Royal 
Irish  Regt.  of  Dragoon  Guards,  where  he  became  lieutenant;  then 
exchanged  to  the  16th  Regt.  of  Infantry  of  the  Line,  and  was  pro- 
moted to  l)e  a  captain  and  sold  out  his  commission  in  1870.  He  then 
entered  St.  Aiden's  College  of  Divinity,  near  Birkenhead,  Cheshire,  in 
1871,  and  was  ordained  deacon  in  Sept.  1873,  and  priest  in  1875.  He 
is  now  chaplain  of  her  Majesty's  forces  at  Halifax,  N.  S. 
*  From  the  Rev.  Riddell  Morrison,  to  whom  the  author  is  indebted  for 

information  of  this  branch  of  the  family. 

t  From  letter  of  Rev.  Riddell  Morrison,  bearing  date  Aug.  9,  1880. 


MORRISONS    OF   CAPE    BRETON.  431 

with  Alonzo  XI  to  fight  on  the  Christian  side  against  the  Moors. 
Lord  James  Douglas  was  killed  in  attempting  to  rescue  Sir  Wil- 
liam St.  Clair,  of^Koslin,  but  in  the  charge,  and  before  this  haji- 
pened,  Kenneth  slew  three  Moors,  and  cut  off  their  heads,  when 
one  of  the  Scottish  host  exclaimed,  '•'•One  Scottish  Christian 
More  can  kill  three  Pagan  Moors^'  —  hence  the  coat  of  arms 
and  crest  of  the  Morisons  (see  p.  22),  with  the  motto,  "  Peetio 

PRUDENTIA    PEAESTAT. 


MORRISONS  OF  CAPE  BRETON. 

1.  Angus  Morrison  was  the  ninth  generation  in  descent  from 
an  Episcopalian  clergyman  in  the  Island  of  Lewis,  Scotland,  who 
was  a  descendant  of  the  celebrated  Bhreitheimh  Leoghasach  (Lewis 
Judge).  Tracing  the  genealog_y  backwards,  according  to  the  old 
Highland  custom,  Angus  was  the  son  of  John,  son  of  Angus,  son 
of  Donald,  son  of  Angus,  son  of  John,  son  of  Donald  (Ban),  son 
of  either  Koderick  or  Angus,  sons  of  the  above-named  Episcopa- 
lian clergyman.  He,  like  many  of  the  family  from  Avhich  he 
descended,  was  noted  for  his  charitable  and  hospitable  disposition, 
his  fairness  and  uprightness  in  all  transactions,  and  his  exemplary 
conduct  through  life,  as  Avell  as  for  his  sincerity  and  zeal  in  mat- 
ters of  religion.  In  his  youth  he  was  an  accomplished  player  on 
the  Highland  bagpipes,  but  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  he  became 
religiously  inclined,  and  gave  up  playing  upon  his  favorite  instru- 
ment, for* the  reason,  as  he  remarked,  that  he  found  it  "tended  to 
lead  him  into  temptation."  Some  years  after,  when  a  handsome 
sum  was  offered  him  for  his  bagpipes,  he  refused  the  money,  neither 
would  he  give  the  instrument  as  a  gift,  stating  that  he  found  it  an 
injury  to  himself,  and  what  was  an  injury  to  him  he  "  would  not 
place*  in  the  hands  of  another  to  his  hurt."  He  then  took  it,  tied 
a  stone  to  it,  and  threw  it  into  the  sea. 

He  was  born  at  Strond,  Harris,  Scotland,  Sept.  1792 ;  died  St. 
Anns,  Cape  Breton,  Feb.  9,  1878 ;  he  married,  1817,  Martha-Cath- 
erine M'Killop,  born  Obb,  Harris,  Oct.  1797  ;  died  at  St.  Anns, 
Jan.  22,  1877.     Children  :  — 

2.  John,  born  Oct.  13,1819,  Obb,  Harris;  has  a  family  of 
three  sons  ;  res.  at  St.  Anns,  C.  B. ;  farmer. 

3.  Koderick,  born  Jan,  23,  1823,  Obb,  Harris  ;  has  a  family  of 
two  sons  and  two  daughters  ;  res.  at  Bruce,  Ont. ;  farmer. 

4.  Donald,  born  May  17,  1825,  Obb,  Harris;  four  sons  and 
three  daughters';  res.  St.  Anns;  farmer. 

5.  Duncan,  born  March  25,  1827,  Obb,  Harris;  five  daughters 
and  two  sons  ;  res.  St.  Anns  ;  farmer. 

6.  Mary,  born  Feb.  14,  182-,  St.  Anns,  C.  B. ;  married  Hugh 
McLeod  ;  four  sons  and  one  daughter  ;  res.  St.  Anns. 

7.  John-A.,  born  April  15,  1833,  St.  Anns  ;  married  Annie- 
Bella  McLean,  Dec.  25,  1862.  He  was  a  teacher  from  1850  to 
1872,  teaching  one  school  sixteen  years;  now  a  merchant  and 
farmer;  res.  St.  Anns,  Cape  Breton.     In  September,  1878,  he  Avas 


432  .MdKHISOXS    OF    CAPE    BRETON. 

elected  to  represent  the  County  of  Victoria,  in  tlie  Parliament  of 
Nova  Scotia.  At  the  close  of  the  session  in  1879,  he  delivered 
a  speech,  in  Gaelic,  in  favor  of  teaching  that  language,  which  is 
inserted.  The  translation  was  not  obtained.  It  is  probably  the 
first  Gaelic  speech  ever  delivered  in  a  legislative  body  on  this 
continent.     Mr.  Morrison  said  :  — 

"Fhir  hibhairt,  agus  dhaoine  nasal  Urramach.  Air  dhombhe  a  bin 
toirt  fauear  gu  bheil  oirpean  mor  air  a  char  air  chois,  agus  mor  aontain 
air  a  thabhairt  dlioiblh  le  pairt  do  Chaunadian  Urramach,  au  a  sho,  agus 
an  aiteau  eile  a  chum  a  chaiiite  Fhrangaich  a  chur  air  chois,  anusa  an 
earrain  so  don  Uachdraiiuachd  (Dominion)  le  tnille  paidheadh  a  bni  air  a 
thabhairt  do  Mhaistearin  Sgoill,  a  theagaisis  don  chlan  Fhrangaich,  a 
chaint  Fhrangach.  Ach  a  tha  mise  don  Ijharrail  gu  bheil  a  ghselic  Urra- 
mach cho  priseale,  agus  cho  feamail  a  bhi  air  a  teagaisg  ri  cainte  sam  l)ith 
eile  :  gu  flrrineach  se  a  ghajlic,  a  chaint  as  shin  agus  a  chainte  as  fhear,  a 
tha  au  diubh  sau  It'aosaobhail.  Tha  duil  aigluchd  labhairt  na  beaurle  gu 
bheil  a  chaint  sin  nis  dligheach  air  urram,  no  agha?lic;  ach,  tha  iadsau 
gorach ;  agus  tlia  mise  cinnteach  iiach  faidhear  au  diubh,  aon  duine,  a 
bhreddhuas  a  bheaurla  gu  ceart,  ach  an  duine  aig  am  beil  a  gha?lic.  Se  a 
ghtBlic  a  cheud  Cha  nta  bha  air  nu  talambh ;  agus  nuar  nach  bi  a  chaint 
sin  ann,  cha  bhi  feum  air  Sainte  sam  bidh.  Mar  sin,  ma  bhis  ullachudh  air  a 
dheanudh  airson  a  Cliainte  Fhrangach,  gu  cinnteach  feamar  ullachudh  a 
dheanudh  air  son  a  glKTlic.  Tha  na  sgoillear  an  mor  anus  an  t'seaun  duthaich 
a  giuseadth  dhuiu  gur  e  a  ghislic  righ  gach  cainte;  gu  bheil,  i  beartachf, 
deisail,  eallant,  binnfhoclacli  briarach,  agus  gle  mhath  arison  aoarudh, 
agus  gach  ni  math  ei  e.  Se  a  glui'lic  a  chaint  a  bha  aig  Adbamh,  anns  a 
gharadh.  Si  a  chainte  a  bha  aig  na  bairdean,  agus  aig  na  Sheauaren,  agus 
feamar  a  cumail  suas.  Cha  nell  anns  a  chainte  Fhrangach  ach  plubarta'ich 
bhochd:  agus  chau  eile  pairst  do'n  bheurla  moran  nis  fhear.  Mar  Sin, 
tha  mise  aig  radh  :  Suas  leis  a  gha^lic  anns  an  Sgoille :  agus  es  an  sgoille ; 
agus  ma  hbithis  tastau  air  o  a  fhaotan  airson  cainte,  phrabach,  leibideach 
nam  Fhrangach  a  chumail  suas,  bithudh  deich  tastau  air  son  a  ghselic, 
ndior,  urramach  —  an  Cluinn  stbh  shin?" 

CniLDREN. 

Helen,  b.  Jan.  13,  1864. 

Catherine,  b.  April  14,  1865. 

Novina,  b.  Dec.  25,  1867. 

Barbra-A.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1868. 

Angus,  b.  Dec.  15,  1869;  d.  July  10,  1870. 

Johu-A.,  b.  June  15,  1871;  d.  Feb.  10,  1872. 

Angus,  b.  Nov.  28,  1872. 

Christiana,  b.  Oct.  20,  1874. 

Infant,  b.  Jan.  1876;  d.  Jan.  1876. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  May  12,  1879. 

8.  Daniel,  born  Dec.  14,  1835,  St.  Anns  ;  four  sons;  widower; 
res.  Eilreka,  Xevada. 

9.  Ann,  born  March  10,  1837,  St.  Anns  ;  four  sons  and  four 
daughters ;  married  Allan  McLeod  ;  res.  St,  Anns  ;  farmer. 

10.  Margaret,  born  Aug.  11,  1889,  St.  Anns;  married  John 
Campbell ;  three  sons  and  two  daughters ;  res.  St,  Anns ;  farmer. 

11.  Catherine,  born  Nov.  20,  1842,  St,  Anns;  married  Donald. 
McLeod  ;  tliree  sons  and  two  daughters ;  res,  St,  Anns ;  farmer. 


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CHAPTER    XXI. 

Descendants  of  Relatives  wiiosi  the  Morisox  Settlers  of  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.,  OF  1718,  left  in  Ireland,  and  who  Settled  in 
Western  Pennsylvania.  —  Additional-  Information  from  Ire- 
land.—The  Missing  Children  op  Charter  James  Morison,  of 
Londonderry,  N.  H.  —  Other  Morrisons. 


FIRST   GENERATION. 

1.  William  Moerisox  died  in  Ireland.     His  son, 

SECOND    GENERATION. 

2.  Andrew  Morrison-  res.  in  Beragh,  Tyrone  County,  Ire- 
land, forty-five  miles  from  Londonderry;  married  Elizabeth 
Mitcheltree.  He  died  in  Ireland  about  1815.  After  the  death 
of  her  husband,  Elizabeth,  with  her  six  children,  emigrated  to 
America,  leaving  May  18,  1818.  They  landed  in  Quebec,  Can., 
and  proceeded  directly  to  her  brother,  John  Mitcheltree,  m.  d., 
Avho  resided  in  Shenango  Township,  Mercer  Co.,  Pa.,  arriving  there 
Aug.  18,  1818.  Here  she  settled  with  her  six  children.  There 
was  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  some  of  their  father's  relatives 
had  emigrated  at  an  early  day  to  Londonderry,  N.  H.  Rev.  W.- 
V.  Morrison,  d.d.,  of  Bristol,  R.  I.,  writes:  "When  a  boy,  I 
remember  to  have  heard  my  father  often  say  that  some  oi  his 
father's  relatives  had  emigrated  to  America  at  an  early  period, 
'and  settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  that  he  had  been  told 
that  the  name  of  one  of  them  was  Eobert.""*  Elizabeth,  on 
leaving  Ireland,  intended  to  visit  her  husband's  relatives  in  Lon- 
donderry; but  finding  the  country  so  much  larger  than  she 
expected,  and  methods  of  travelling  difficult,  her  cherished  plan 
was  abandoned,  and  the  remainder  of  her  life  was  spent  near 
her  brother,  where  she  at  first  settled.  Slie  died  March,  1828. 
The  children  were  born  in  Ireland. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

1.  William^,  born  May  10,  1800;  hotel-keeper;  married,  1826, 
Ann  Paul ;  both  died  in  Pennsylvania  ;  he  died  jSTovember,  1854; 
no  children. 

2.  Andrew'^;  farmer;  married  Miss  Mary  Byers,  of  Pulaski, 
Pa.,  born  Dec.  11,  1811.  He  died  March  30,  1874,  aged  72  yrs. 
About  the  year  1850,  he  removed  with  his  family  from  West 
Middlesex,  Pa.,  and  settled  in  Iowa. 

*  Uncloubtedly  Charter  Robert  Morison.     See  page  1.'74. 


434  DESCENDANTS    OF   RELATIVES   LEFT   IN   IRELAND. 


CHILDREN. 

1.  Caroline,  b.  April  22,  1835;  m.  Simon  Young,  January,  1852;  d.  1853. 

2.  Calviu-W.,  b.  April  30,  1837;  farmer;  m.  Miss  Harriet-S.  Boyles,  Feb. 

1!>,  185i>.     Member  of  Co.  F,  8tli  Iowa  Cavalry ;  served  two  yrs. 

3.  John-B.,  b.    July  30,   1839;    merchant    in  Uuionville,  la.;    m.  M.-J. 

Morris,  March  5,  1868;  b.  Mai'ch  28,  184G.  Rank  in  the  army, 
1st  lieut.  Co.  F,  8th  Iowa  Cavalry;  in  service  two  years,  three 
mouths;  in  prison  at  Andersonville  and  Florence,  live  months. 
Three  children:  Charles-G.,  b.  Jan.  7,  18G'J;  Heury-E.,  b.  Dec. 
18.  1S72;  John-Kay,  b.  Nov.  13,  1877. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  29,  1842  ;  m.  John-M.  Chrismau,  July  11,  1858  ;  he  d. 

about  1863.     Two  children  :  James-W.-E.  and  John-Frank. 

5.  James-H.,  b.  June  25,  1844  ;  ni.  Sarah  Evans.     Three  children  :  Louisa; 

Frederick ;  Hiram-E. 

6.  Irvin-A.,  b.   Sept.   25,   1847;    m.   1870,   Maria-Amanda   Nolan.      Five 

children:   Mary;  Frank;  William;  Samuel;  Walter. 

7.  Mary-A.,  1).   May  29,   1849;  m.   1871,  Johu-B.   McMurry.      Two  chil- 

dren :    Albert  and  Chloe-E. 

8.  Esther-J.-F. ;   m.   July  1,  1876,   James-C.    Leityell.       Two  children: 

lioy-N.  and  Sadie-M. 

3.  John^,  born  April  15,  1803  ;  fanner;  married,  Sept.  18, 1828, 
Elizabeth  Yeach,  who  was  born  in  Hubbard,  O.,  April  5,  1807. 
He  died  Nov.  30,  1865.  After  his  marriage,  he  always  resided  on 
his  farm,  near  West  Middlesex,  Mercer  Co.,  Pa. 

CHILDREN,    BORN   IN   WEST   MIDDLESEX,    PA. 

1.  AVilliani-Veach,  b.  Jan.  23,  1830.  I  insert  an  extract  of  a  sketch  of 
him  from  the  pen  of  Rev.  S.-W.  Coggeshall,  d.  d.  "  Rev.  Wm.- 
Veach  Morrison,  d.  d.,  was  born  in  West  Middlesex,  Mercer 
Co.,  Pa.  He  is  a  descendant  from  the  Scotch  '  Clan  Mac  Ghil- 
lemhuire,  Hereditary  Judges  of  Lewis,'  some  of  which  family  emi- 
grated to  the  north  of  Ireland  at  the  close  of  the  Reformation, 
and  were  at  the  famous  siege  of  Londonderrj-,  1688-89,  so  graph- 
ically described  by  Macaulay.  .  .  .  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
spent  the  first  seventeen  years  of  his  life  upon  a  farm.  After 
pursuing  the  usual  academic  studies,  he  entered  Alleghany  Col- 
lege, Meadville,  Pa.,  in  1850,  and  graduated  in  1854.  He  then 
spent  three  years  at  the  Theological  School  at  Concord,  N.  H., 
now  merged  in  the  Boston  University,  graduating  in  1857.  He 
joined  the  Providence  Annual  Conference  of  the  Methodist-Epis- 
copal church  at  its  session  in  Bristol,  R.  I.,  April  1,  1857,  in  a 
class  of  nine,  in  which  were  Rev.  V.-M.  Cooper,  now  of  Mount 
Bellingham  church,  Chelsea,  Mass. ;  Rev.  George-W.  Quereau, 
D.  D.,  late  principal  of  Jennings  Seminary,  111. ;  and  Rev.  C.-II. 
Payne,  d.  d.,  ll.  d.,  president  of  the  Wesleyan  University, 
Delaware,  O.  Of  no  class  that  has  entered  the  Providence 
Conference,  in  its  whole  history  of  foi'ty  years,  have  so  many 
risen  to  distinction.  Dr.  Morrison's  first  pastoral  cliarge  was 
at  Millville,  Mass.  We  afterwards  find  him  filling  important 
pulpits  in  the  Central  church,  Norwich,  Conn.,  Staflbrd  Springs, 
Conn.,  Wellfleet  and  East  Weymouth,  Mass.  In  the  latter 
place  especially,  his  success  and  popularity  were  very  great. 
In  1874,  he  was  made  presiding  elder  of  the  Fall  River  District, 
in  wliich  he  remained  his  full  term  of  four  years.  This  district 
eml)raced  all  of  Newport  County,  R.  I.,  and  large  portions  of 
Bristol  and  Plymouth,  and  a  part  of  Norfolk,  Mass.,  Avith  41 
churches,  42  pastorates,  and  4,703  members.  He  discharged 
the  duties  of  this  important  charge  with  such  distinguished 
satisfaction,  that  at  the  close  of  his  term  in  1878,  the  bishop 


AMLLIAM-VEACH   MORUISON.  435 

was  requested  to  reappoint  him  to  a  vacant  district;  but  a  rule 
of  the  Episcopacy  against  the  reappointment  of  a  presiding 
elder  to  a  second  consecutive  term,  forbade  it.  He  was  there- 
fore appointed  to  Bristol,  R.  I.,  in  1878.  This  is  one  of  the 
oldest  Methodist  churclies  in  Rhode  Island,  dating  from  1791, 
and  one  of  the  largest  and  most  important  of  any  denomina- 
tion in  the  State.  Here  his  success  and  popularity  have  ex- 
ceeded those  of  his  former  pastorates.  Since  1874,  he  has  been 
the  president  of  the  Martha's  Vineyard  Association,  which  puts 
him  in  charge  of  the  great  seaside  camp-meeting  carried  on 
under  the  auspices  of  that  association,  and  in  which  his  ad- 
ministration has  been  popular  and  acceptable.  In  1877,  his 
(lima  iiiatfr,  Alleghany  College,  conferred  upon  him  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  On  the  5th  of  April,  18.57,  he  married 
Miss  Marj'-P.,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Fussleman,  of 
Warren,  0.  Dr.  Morrison  is  now  in  the  fulness  of  his  powers; 
modest  and  unassuming;  of  a  pure  life  and  spotless  character; 
beloved  and  respected  by  all."  Two  children:  William-Frank, 
1).  in  Elackstone,  Mass.,  Jan.  11,  lf>.')8 ;  medical  student  at  Har- 
vard University.  Albert-Long,  b.  in  Weymouth,  Mass.,  Aug. 
18,  1807. 

2.  Andrew-James,  b.  March  17,  1831;  farmer;  removed  to  Iowa  in  1852; 

m.  Oct.  1(5,  1856,  Sarah-L.  Miller,  b.  Jan.  11,  1840;  she  d.  Sept. 
28,  1857.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  100th  Regt.  Pa.  Vols.  ;  served 
two  years;  rank,  sergeant.  Married,  2d,  Nov.  28,  1871,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Chrisman,  of  Iowa.  They  now  res.  in  VVashington, 
Kan.     One  child  :  Bymina-May,  b.  Dec.  18,  1873. 

3.  Margaret-Ann,  b.  May  13,  1833;  m.  Kirk  Baird,  April  15,  1858.     Four 

children  :  Henry,  b.  April  25,  1859;  Emma  J.,  b.  June  30,  1864; 
John  W.,  b.  March  27,  1866;  Lulu  A.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1869. 

4.  Elizabeth-Jane,  b.  Aug.  25,  1835;  m.  Dec.  21,  1854,  George  McBride, 

b.  June  8,  1831 ;  res.  halstead,  Kan.  Three  children  :  John- 
William,  b.  Dec.  23,  1855;  Charles-Henry,  b.  June  28,  1858; 
Andrew-^NIorrison,  b.  March  2,  1861. 

5.  John-Armstrong,  b.  Dec.  25,  1837;  d.  Oct.  9,  1861;  unm. 

6.  Wilson-W.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1840;  banker  and  farmer;  num.;  lives  on  the 

homestead  near  West  Middlesex,  Pa. 

7.  Hudson-H.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1843;  d.  Oct.  23,  1870,  aged  27  yrs. ;  unm. 

8.  George-Curtis,  b.  Jan.  23,  1845 ;  d.  March  26,  1874 ;  unm. 

4.  Catharine^,   born   Jan.    20,  1807 ;   married   Smith   Byers ; 
farmer.     She  died  July,  1857,  aged  50  yrs. 

CinLDREX. 

1.     William- Andrew,  b.  March  4,  1833.  2.     Grace-E.,  b.  1837. 

5.  Jaue^,  born  1809;  married  Andrew  Satterfield.     She  died 
in  1867. 

Cnil.DUEN. 

1.  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  1837.  3.     Elizabeth,  b.  May,  1845. 

2.  John,  b.  May,  l.s39.  4.     Catharine,  b.  1S49. 

6.  Mary** ;  married  James  Koss  at  West  Middlesex,  Pa. ;  rem, 
to  Iowa  about  1854.     She  died  in  1875. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  William-H.,  d.  in  Pennsylvania.  4.     Andrew. 

2.  John-M.  5.     Simon. 

3.  Elizabeth;  d.  in  Iowa.  6.     Maggie;  d. 


436         CHARTER   JAMES   MORISON   OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 

ADDITIONAL   INFORMATION   FROM   IRELAND. 

Alexander  Morrison,  of  No.  25  Main  Street,  Beragh,  Tyrone 
Co.,  Ireland,  is  over  seventy  years  of  age,  and  is  able  to  trace  his 
connection  with  the  Morrisons  mentioned  at  commencement  of 
this  chapter. 

He  remembers  Betty  (Mitcheltree)  Morrison,  widow  of  Andrew 
Morrison  (No.  2,  p.  433),  and  who  emigrated  to  Quebec.  He 
remembers  "  the  fact  of  her  emigrating,  her  previous  visits  to  the 
friends  before  setting  out,  .  .  .  and  other  incidents  Avhicli  prove 
him  to  be  of  the  family."* 

Alexander  Morrison  says :  "  I  am  over  seventy  years  of  age. 
The  nierabers  of  my  father's  family  were  four ;  two  sisters. 

L     Margaret;   m.  in   Philadelphia,    James  Smith,    of  Co.   Tyrone,  Ire- 
land, and  about  1874  was  living  in  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

2.  Anna;  became  Mrs.  Moore,  and  d.  in  Ireland. 

3.  Hamilton  ;  d.  in  Ireland. 

4.  Alexander  (himself)  ;  single. 

Their  father  was  ^Tohn  Morrison,  who  had  lived  at  the  old 
family  seat  at  Laragh,  near  Beragh,  but  removed  to  the  town- 
land  of  Orbelreagh,  about  four  miles  from  Londonderry,  where 
he  lived  about  five  j^ears,  and  died. 

The  grandfather  of  Alexander  was  'John  Morrison,  of  Laragh, 
whose  death,  about  1827,  at  the  great  age  of  one  hundred  and  ten 
years,  he  remembers. 

He  had  two  sons  and  five  daughters.  His  son  Samuel  removed 
to  Balinamallard,  County  Termanaugh  ;  married,  and  died  there. 
His  son  John's  record  as  given. 

Alexander  Morrison  says  :  "  My  grandfather  had  a  brother 
named  William  (see  No.  1,  p.  438),  who  had  two  sons,  John  and 
Andrew.  The  first  died  at  Beachrin,  near  Beragh."  "Andrew 
(see  No.  2,  p.  483)  was  remarkable  as  a  strong  man.  He  met 
his  death  in  endeavoring  to  secure  a  runaway  horse  in  or  about 
1815.  His  wife  was  Betty  Mitcheltree,  of  Clogher,  County  Tyrone. 
Some  time  after  her  husband's  death,  she  emigrated,  with  her 
family  of  six  children,  to  America."  The  name  of  one  son  Avas 
John  ;  the  father  of  Rev.  W.-V.  Morrison,  d.  d.,  of  p.  434. 

THE   MISSING   CHILDREN   OF    CHARTER  JAMES    MORISON,  OF 
LONDONDERRY,    N.  H.f 

This  information  was  received  when  this  work  was  nearly 
through  the  press.  This  shows  conclusively  that  they  located 
in  Cambridge,  New  York,  instead  of  Massachusetts,  as  stated 
on  p.  82. 

John''  (James'^,  John^).|     He  lived  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y. ;  sub. 

*Letter  of  Rev.  James  Elliott,  bearing  date,  "  Omagh,  Ireland,  Sept.  18, 
1880." 

tSeep.  82,  Nos.  U,  15,  16,  17. 
J  No.  15,  p.  82. 


MISSING   CHILDREN   OF    CHARTER   JAMES   MORISON.  437 

sequently  in  Salem  (culled  at  one  time,  by  the  Scotch-Irish,  Nexo 
Perth),  Washington  Co.,  New  York,  where  he  died  previous  to 
June  11,  1793,  leaving  a  will.  He  probably  at  one  time  lived  in 
Coleraine,  Mass.* 

Below  is  a  fac-simile  of  his  autograph  :  — 

CniLDREX,    UORN  IX   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 

1.  Ann,  b.  Nov.  4,  1747;  m.  Thomas  McClaughery ;  d.  in  Salem,  N.  Y., 

March  21,  1783;  she  d.  before  June  11,  1793.  They  had  a  sou 
Thomas,  who  m.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniel  McNitt,  of  Salem, 
N.  Y.,  who  had  followiug  children:  1,  Daniel,  m.  Martha  Saf- 
ford ;  rem.  to  Wiscousiu.  2,  Elizabeth;  d.  num.  3,  John,  m. 
Parmelia  Herrick ;  both  d.  at  Hannibal,  N.  Y.  4,  Lydia,  m. 
Robert-M.  Rogers,  res.  Hannibal,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.  5,  Mat- 
thew, m.  Miss  Beatty,  res.  Edinboro',  Pa.  6,  Alexander,  d. 
young,  single.  7,  Sarah,  m.  B.  Curtis,  d.  at  Pleasant  Prairie, 
Wis.  8,  James,  m.  Miss  Dobbins,  res.  Salem,  N.  Y.  9, 
Thomas,  res.  E.  Greenwich,  N.  Y.  10,  Ezra,  m.  Miss 
Davis,  res.  E.  Greenwich,  N.  Y.  11,  Mary-Ann,  m.  Mr.  Hurd, 
res.  Newport,  Barton  Co.,  Ore. 

2.  John,  b.  Jan.  21,   1750;    res.   Salem,  N.  Y. ;    d.  before  Jan.   3,  1791, 

leaving  a  will.  Children:  1,  Elizabeth;  2,  Jacob;  3,  Noah;  4, 
John  :  all  under  age. 

3.  James,  b.  Oct.  2,  1751;  no  record. 

4.  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  11,  1754;  res.  Salem,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  before  June  11, 

1793,  the  date  of  his  father's  will.  Children:  1,  Ephraim;  2, 
Samuel;  3,  James;  4,  Charlotte;  5,  Elizabeth. 

Thomas'^  (James'^,  John\) ;  f  res.  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  and 
owned  lands  there ;  also  a  grist-mill.  This  mill  was  at  a  place  now 
called  "Pumpkin  Hook."  Was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace 
by  colonial  governor  and  council  as  early  as  1772,  and  in  1773 
was  elected  supervisor.  In  a  letter  to  his  brother,  Lieut.  Samuel 
Morison,  of  Windham,  N.  H.  (now  in  possession  of  the  author  of 
this  book),  bearing  date  of  "Cambridge,  February  ye  5th,  1776," 
he  says:  "Sir  John  Johnston,  with  a  number  of  his  tenants. 
Highland  men  and  High  Dutch  men,  to  the  number  of  nearly  one 
thousand,  had  embodied  themselves,  armed,  and  threatened  to 
destroy  the  country.  They  live  in  Tryon  County.J  News  of  it 
coming  to  the  committee  of  Albany,  they  went  out  through  the 
county,  and  in  three  or  four  days  got  8,000  men  together.  There 
were  thirty  went  from  our  town,  and  for  their  quick  getting 
together  they  took  a  sleigli  for  every  six  men.  When  they  got 
together,  they  had  1,260  sleighs.  They  went  to  Sir  John's,  and 
the  Tories  thought  it  not  best  to  fight  with  such  an  army,  and 

*Capt.  John  Morrison,  of  Coleraine,  Mass.,  d.  at  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
30,  1807.     Also  many  other  of  the  Coleraine  Morrisons  died  there. 
t  See  No.  KJ,  p.  «2,  and  No.  33,  p.  393. 
J  Now  Montgomery  County. 


438  OTHER   MORRISONS. 

they  delivered  up  their  arms,  and  signed  articles  to  pay  all  the 
costs,  and  the  head  men  of  them  are  to  leave  the  province."* 
The  jirobable  reason  for  the  Morisons  settling  in  Cambridge, 
X.  Y.,  and  vicinity,  arose  from  the  fact  that  some  of  their  num- 
ber passed  through  the  country  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  as 
soldiers  in  the  Provincial  regiments  of  New  Hampshire  and 
Massachusetts,  and  so  became  acquainted  with  the  fertility  of 
the  soil,  and  liking  the  country,  concluded  to  settle  there. 

The  date  of  the  death  of  Thomas  Morison,  Esq.,  I  have  been 
unable  to  find.  It  is  reported  that  his  family  removed  to  Kort- 
right,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  b.  Loiidoiulerry,  N.  H.,  1757;  m.  Joliu  McMilhm,  of  Salem,  N. 

Y. ;  she  d.  Dec.  20,  1799. 

2.  Another  daughter,  name  not  known. 

;!.     Thomas;  first  white  child  b.  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y. 

James^  (James-,  John^).  He  lived  in  Cambridge,  N.  Y. ;  was 
a  farmer  and  had  a  family.  His  sisters  Janet  (No.  13,  p.  82)  and 
Katreen  (No.  14,  p.  82)  also  lived  in  that  vicinity.f 

OTHER   MORRISONS. 

Col.  "Don"  Morrison,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Hon.  William-R.  Mor- 
rison, member  of  Congress  from  Illinois  ;  and  Chief-Justice  Morri- 
son, of  California,  are  brothers.  Their  ancestor  came  from  Ireland 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century.  Hon.  Isaac-L.  Morrison,  of 
Jacksonville,  111.,  is  a  grandson  of  Andrew  Morrison,  who  emi- 
grated from  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  settled  near  Orange  Court 
House,  Va.,  previous  to  the  Revolutionary  war. 

Rev.  Theodore-N.  Morrison,  i>.  d.,  of  Chicago,  111.,  is  a  son  of 
John-S.  Morrison,  who  emigrated  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in 
1799,  and  settled  in  Franklin  Co.,  Pa. 

*  The  records  of  this  committee,  in  MSS.,  can  be  found  in  the  State 
House  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

t  John  Morison  (No.  1954,  p.  227)  lived  in  Belfast,  Me. ;  was  drowned 
December,  1770.     See  History  of  Belfast,  p.  101. 


INDEX    I 


MORISONS   OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 


[Index  I,  in  the  male  and  female  lines,  includes  descendants  from  all  tlie  early 
Morisou  settlers,  except  Charter  Samuel  Morison's,  for  which  a  separate  Index  is 
prepared  by  Judge  Charles-R.  Morrison. 

Each  of  the  eight  children  of  "173G  John,"  also  Charter  Robert  Morison,  and 
Samuel  Morison,  Jr.,  are  recljoned  as  ancestor  of  a  branch  of  the  family,  and  so 
appear  in  the  Index  in  italics.  Charter  James  Morison,  alter  each  of  his  descend- 
ants, is  called  James;  Charter  John  is  called  John,  etc. 

The  christian  names  of  all  Morisons,  or  Morrisons,  and  the  surnames  of  descend 
ants  bearing   other  names,   are  arranged  alphabetically.      The  christian  names  of 
most  heads  of  families,  male  and  female,  bearing  the  family  name,  will  be  found  in 
this  Index;  also  the  christian  and  surnames  of  most  heads  "of  families,  in  the  female 
lines  in  other  names. 

The  number  at  the  left  of  a  name  denotes  the  j-ear  of  birth ;  the  name  in  italics 
after  it,  indicates  the  ancestor;  the  number  on  tlie  right  of  italic  name,  denotes  the 
number  belonging  to  the  person  in  body  of  the  work;  and  tlie  ligures  in  the  last 
column  indicate  the  page.]     ^ 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

ANCESTOR. 

1829 

Abby-S. 

Halbert 

1776   . 

Abigail 

Bob  art 

1815 

Abigail 

Bobert 

1822 

Abiel    .... 

Samuel,  Jr 

1743 

Abraham 

Joseph 

181G 

Adams,  Albert     . 

Bobert 

1840 

Adams,  Carlos-C. 

Bobert 

1812 

Adeline 

Samuel,  .Jr 

1827 

Albert- A.      . 

James  . 

1804 

Alexauder-D. 

John     . 

1818 

Alfred-T.      . 

Joseph 

1849 

Alice-L. 

Bobert 

1845 

Allen,  Edward-E. 

James  . 

1792 

Allison 

James  . 

1806 

Alva     .... 

James  . 

1835 

Alva-S. 

James  . 

1773(?) 

Ann      . 

Samuel,  Jr 

1815 

Ann      .... 

Bobert 

1808 

Anna    .... 

Joseph 

1812 

Aniia-J. 

Joseph 

1887 

Auua-Wallis 

James  . 

1810 

Ann-S. 

Samtiel,  Jr 

1789 

Anderson,  Betsey 

Joseph 

1816 

Anderson,  David 

Joseph 

Anderson,  George-V. . 

Joseph 

1783 

Anderson,  James 

Joseph 

1820 

Anderson,  Johu  . 

Joseph 

1786 

Anderson,  Mary . 

Joseph 

1817 

Anderson,  Marj'-J. 

Josepih 

1783 

Anderson,  Nancy 

Joseph 

1835 

Andrew 

John     . 

NO. 

PAGE. 

2158 

238 

2855 

275 

2959 

280 

3129 

292 

2549 

261 

2986 

281 

2987 

282 

3116 

291 

228 

103 

1317 

178 

2589 

262 

3013 

286 

645 

129 

29 

87 

199 

101 

503 

122 

3060 

289 

2973 

281 

2652 

265 

2728 

268 

157 

96 

3110 

291 

2646 

264 

2754 

269 

2757 

260 

2628 

264 

2760 

270 

2638 

264 

2630 

264 

2632 

264 

1895 

21' 1 

29 


440 


IXDI.X    I.  —  MOEISONS    OF    LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

ANCESTOR. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

1843 

Augustus     .        .        .        . 

Joseph 

2727 

268 

1831 

Arabella       .         .        .         . 

John     .         .         .         . 

1777 

217 

1842 

Arianna        .         .         .         . 

John     .         .         .         . 

1667 

210 

Archibald,  David-M.  . 

Halbert 

1989 

229 

1763 

Archibald,  Hauiiah      . 

Ilalbert 

1977 

229 

1761 

Archibald,  Rebecca     . 

Halbert 

1971 

228 

1795 

Asa 

James  .         .        .         . 

172 

98 

1830 

Augusta 

John     .         .         .         . 

1772 

216 

1846 

Augustus-M. 

James  .         .         .         . 

205 

102 

1840 

Bailey,  Harriet-A. 

Joseph 

2693 

266 

1804 

Barker,  John 

John     .         .         .         . 

1174 

170 

1806 

Benjaniiu     . 

,roseph 

2648 

264 

1813 

Beujainin-F. 

John     .         .         .         . 

1572 

194 

1828 

Benjamin-L. 

James  .         .         .         . 

475 

120 

1764 

Betridge       .         .         : 

John     .         .         .         . 

995 

155 

Betsey 

Joseph 

2572 

262 

1787 

Betsey 

John    .        .        . 

1050 

161 

1795 

Betsey 

Samuel 

2295 

247 

1805 

Betsey 

John     .         .         .         . 

1564 

194 

1809 

Betsey 

Samuel,  Jr. 

3103 

291 

1858 

Blanchard,  Lucy-S.     . 

James  .         .         .         . 

385 

115 

1835 

Blye,  Lewis-W.  . 

Joseph 

2719 

268 

1841 

Bruce,  George-F. 

.     Ilalbert 

2119 

235 

1847 

Bruce,  Samuel     . 

Halbert 

2122 

236 

1839 

Buzzell,  Abiel-M. 

Samuel,  Jr. 

3107 

291 

1842 

Buzzell,  Sarah-A. 

Samuel,  Jr. 

3108 

291 

1829 

Cabot  .... 

.     Robert 

2899 

277 

1745 

Catherine     . 

.     James  . 

33 

87 

Catherine     . 

Samuel 

2296 

247 

1783 

Catherine     . 

.     liobert 

2858 

275 

1825 

Cathcrine-C. 

.     James  . 

472 

120 

1803 

Calvin 

.     Samuel 

2343 

249 

1813 

Caroline 

.     John     . 

1596 

202 

1819 

Caroline 

.     liobert 

2981 

281 

1847 

Caroliue-A.  . 

.     John     . 

1594 

202 

1824 

Carol iue-N.  . 

.     Samuel 

2382 

251 

1849 

Charles 

.     Samuel,  Jr. 

3131 

292 

1851 

Charles-B.    . 

.     John     .         .         . 

1660 

209 

1837 

Charles-P.    . 

.     Joseph 

2838 

273 

1818 

Christie,  George-W.    . 

.     Samuel 

2394 

252 

1816 

Cliristie,  Jane-M. 

.     Samuel 

2388 

251 

1820 

Christie,  James-S. 

.     Samuel 

2399 

252 

1823 

Christie,  Margaret-E. 

.     Samuel 

2418 

252 

1821 

Christie,  Mary-A. 

.     Samuel 

2409 

252 

1828 

Christie,  Ilobert-C.      . 

Samuel 

2422 

253 

1798 

Christopher 

.     James  . 

160 

97 

1836 

Christopher-M.    . 

.     James  . 

379 

112 

1802 

Clarissa 

.     Samuel,  Jr. 

.     3090 

290 

1792 

Clendenuin,  Betsey     . 

.     Hannah  (Clendeunin) 

2453 

25.5 

1788 

Clendenniu,  Mary 

.     Hannah  (Clendenniu) 

2457 

255 

1743 

Clendeunin,  Robert     . 

.     Hannah  (Clendenniu) 

2445 

254 

1781 

Clendenniu,  Robert     . 

.     Hannah  (Clendenniu) 

2455 

255 

1804 

CleiKlennin,  Robert     . 

.     Hannah  (Clendeunin) 

2461 

255 

1832 

Cochran,  Emily-J. 

.     James  . 

.       489 

121 

1847 

Cochran,  James-A. 

.     James  . 

590 

126 

1824 

Cochran,  Nelson 

.     James  . 

.       485 

121 

1848 

Cochran,  Mary-A. 

.     James  . 

.       593 

126 

1819 

Cochran,  Silas-M. 

James  . 

.       482 

120 

1836 

Cole,  Charles-H. . 

.     Samuel,  Jr. 

.     3114 

291 

INDEX   I.  —  MORISONS   OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.   H. 


441 


Cole,  David-M.    . 

1850 

Cooper,  Beusou-P. 

1809 

Cooper,  Charles-L. 

1812 

Cooper,  E. 

-Mary 

1816 

Cooper,  H 

irvev-W.     . 

1810 

Coop  r,  Laura-A. 

1818 

Cooper,  Nancy    . 

1822 

Cooper,  W 

arren-J. 

1823 

Corbett,  Edward-M. 

1827 

Corbett,  Isaac      . 

1829 

Corbett,  Joshua  . 

1821 

Corbett,  L 

ucv 

1841 

Corning,  Albiou-J. 

1834 

Cowdrej', 

Elizabeth-J. 

1838 

Cowdrej',  Keziah-J. 

1826 

Cowdrey, 

Robert 

1819 

Cowdrey, 

William-S. 

1834 

Cunimings 

,  Charles-N 

1800 

Cummiugs 

,  Daniel 

1798 

Cunimings 

,  David-M. 

1784 

Cunimings 

,  John 

1810 

Cunimings 

,  John 

Cunimings 

,  Kebecca 

1830 

Cunimings 

,  William 

1796 

Daniel . 

' 

1787 

Daniel . 

1760 

Daniel 

1802 

Daniel . 

1814 

Dauiel-S. 

1854 

Daniel-C. 

1807 

David  . 

1819 

David  . 

1829 

David-F. 

1730 

David  . 

1772 

David  . 

1809 

David  . 
Daniel . 

1756 

David  . 

1830 

David  . 

1773 

David  . 

1794 

David  . 

1802 

David  . 

1830 

Davidson, 

David-A. 

1833 

Davidson, 

Daniel-S. 

1831 

Davidson, 

Lavinia 

1835 

Davidson, 

Levi    . 

1838 

Davis,  Abel-M.    . 

1842 

Davis,  Daniel-I.  . 

1836 

Davis,  Mary-J.    . 

1831 

Dewis,  Martha    . 

1816 

Dexter-B. 

1801(?) 

Diaderaa 

1854 

Dinsmoor 

Arthur-W. 

1844 

Dinsmoor 

Aurelia-J. 

1834 

Dinsmoor 

Edwin-0. 

1839 

Dinsmoor 

Martha- A. 

1831 

Dinsmoor 

Samuel-M. 

1824 

Dow,  Al)o 

. 

1812 

Dow,  Alvt 

I   . 

1818 

Dow,  Betsey 

ANCESTOR. 

Samuel,  Jr. 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel 

John    . 

John    . 

John     . 

John    . 

James  . 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Bobert 

John     . 
John    . 
John     . 
Bobert 
John     . 
John     . 
John     . 
Halbert 
Halbert 
Halbert 
Halbert 
Bobert 
Bobert 
Samuel,  Jr 
Samuel,  Jr. 
Samuel,  Jr 
John    . 
John     . 
John    . 
John     . 
Halbert 
Halbert 
Halbert 
John     . 
John     . 
Bobert 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 


NO. 

PAGE. 

3123 

292 

2373 

251 

2352 

249 

2361 

250 

2365 

250 

2357 

250 

2319 

248 

2371 

250 

1354 

180 

1356 

181 

1357 

181 

1353 

180 

640 

129 

2949 

280 

2950 

280 

2948 

280 

2947 

280 

2196 

240 

2037 

231 

2029 

231 

2018 

231 

2116 

235 

2044 

232 

2040 

231 

2916 

278 

294 

877 

149 

1368 

181 

1326 

178 

3026 

286 

1394 

182 

1638 

208 

1333 

179 

1963 

228 

2005 

230 

2103 

234 

2076 

233 

2862 

275 

3032 

286 

3069 

289 

3049 

288 

3100 

291 

1312 

177 

1314 

178 

1313 

177 

1315 

178 

2100 

234 

2102 

234 

2099 

234 

1380 

182 

1575 

195 

2868 

276 

619 

128 

82 

91 

80 

91 

81 

91 

229 

104 

419 

116 

389 

115 

414 

116 

442 


INDEX   I.  —  MORISONS    OF   LONDONDERRY,    X.    H. 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

1854 

Dow,  Cliarles-A. 

1840 

Dow,  Gilman-C. 

1816 

Dow,  Lucinda-D 

1853 

Dow,  Maria-L. 

1815 

Dow,  Naucj'-B. 

1820 

Dow,  Philena 

1813 

Dow,  Robert-IM. 

1834 

Diistin,  Abbie-E. 

1818 

Diistin,  Maiy 

1830 

D.-Wallis     . 

1839 

E. -Adelaide 

1799 

Ebenezer 

1800 

Ebeiiezer-B. 

1797 

Edward 

1829 

Edward 

1840 

Edward-P.  . 

1758 

Eleanor 

1723 

Elizabeth     . 

1775 

Elizabeth     . 

1783 

Elizabeth     . 

1794(?) 

Eliza    . 

1799 

Eliza    . 

1805 

Eliza    . 

1814 

Eliza-A. 

1824 

Eliza- A. 

1805 

Eliza-H. 

1838 

Eliza-J. 

1840 

Ella-Jane      . 

1840 

Ellen    . 

1836 

Ellis,  Otis-C. 

1818 

Emily  . 

1848 

Ernest-N.     . 

1834 

Eugeue-C.    . 

Ezekiel 

1762 

Ezekiel 

1780 

Ezekiel 

1801 

Ezekiel 

Faulkner,  Annie . 
Faulkner,  Charles 
Faulkner,  Daniel 
Faulkner,  Eleanor 
1813        Faulkner,  Jerusha 
1810        Faulkner,  John-M. 
1824        Faulkner,  Jotham 
1804        Faulkner,  Louisa 
1808        Faulkner.  Martha-A. 

Faulkner,  Robert 
1806        Faulkner,  Samuel 
1779         Faulkner,  Thomas 
1834        Ferdinand-V. 
1749         Fish,  p:n)nia-J.     . 
1855        Fish,  Wellman-J. 
1846        Florietta-I.  . 
1851         Foster,  Adele 
1844        Foster,  Clara 
1846         Foster,  Julia 
1857        Foster,  Mary-S.  . 
1820        Fox,  Charlotte-S. 
1836        Fox,  Harriet-F.  . 


ANCESTOR. 

NO. 

.     James  ....       422 

James  . 

625 

James  . 

412 

James  . 

657 

James  . 

406 

James  . 

416 

James  . 

395 

Joseph 

2672 

Joseph 

2810 

James  . 

383 

James  . 

510 

Halhert 

2070 

Samuel,  Jr. 

3095 

Joh  n     . 

1340 

Halbert 

2138 

James  . 

381 

John     . 

867 

John     . 

711 

Halhert 

2015 

James  . 

163 

Robert 

2866 

James  . 

78 

Samuel,  Jr. 

3072 

John     . 

1633 

Halbert 

2146 

John     . 

1585 

Halbert 

2166 

John     . 

1650 

John     . 

1937 

James  . 

596 

Samuel,  Jr. 

3049 

.Tohn     . 

1919 

Robert 

2998 

Jolin     . 

701 

.     ■foil  n     . 

783 

John     . 

935 

.     John     . 

1070 

.     John     . 

.     1277 

■Tolm     . 

.     1276 

.     John     . 

.     1280 

.     .Min     . 

.     1282 

.     John     . 

.     1275 

.     John     . 

.     1461 

.     John     . 

.     1284 

.     John     . 

.     1445 

.     John     . 

.     1455 

.     .Tohn     . 

.     1289 

.     '/oh  n     . 

.     1454 

.     John     . 

.     1274 

.     Robert 

.     2995 

.     Robert 

.     2967 

.     Robert 

.     2968 

.     John     . 

.     1657 

.     John    . 

.     1738 

.     ■fohn     . 

.     1731 

.     John     . 

.     1735 

.     Samuel,  .fr. 

.     3134 

.     John     . 

.     1715 

.     John     . 

.     1721 

IXDEX    I.  —  MORISONS   OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.   H. 


443 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

ANCESTOR. 

1813 

Francis 

Boben 

1840 

Francenii 

Jiobert 

1844 

Frank  .... 

John    . 

1824 

Gage,  Aaron-H.  . 

Josejih 

1822 

Gage,  Abigail 

Joseph 

1827 

Gage,  John- A.     . 

Joseph 

1820 

Gage,  Leander    . 

Joseph 

1835 

Gates,  Susau-M. 

John     . 

1818 

Gage,  William-W. 

Joseph 

1833 

George- A.    . 

John    . 

1838 

George- D.    ... 

John     . 

1842 

George-S.     . 

John     . 

1813 

George-R.    . 

Joseph 

1811 

George- W.  . 

Samuel 

1846 

George-W.  . 

Samuel 

1833 

Gilchrist,  David-S.      . 

Samuel,  Jr. 

1855 

Gordon,  Joliu-A. 

John     . 

1825 

Gordon,  Samuel . 

John     . 

1823 

Greeley,  J.-Thorutou . 

Mary  (Jack) 

1685 

Halbert 

1736  John  . 

Halbert 

James  . 

1825 

Hale,  Charles-G. 

John    . 

1835 

Hale,  Ellen-A.-H. 

John     . 

1770(?) 

Hamilton 

Joseph 

1716(?) 

Hannah 

1736  John  . 

1730 

Hannah 

John     . 

1766 

Hannah 

John    . 

1799 

Hannah 

John    . 

1803     . 

Hannah 

John    . 

1843 

Hannah- A.  . 

John    . 

1810 

Hannah 

James  . 

1825 

Hannali-A.  . 

James  . 

1835 

Han  nail- J.    . 

Halbert 

1749(?) 

Hannah 

Robert 

1790 

Hannah 

Robert 

1821 

Harriet 

Robert 

1813 

Harriet 

John     . 

1826 

Harriet-E.    . 

Joseph 

1821 

Hawkins,  Alice-B. 

John    . 

1835 

Hawkins,  Daniel-W.  , 

John    . 

1840 

Hawkins,  Martha-A.   . 

John    . 

1829 

Hawkins,  Mar}'^-A. 

John    . 

1819 

Hawkins,  Sarah  . 

John     . 

1844 

Heath,  Cora 

Robert 

1846 

Heath,  James 

Robert 

1843 

Henry-D.      . 

John     . 

1836 

Hill,  Elizabeth    . 

John    . 

1831 

Hills,  Daniel 

John    . 

1843 

Iliram-II.     . 

John     . 

1853 

Hobar-,  William-C.     . 

James  . 

1810 

Horace 

John     . 

1854 

Horace 

Hugh   .... 

Robert 

1814 

Hughes,  Benjamin-C. 

James  . 

1821 

Hughes,  Elizabeth-T. 

James  . 

1845 

Hughes,  EUa-F.  . 

James  . 

1816 

Hughes,  Ilanuah-P.     . 

James  . 

1829 

Hughes,  Isaac-\V. 

James  . 

1847 

Hughes,  Kate-E. 

James  . 

NO. 

PAGE. 

2956 

280 

2925 

279 

1918 

223 

2778 

270 

2635 

264 

2782 

270 

2771 

270 

1099 

165 

2765 

270 

1788 

217 

1898 

222 

1911 

222 

2659 

265 

2348 

249 

2438 

253 

3150 

293 

1706 

212 

1704 

212 

2522 

259 

1946 

225 

18 

82 

1581 

195 

1027 

156 

2550 

261 

2442 

254 

739 

140 

1003 

155 

1352 

180 

1397 

183 

1889 

221 

322 

109 

222 

103 

2175 

239 

2849 

275 

2900 

277 

2896 

277 

1440 

186 

2624 

263 

1066 

163 

1068 

163 

1069 

163 

1067 

163 

1065 

162 

2961 

280 

2962 

280 

1654 

209 

1458 

187 

1363 

181 

1823 

218 

612 

127 

1591 

201 

3007 

286 

293 

279 

106 

290 

106 

583 

125 

284 

106 

308 

107 

589 

126 

444 

INDEX   I.  —  M 

ORIS 

ONS 

OF   LONDON! 

)ERR 

Y,    N 

.   H. 

BIRTH. 

NAME.                                                 ANCESTOR.                                               ^fO. 

1812 

Hughes,  Martha-A.      .         .     James  .         .         .         .275 

1808 

Hughes,  Olivia-G. 

.fames  . 

270 

1826 

Hughes,  Samuel-0. 

James  . 

305 

1824 

Hughes,  Sarah- A. 

James  . 

295 

1810 

Hughes,  William-C.    . 

James  . 

274 

1848 

Ibrahim 

James  . 

517 

1798 

Ira 

James  . 

185 

1842 

Ira-P.  . 

James  . 

479 

180D 

Isaac    . 

John     . 

898 

1843 

Isabel  . 

John    . 

1413 

1813 

Isabel-A. 

John     . 

1427 

1821 

Isabel-C.      . 

Samuel,  Jr. 

3124 

1820 

Isabella 

Halbert 

2118 

1824(?) 

Isabella 

Robert 

2989 

Jack,  Andrew 

3Iarij  (Jack) 

2482 

Jack,  Andrew 

Ifary  (Jack) 

2491 

Jack,  Hannah 

3Iar>j  (Jack) 

2497 

Jack,  Samuel 

Mary  (Jack) 

2488 

1675 

James  . 

1736  John  . 

10 

1728 

James  . 

James  . 

17 

1786 

James  .    '     . 

James  . 

122 

1830 

James  . 

.     James  . 

338 

1820 

James-D. 

James  . 

207 

1824 

James-C. 

Joseph 

2743 

1788 

James  . 

.    Joseph 

2562 

1789 

James  . 

.     1789 

1825 

James  . 

John     . 

1301 

1818 

James  . 

.     John     . 

1613 

1840 

James-H. 

.     John     . 

1903 

1794 

James  . 

.     Halbert 

2065 

1846 

James-K.-P. 

.     Halbert 

.     2182 

1831 

James-H. 

.     Halbert 

.     2157 

1785 

James  . 

.     Robert 

.     2885 

1810 

James  . 

.     Robert 

.     2951 

1755 

Jane     . 

Samuel 

.     2286 

1780 

Jane     . 

.     Saniiiel 

2313 

1816 

Jane-H. 

.     Samuel 

2312 

1799 

Jane     . 

Samuel,  Jr. 

.     3065 

1768 

Jane     . 

.     Halbert 

2001 

1722 

Jane     . 

.     John    . 

.       703 

1801 

Jane     . 

.     John    . 

.     1021 

1811 

Jane     . 

.     John    . 

,     1423 

1800 

Jane     . 

.     John     . 

.     1361 

1751(?) 

Jane     . 

.     Robert 

.     2850 

1778 

Jane     . 
Janet   . 

.     Robert 
.     James  . 

.     2878 
13 

1795 

Jeremiah 

.     James  . 

148 

1822 

Jeremiah-H. 

.     Halbert 

.     2142 

1805 

Jeremiah-S. 

.     John    . 

.     1462 

1851 

Jessie-S. 

.     James  . 

.       617 

1842 

Jewett,  Andrew 

.     John    . 

.     1702 

1827 

Jewett,  Cynthia- 

A. 

John     . 

1688 

1837 

Jewett,  Edward 

John     . 

1694 

1835 

Jewett,  Mary-E. 

.     John     . 

.     1689 

1628  (?) 

John    . 

1 

1678 

John    . 

1736  John 

679 

1722 

Jolin    . 

James  . 

15 

1796 

John    . 

James  . 

153 

1743 

John    . 

James  . 

25 

INDEX   I.  —  MOPJSOXS    OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.    II. 


445 


BIRTH. 

NAilE. 

1837 

John    . 

1726 

John    . 

1740 

Johu    . 

1762 

John    . 

1764 

John    . 

1795 

John    . 

1804 

Johu    . 

1806 

John-W.       . 

1808 

John-H. 

1817 

John-H. 

1846 

John-F. 

1710(?) 

John    . 

1770 

John     . 

1792 

John    . 

1830 

John-C. 

1779 

John    . 

1783 

Johu    . 

1749 

Johu     . 

1801 

Joliu     . 

1826 

Johu-F. 

1850 

John-B. 
John-E. 

1733(?) 

John     . 

1763(?) 

John    . 

1814 

Johu     . 

1793 

John-B. 

1719 

Jouathan 

1766 

Jonathan 

1782 

Jonathan 

1843 

Jonathan 

1759  ■ 

Jouatiian 

1774(?) 

Jonathan 

1812 

Jonathau-M 

Jones,  Charles-M 

Jones,  Mary-E.    . 

1842 

Johnson,  Horace 

1842 

Jordan,  Alva-R.  . 

1720(?) 

Joseph 

1769 

Josepli-A. 

1804 

Joseph-M. 

1845 

Joseph-H. 

1838 

Joseph-E. 

1820 

Joseph-H. 

1741(?: 

Joseph 

1780(?: 

Josepli 

1785 

Joseph 

1814 

Joseph- G. 

1803 

Josiah-S. 

1833 

Josiah-H. 

1845 

Jnlia-E. 
Katreeu 

1840 

Kiny,  Eliza-M. 

1842 

King,  Hiram 

1847 

Lawson-N.  . 

1804 

Leonard 

1843 

Leonard-Allison 

1835 

Leonard-Almy 

1836 

Lizzie-M. 

1753(?)  Lizzie  . 

. 

ANCESTOR. 

James  . 

John     . 

John    . 

Joh  n    . 

John     . 

John     . 

John     . 

John     . 

John     . 

John     . 

John     . 

Halhert 

JIalbert 

JIalbert 

Halhert 

Josepli 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph, 

Samuel,  Jr 

Samuel,  Jr 

Samuel,  Jr 

Bobert 

Jolin     . 

John     . 

Joh  n     . 

John     . 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph 

'lames  . 

James  . 

Hannah  (Clendeunin 

James  . 

1736  John 

John     . 

Halhert 

John     . 

Halhert 

Samuel 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joh  n     . 

Halhert 

James  . 

James  . 

Eohert 

Rohert 

James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
John  . 
Robert 


NO.         1 

AGE. 

319 

108 

721 

137 

749 

141 

989 

155 

888 

149 

1328 

179 

1405 

183 

1463 

188 

1587 

195 

1536 

191 

1893 

221 

1953 

226 

2003 

230 

2057 

232 

2169 

238 

2612 

263 

2585 

262 

2558 

261 

2711 

267 

2712 

267 

2651 

264 

2662 

265 

3049 

288 

3055 

289 

3077 

290 

2907 

277 

702 

135 

889 

149 

763 

141 

1408 

183 

2571 

261 

2552 

261 

2586 

262 

574 

125 

570 

125 

2470 

255 

644 

129 

2533 

260 

899 

150 

2085 

233 

1800 

217 

2178 

239 

2326 

248 

2542 

260 

2593 

262 

2618 

263 

2739 

269 

1616 

207 

2188 

239 

614 

127 

14 

82 

2922 1.< 

278 

2923  " 

278 

356 

111 

196 

100 

;',82 

113 

496 

121 

1931 

224 

2851 

275 

446 


INDEX    r.  —  MORISOXS    OF    LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

1807 

Lorenzo 

1827 

Lorenzo 

1855 

Lottie-A. 

1800 

Louisa 

1843 

Luce,  Clarence  . 

1843 

Luce,  Milton-M.  . 

1839 

Luce,  Sarah-J.  . 

1847 

Luce,  Susau-E.  . 

1821 

Lucy-M. 

1828 

Lydia-A. 

180G 

Lydia  . 

1823 

Lydia-E.   . 

1841 

Malion,  Logan 

1728 

Margaret  . 

1740 

Margaret 

1776 

Margaret 

1795 

Margaret  . 

1803 

Margaret 

1830 

Margaret 

1793 

Margaret  . 

1738 

Margaret-E. 

1797 

Margaret 

1816 

Margaret-C. 

1828 

Maria-E. 

1825 

Maria-M. 

1811 

Maria  . 

1825 

Marquis-F.  . 

1687(?) 

Martha  (Steele) 

1774 

Martha 

1837 

Martha-W.  . 

1761 

Martha 

1780 

Martha 

1819 

Martha- A.  . 

1821 

Martlia 

1824 

Martha 

1718(?) 

Mary  (Jack) 

1802 

Mary-A. 

1798 

Mary  . 

1817 

Mary-A. 

1842 

Mary-J. 

1811 

Mary-S. 

1800 

Mary  . 

1827 

Mary-Elizabeth 
Mary-A. 

1751 

Mary  . 

1812 

Mary-A. 

1760 

Marv  . 

1814 

Mary  . 

1757 

Mary  . 

1789 

Mary-II. 

1807 

Mary  . 

1827 

Mary-A. 

1836 

Mary-E. 

1824 

Mary-E. 

1844 

Mary-E. 

1828 

Mary-M. 

1836 

Massey,  Stilhiian-E. 

1834 

McQuaide,  John-M. 

1841 

McQuaide,  Louisa 

1831 

Merrill,  Abrahan 

i-H 

ANCESTOR. 

Robert 
Bobert 
John    . 
Joseph 
Bobert 
Bobert 
Bobert 
Bobert 
Bobert 
James  . 
Samuel,  Jr. 
Samuel,  Jr. 

John 
John 
John 
John 
John 
John 
John 
James 
James 
Samuel,  Jr. 
Samuel,  Jr. 
James  . 
James  . 
John    . 
Bobert 
1736  John 
John     . 
John     . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
17.36  John 

John     . 

John     . 

•fdhn     . 

John     . 

James 

James 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Halbert 

Ilalbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

James  . 

Joseph 

Joseph 

James  . 


NO. 

PAGE. 

2924 

278 

2023 

286 

1908 

222 

2579 

262 

2983 

281 

2975 

281 

3040 

287 

2976 

281 

2966 

281 

429 

117 

3090 

290 

3138 

298 

1403 

183 

732 

139 

769 

141 

925 

151 

1307 

177 

1378 

182 

1345 

180 

140 

94 

375 

112 

3064 

289 

3119 

292 

492 

121 

336 

109 

1436 

186 

3012 

286 

2201 

241 

916 

150 

1791 

217 

6o 

89 

41 

89 

331 

109 

425 

117 

364 

111 

2478 

257 

294 

1063 

162 

163.5 

208 

1883 

221 

1029 

157 

190 

100 

154 

96 

2584 

262 

2564 

261 

2715 

268 

2871 

276 

2892 

277 

2287 

246 

2335 

249 

2308 

247 

2135 

236 

2162 

238 

2112 

235 

2191 

239 

2156 

238 

634 

128 

2655 

265 

2657 

2(>5 

462 

119 

INDEX   I.  —  M0RIS0N8    OF    LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 


4-47 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

1854 

Merrill,  Adelaide-S 

1854 

Merrill,  Amelia-G. 

1850 

Merrill,  Isabella-M. 

1821 

Merrill,  Jacob-S. 

1848 

Merrill,  John-.T.  . 

1819 

Merrill,  Jolui-M. 

1828 

Merrill,  Joshua   . 

1817 

Merrill,  iMartha-M. 

1844 

Merrill,  Mary-S. 

1833 

Merrill,  Rufus-S. 

1826 

Merrill,  Williain-B. 

1847 

M. -Eugene  . 

1843 

Milau-I).       . 

1822 

Miles    . 

1847 

Mira     . 

1814 

Miriam-J.     . 

1755 

Mitcheil,  Benjamin 

1798 

Mitchell,  Charlotte 

1793 

Mitchell,  Elizabeth 

1822 

Mitchell,  Emily   . 

1820 

Mitchell,  Francis 

1787 

Mitchell,  Jonathan 

1787 

Mitchell,  Jonathan 

1753 

Mitchell,  Samuel 

1824 

Mitchell,  Stephen 

1833 

M.-Lurette  . 

1767(?) 

Mollie  . 

1809 

Moore,  Betsey     . 

1764 

Moore,  Ebenezer 

1845 

Moore,  Emily- C. 

1836 

Moore,  Esther     . 

1823 

Moore,  John 

1753 

Moore,  John 

1800 

Moore,  Joseph-H. 

1767 

^loore,  Margaret 

1756 

Moore,  Samuel    . 

Moore,  William  . 

1790 

Moore,  William  . 

1841 

Moore,  William-C. 

1732 

Moses  . 

1814 

Moses  . 

1824 

Myra    . 

1796 

Xancy  . 

1823 

Nancy  . 

1836 

Nancy-T.      . 

1809 

Naucy-E. 

1794 

Naomi . 

1772(?) 

Nathaniel     . 

1779 

Nathaniel     . 

1812 

Nathaniel 

1815 

Nathaniel-H. 

1841 

Nevins,  William-P. 

1846 

Nevins,  Sarah 

1840 

No  well,  Joseph-W. 

1844 

Nowell,  Charles-A. 

1838 

Oliver-0.      . 

1837 

Park,  Horace 

1834 

Park,  Louisa 

1832 

Park,  Martha-J.  . 

\NCESTOK. 

James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
•fames  . 
James  . 
Joh  n  . 
James  . 
Samuel,  Jr. 
James  . 
John  . 
John  . 
John     . 

3Iartha  (Steele) 
Martha  (Steele) 
Martha  (Steele) 
John    . 
John    . 

Martha  (Steele) 
James  . 
Samuel,  Jr. 
Halhert 
Joh  n  . 
John  . 
Joh  n  . 
John  . 
Joh  n  . 
John  . 
John  . 
Joh  n  . 
John  . 
Joh  n  . 
Joh  n  . 
Joh  n  . 
Joh  n  . 
James  . 

James  . 
James  . 
James  . 
Joseph 
•fames  . 
•Joseph 
■John    . 
•John     . 
•John     . 
•foseph 
•Joseph 
•Joseph 
•Joseph 

•John     . 

•James  . 
•fames  . 
•James  . 


NO. 

PAGE. 

651 

129 

656 

130 

652 

130 

447 

118 

649 

129 

437 

118 

455 

119 

433 

117 

646 

129 

465 

119 

452 

118 

361 

111 

1899 

222 

360 

HI 

3130 

292 

125 

93 

801 

143 

1094 

165 

10.S9 

165 

2267 

245 

2266 

245 

2264 

245 

805 

143 

792 

142 

226S 

245 

500 

121 

3057 

289 

209S 

234 

965 

153 

1599 

203 

1494 

189 

1488 

189 

945 

152 

1487 

189 

913 

153 

954 

152 

952 

152 

1496 

189 

1597 

202 

742 

140 

1531 

191 

365 

111 

176 

98 

427 

117 

478 

120 

2723 

268 

30 

87 

2551 

261 

1033 

157 

162S 

207 

1600 

203 

2793 

271 

2795 

271 

2730 

268 

2732 

268 

1818 

218 

375 

112 

146 

94 

145 

94 

448 

INDEX    I. —  MORISONS 

OF   LONDOXDE 

BIRTH. 

NAME. 

AXCE.STOR. 

1828 

Pai'k,  Margaret-^M. 

James  . 

1809 

Patterson,  Beatrix 

John    . 

1818 

Patterson,  Hiram 

John    . 

1805 

Patterson,  Jolm-M.      . 

Joh  n    . 

1802 

Patterson,  Polly . 

Joh  n    . 

1829 

Patterson,  PoUy-A.     . 

John    . 

1787 

Patterson,  Samuel 

John    . 

1813 

Patterson,  Samuel-A. 

John    . 

1807 

Paul,  Betsey-M.  . 

Joseph 

1841 

Paul,  John-:M. 

Joseph 

1806 

Paul,  Louisa 

Joseph 

1817 

Paul,  Margaret-J. 

Joseph 

1819 

Paul,  :Mary-C.      . 

Josepjh 

1813 

Paul,  Matthew     . 

Joseph 

1821 

Paul,  Nathauiel-H. 

Joseph 

1815 

Paul,  Sophia 

Josepli 

1823 

Peter-J 

Halhert 

1826(?) 

Peter    

Eohert 

1824 

Ph(Bbe-J 

Samuel,  Jr. 

1845 

Pluvbe-C 

Eohert 

Pillsbury,  Harvey-H.  . 

James  . 

1842 

Pkimmer,  Emma-A.     . 

Joseph 

1840 

Plummer,  Elmira-E.    . 

Joseph 

1844 

Plummer,  Granville-F. 

Joseph 

1814 

Plummer,  John-A. 

Joseph 

1846 

Plummer,  Laura-A.-M. 

Joseph 

1809 

Plummer,  Mary  . 

Joseph 

1838 

Plummer,  Mary-N. 

Joseph 

1825(?) 

Plummer,  Sarah  . 

Joseph 

1823 

Plummer,  Susan . 

Joseph 

1820 

Plummer,  William 

Joseph 

1783 

Polly    .... 

Jo'ieph 

Polly 

Josep)h 

1802 

Priscilla 

Samuel 

Rebecca 

Halhert 

1826 

Rebecca 

Halhert 

1804 

Relief  .... 

Eohert 

Reed,  John  . 

Samuel 

Reed,  Mary-Ann . 

Samuel 

1837 

Richard-L.  . 

Sajiiuel,  Jr. 

1843 

Ripley,  Amos  S.  . 

Joseph 

1851 

Ripley,  M. -Josephine  . 

Joseph 

16— 

Robert 

1714 

Robert 

.      Eohert 

1747 

Robert 

.      Eohert 

1758 

Robert 

James  . 

1795' 

Robert 

James  . 

1828 

Robert-P.     . 

■fames  . 

1843 

Robert-E.     . 

James  . 

1744 

Roliert 

John    . 

1784 

Robert 

■fohn    . 

1810 

Robert-H.    . 

John    . 

1834 

]{obert 

John     . 

1837 

Robert-S.     . 

John    . 

1845 

Rol)ert-S.     . 

John    . 

1847 

Robert-S.     . 

John    . 

1851 

Robert-B.     . 

John    . 

1786 

Ro])ert-W.    . 

Samuel 

1799 

Robert-M.    . 

Eev.  Will  la  n 

1825 

Ruby-Jane   . 

John    . 

1834 

Rufus-A. 

James  . 

NO. 

PAGE. 

370 

Ill 

1544 

191 

15.50 

192 

1.559 

193 

1556 

193 

1560 

193 

1543 

191 

1.547 

192 

2671 

266 

2678 

266 

2666 

265 

2691 

266 

2697 

267 

2677 

266 

2700 

267 

2684 

266 

2130 

236 

2909 

278 

3133 

292 

2954 

280 

579 

125. 

2799 

271 

2798 

271 

2800 

271 

2796 

271 

2801 

271 

2788 

271 

2797 

271 

2645 

264 

2806 

271 

2803 

271 

2597 

263 

2573 

262 

2305 

247 

1955 

227 

2014 

230 

2921 

278 

2303 

247 

2300 

247 

3144 

293 

2813 

272 

2815 

272 

2842 

274 

2846 

274 

2S54 

275 

52 

89 

117 

92 

314 

107 

514 

122 

758 

141 

1041 

161 

1624 

207 

14(i6 

188 

1644 

208 

1!)44 

224 

1912 

223 

1924 

223 

2322 

248 

294 

1331 

179 

318 

108 

INDEX   I.  —  M( 

3R1 

BIRTH. 

NAME. 

1720(?) 

Sallie   . 

Sally    . 

16— 

Samuel,  Jr. . 

1710 

Samuel 

1704 

Samuel 

1748 

Samuel 

1784 

Samuel 

1818 

Samuel 

1830 

Samuel 

1758 

Samuel 

1771 

Samuel 

1774 

Samuel 

1805 

Samuel 

1805 

Samuel 

1807 

Samuel 

1811 

Samuel-S.    . 

1818 

Samuel-A.    • 

1886 

Samuel-G.-A. 

1851 

Samuel-L.    . 

1766 

Samuel 
Samuel 

1745(?) 

Samuel 

1817 

Samuel-J.     . 

1790 

Samuel 

1812 

Samuel 

1734 

Samuel 

1795 

Samuel 

1821 

Samuel-W.  . 

1800 

Sarah  . 

1812 

Sarah  . 

1834  . 

Sarah-M.      . 

1814 

Sarah  . 

1817 

Sarah  . 

1832 

Sarah-T.       . 

1826 

Sarah-S. 

1823 

Sarah  . 

1823 

Sarah-J. 

1809 

Sherburne    . 

1791 

Shirley,  James 

1793 

Shirley,  John 

1799 

Shirley,  William 

1800 

Shirley,  Mary 

1803 

Shirley,  Robert 

1824 

Shirley,  Lucinda 

1827 

Shirley,  John 

1834 

Shirley,  William 

1836 

Shirley,  George-H. 

1801 

Smith,  Albert      . 

1804 

Smith,  Alexander-H 

1795 

Smith,  Betsey 

1826 

Smith,  Betsey 

1812 

Smith,  Caroline  . 

1837 

Smith.  Catherine 

1841 

Smith,  Ednah-D. 

1806 

Smith,  Elizabeth 

1845 

Smith,  Elizabeth-B. 

1761 

Smitii,  Hannah    . 

1801 

Smith,  Hannah 

1756 

Smitli,  James 

1797 

Smith,  James 

1804 

Smith,  James 

MORISONS    OF   LONDONDERRY,    X.    II. 


ANCESTOR. 

Bobert 
Joseph 

1736  John 

James  . 

James  . 

James  . 

James  . 

James  . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

Halhert 

Halbert 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Joseph 

Joseph 

Samuel,  Jr 

Samuel,  Jr 

Samuel,  Jr 

James 

James 

James 

John 

John 

John 

Halbert 

Itobert 

Samuel,  Jr 

Samuel 

Eobert 

Robert 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Robert 

Robert 

Robert 

Bobert 

Bobert 

John 

John 

John 

Jnlui 

John 
John 
John 
John 
Joh  n 
John 
John 
Joh  n 
John 
John 


449 


NO. 

TAGE. 

2845 

274 

2576 

262 

3047 

288 

2279 

246 

19 

84 

40 

88 

71 

90 

355 

110 

317 

108 

776 

142 

908 

150 

1013 

156 

1387 

182 

1411 

183 

1568 

194 

1470 

188 

1609 

20(> 

1306 

177 

1915 

223 

1993 

229. 

2091 

234 

2288 

246 

2379 

251 

2625 

263 

2725 

268 

3052 

288 

3084 

290 

3086 

290 

161 

97 

327 

109 

384 

114 

1081 

164 

1431 

185. 

1925 

224 

2153 

237 

2897 

277 

3087 

290 

2309 

247 

2927 

279 

2933 

279 

2940 

279 

2946 

280 

2877 

276 

2928 

279 

2929 

279 

2943 

279 

2932 

279 

1256 

173 

1265 

174 

IISIS 

170 

1(171 

210 

1234 

172 

1258 

174 

1 758 

216 

1271 

174 

176S 

216 

,S39 

146 

1162 

169 

S28 

145 

1138 

168 

1130 

167 

450 


INDEX    I.  —  MORISONS    OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

1800 

Smith,  Jane 

1759 

Smith,  Jeremiah 

179-t 

Smith,  Jeremiah 

1815 

Smith,  Jeremiah 

1793 

Smith,  Jeremiah 

1837 

Smith,  Jesse 

1763 

Smith,  Jonathan 

1797 

Smitli,  Jonathan 

1842 

Smith,  Jonathan 

1754 

Smith,  John 

1803 

Smith,  John 

1812 

Smith,  John 

1837 

Smith,  John-S.    . 

180G 

Smith,  Joseph-A. 

1795 

Smitii,  Louisa     . 

1831 

Smith,  Marcla     . 

1799 

Smith,  Mary 

1830 

Smith,  Mary-E.   . 

1848 

Smith,  Mary-E.  . 

1833 

Smith,  Moses-P. 

1803 

Smith,  Nancy 

1753 

Smith,  Robert     . 

1795 

Smith,  Ilobert 

1802 

Smith,  Robert 

1765 

Smith,  Samuel     . 

1799 

Smith,  Samuel-Gr. 

1829 

Smith,  Samuel-A. 

1795 

Smith,  Sarah 

1828 

Smith,  Sarah 

1839 

Smith,  Sarah- A.  . 

1800 

Smith,  William   . 

1801 

Smitli,  William   . 

1802 

Smith,  William-S. 

1808 

Smith,  William-H. 

1793 

Smith,  Stephen    . 

1727 

Steele,  David 

1758 

Steele,  David 

1793 

Steele,  David 

1795 

Steele,  David 

1767 

Steele,  Elizabeth 

1810 

Steele,  Eliza 

1820 

Steele,  Hiram 

1814 

Steele,  James-C. 

1790 

Steele,  Janet 

1788 

Steele,  Jeremiah-S. 

1760 

Steele,  Jonathan 

1792 

Steele,  Jonathan 

1773 

Steele,  John 

1763 

Steele,  Martha     . 

1797 

Steele,  Samuel    . 

1784 

Steele,  Stephen-P. 

1754 

Steele,  Thomas   . 

1856 

Stella-L.       . 

1788 

Stephen 

1815 

Stephen-A.  . 

1844 

Stevenson,  Charles-G 

1845 

Stevenson,  Eliza-T. 

1851 

Stevenson,  Eliza-J. 

1854 

Stevenson,  Eva-W. 

1822 

Stevenson,  George-E. 

1825 

Stevenson,  John-D. 

ANCESTOR 

NO. 

PAGE. 

John 

1123 

166 

John 

834 

145 

John 

1243 

172 

John 

1237 

172 

John    . 

11.59 

169 

John    . 

1100 

165 

John    . 

842 

146 

John    . 

1189 

170 

John    . 

1728 

214 

John    . 

819 

144 

John    . 

1218 

171 

John    . 

1157 

169 

John    . 

1 726 

213 

John    . 

1151 

169 

John    . 

1118 

166 

John    . 

1681 

211 

John    . 

1194 

170 

John 

1670f^ 

210 

John 

1742 

215 

John    . 

1711 

213 

John    . 

1226 

172 

John    . 

813 

143 

John 

1114 

166 

John 

1127 

169 

John 

854 

147 

John    . 

1251 

173 

John    . 

1747 

215 

John    . 

1134 

168 

John 

1674 

211 

John 

1752 

216 

John 

1146 

168 

John 

1210 

171 

John 

1259 

174 

John 

1131 

167 

John 

1108 

166 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2206 

242 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2224 

242 

3Iartha  (Steele)  . 

2259 

244 

Marthi  (Steele)  . 

2269 

245 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2233 

243 

Hannah  (Clendennin) 

2469 

256 

Hannah  (Clendennin) 

2473 

256 

Hannah  (Clendennin) 

2459 

255 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2272 

245 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2244 

244 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2228 

243 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2253 

244 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2236 

243 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2231 

243 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2222 

242 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2262 

244 

Martha  (Steele)  . 

2215 

242 

Bobert 

3027 

286 

James  . 

133 

93 

James  . 

349 

110 

James  . 

659 

130 

James  . 

664 

130 

James  . 

672 

131 

James  . 

677 

131 

James  . 

524 

123 

James 

527 

123 

INDEX   I. MORISONS    OF   LOXDOXDERRY,    X.    H. 


451 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

ANCESTOR. 

1852 

Stevenson,  Johu-V.     . 

James  . 

1828 

Stevenson,  Joseph-E. 

James  . 

1845 

Stevenson,  Josepli-P. 

James  . 

1821 

Stevenson,  Samuel-T. 

James  . 

1848 

Stevenson,  Samuel-E.-M.   . 

James  . 

1816  ^ 

Solon-D 

Samuel 

1823 

Solon 

liohert 

1807 

Susan-J 

Juseph 

1839 

Susan-C 

James  . 

1731 

Susannah     .         .         .         . 

Samuel,  Jr. 

1782 

Susannah     .         .       .^         . 

Joseph 

1806 

Taggart,  Lucinda 

John    . 

1813 

Taggart,  George-M.    . 

J  oh  n    . 

1815 

Taggart,  Elizabeth-K. 

John    . 

1817 

Taggart,  Sarah-M. 

John     . 

1827 

Taiigart.  Harriet-A.     . 

John    . 

1829 

Tayfor,  i\Iatthe\v-H.    . 

Joseph 

1831 

Taylor,  Thomas-J. 

Joseph 

1833 

Taylor,  Louisa-J. 

Joseph 

1839 

Taylor,  Martin    . 

Joseph 

1854 

Taylor,  EUeu-L. 

Joseph 

1724 

Thomas        .         .         .         . 

James  . 

1710 

Thomas 

John     . 

1751 

Thomas 

John    . 

1789 

Thomas        .         .         .         . 

John    . 

1804 

Thomas- A.  . 

John    . 

1808 

Thomas-F 

John    . 

1839 

Thoma.s-H.  . 

John    . 

Thomas-R.  . 

John    . 

1747 

Thomas 

Samuel 

1785(?; 

Thomas 

Joseph 

1825 

Thomas-F.  . 

Samuel,  Jr. 

1811 

Thom,  Auu-S.      . 

James  . 

1819 

Thom,  Benjamin 

James  . 

1826 

Thom,  Charlotte-S.-L. 

James  . 

1785 

Thom,  Elizabeth 

James  . 

1802 

Thom,  Eliza 

James  . 

1851 

Thom,  Emeline-A. 

James  . 

1811 

Thom,  George-S. 

James  . 

1780 

Thom,  Isaac 

James  . 

1852 

Thom,  Lois-A.     . 

James  . 

1813 

Thom,  Mary-P.    . 

James  . 

1842 

Thom,  Mary-F.   . 

James  . 

1775 

Thom,  Samuel     . 

James  . 

1786 

Thom,  William-W.      . 

James  . 

Thornton,  Hannah 

.      Mary  (Jack) 

Thornton,  Hannah 

.      Mary  (Jack) 

Thornton,  James 

.      Mary  (Jack) 

1800 

Thornton,  James-B.    . 

.      Mary  (Jack) 

1827 

Tliornton,  James-S.    . 

Mary  (Jack) 

Thornton,  Mary  . 

Mary  (Jnck) 

1831 

Thornton,  Mary-P.      . 

Mary  (Jack) 

Thorntoti,  Matthew     . 

Mary  (Jack) 

1757 

Todd,  John 

JiJin     . 

1783 

Todd,  Hannah     . 

John    . 

1787 

Todd,  James-B.  . 

John    . 

1791 

Todd,  Daniel 

John    . 

1800 

Todd,  John 

John    . 

181G 

Todd,  Isaac-A.    . 

John    . 

1819 

Todd,  Kachel-D  . 

John    . 

NO. 

PAGE. 

076 

131 

540 

123 

()71 

131 

518 

122 

007 

130 

2375 

251 

3004 

282 

2721 

268 

158 

96 

3048 

288 

2500 

261 

1829 

218 

1835 

219 

1842 

219 

1849 

219 

1853 

220 

2816 

272 

2668 

265 

2829 

273 

2834 

273 

2817 

272 

16 

82 

090 

133 

771 

142 

moo 

102 

1070 

163 

1414 

184 

1003 

209 

1374 

182 

2282 

240 

2590 

202 

3143 

293 

230 

104 

247 

104 

257 

105 

103 

92 

231 

104 

500 

124 

202 

105 

94 

91 

504 

124 

200 

105 

505 

124 

83 

91 

80 

91 

2508 

258 

2520 

259 

2502 

258 

2530 

259 

2531 

259 

2513 

258 

2532 

259 

2499 

258 

979 

154 

1503 

190 

1514 

190 

1522 

190 

1529 

191 

1857 

220 

1807 

220 

452 


INDEX    II. 


MOEISONS    OF   LONDONDERRY,    N,   H. 


BIRTH. 

NAME. 

1821 

Todd,  Sarauel-J. 

1823 

Todd,  Emilv-A.  . 

1827 

Todd,  Daniel 

1832 

Todd,  Samuel      . 

1814 

Walker,  Caroline-F. 

1824 

Walker,  George  . 

1812 

Walker,  Harriet  . 

1805 

Walker,  Mary      . 

1800 

Walker,  William 

1850 

Wallace,  Erama-W 

1846 

Wallace,  Heury-H. 

1833 

Ward,  Sarah-J.-M. 

1846 

Wasgatt,  Cliarles-E. 

1850 

Wasgatt,  Charlotte-J 

1834 

Wasgatt,  Harriet-M. 

1839 

Wasgatt,  Moses  . 

1841 

Wasgatt,  lloxiuda-C. 

1843 

Webster,  George-L. 

1845 

Webster,  Mary-L. 

1848 

Wells,  Gilbert-C. 

1841 

Wells,  Jolm-C.     . 

Williamson,  Mary 

1726 

William 

1788 (?) 

William 

1788 

William 

1817 

William 

1822 

William-A.  . 

1792 

William-C.  . 

181G 

William-M. . 

1829 

William 

1835 

William-F.  . 

1836 

William-W. 

1811 

William-M. 

1825 

William-H.  . 

1843 

William-H.  . 

1745 

William 

1813 

Willlam-L.  . 

1828 

William-C.  . 

1761 

William 

1748 

William 

1785 

William-F.  . 

1797 

Wilson,  James  (Geu. 

1852 

Wright,  J.-G.-R. 

1854 

Wright,  Jessie-S 

ANCESTOR. 

John  . 

John  . 

John  . 

John  . 

Bobert 

John    . 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

James  . 

James  . 

James  . 

James  . 

James  . 

James  . 

Joseph 

Joseph 

John    . 

Joseph 

John    . 

Bobert 

Bobert 

Bobert. 

Bobert 

James  . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

John    . 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Halbert 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel 

Samuel,  Jr 


Martha 
John  . 
John    . 


(Steele) 


NO. 

PAGE. 

1523 

190 

1871 

220 

1874 

221 

1879 

221 

2884 

276 

1136 

168 

2883 

276 

2881 

276 

2879 

276 

2114 

235 

2113 

235 

162 

97 

553 

124 

555 

124 

237 

123 

547 

123 

552 

124 

2698 

267 

2699 

267 

1847 

219 

2687 

266 

1443 

186 

2847 

275 

2863 

276 

2891 

277 

2978 

281 

210 

103 

1298 

176 

1479 

189 

1341 

180 

1388 

182 

1807 

218 

2111 

235 

2148 

237 

2131 

236 

2304 

247 

2311 

248 

2433 

253 

3061 

289 

293 

294 

2235 

243 

16706 

210 

1670c 

210 

INDEX    II. 


[Index  II,  of  those  who  married  the  early  Morisous  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  or 
their  descendants.  The  references  are  to  the  consecutive  number  against  which  the 
name  appears  ] 

NAME. 

Abbott,  Ebenezer-T. 
Abbott,  Sarah-D. 
Abercrombie,  Horace 
Aborn,  Augie 


NO. 

PAGE. 

NAME. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

414 

116 

Adams,  George-E. 

1738 

215 

1251 

173 

Adams,  George-W. 

6.57 

130 

500 

121 

Adams,  George-W. 

2954 

280 

2182 

239 

Adams,  Martha 

2687 

266 

INDEX   11.  —  MORISONS    OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 


453 


Adams,  Sally 
Adams,  William 
Aikeu,  William 
Ainsvvorth,  John-S. 
Alexander,  Elvira-S. 
Alger,  W.-E. 
Alleu,  Celia 
Allen,  Lvdia 
Allen,  Mary-D. 
Alleu,  Samuel-R. 
Allen,  Sarah- J. 
Allison,  Janet 
Allison,  Martha 
Ames,  Isabel 
Ames,  Sally 
Anderson,  John 
Anderson,  Jesse 
Anderson,  Martha 
Appazilia,  Mary-B. 
Appleton,  Kate-W. 
Appleton,  Sarah 
Archibald,  James 
Archibald,  Matthew-J. 
Armor,  Atlaette-A. 

Babbitt,  William-C. 
Bagley,  John 
Bailey,  Eliza 
Bailey,  Nathan 
Balch,  Mary-C. 
Ball,  Elizabeth 
Balni,  Emma-C. 
Banks,  Martha-A. 
Bauta,  Adella-H. 
Barbour,  William 
Barker,  John 
Barker,  Leroy-A. 
Barnes,  Harriet-D. 
Barnhill,  Letitia 
Barrows,  A. 
Barstow,  Miriam-R. 
Bartlett,  Eliza 
Bartlett,  Lucretia 
Bassett,  Goodyear 
Bass,  Lewis,  Jr. 
Bass,  Perkins 
Bates,  Khoda 
Bean,  Miriam 
Bennett,  Elizabeth 
Berry,  Elizabeth 
Berry,  Harriet 
Betton,  Silas 
Bigelow,  Norman-C. 
Billings,  Mary-A. 
Bingham,  Sarah-P. 
Bishop,  Chloe 
Blaisdell,  Lydia 
Blaney,  Mary-B. 
Blanchard,  Audrevv-D. 
Blodgett,  Franklin 
Blodgett,  William 


NO. 

22G9 
2900 

2GG 
3013 
2169 

552 

667 

172 
2771 

•133 

2422 

2279 

19 

813 

828 

2564 

■11 

721 
2909 
1893 
1514 
1955 
2044 
2473 

565 

2855 

1100 

2691 

2838 

2371 

540 

2375 

229 

2418 

839 

593 

447 

2018 

2896 

634 

3095 

3143 

1633 

510 

1731 

1146 

112 

196 

2711 

1280 

2513 

1671 

1660 

1127 

2916 

574 

262 

384 

2922K 

2897  " 


PAGE 

245 

277 
105 
286 
238 
124 
130 
98 
270 
117 

'J.^3 


246 

86 
144 
145 
261 

89 
139 
278 
221 
190 
227 
232 
265 

124 
275 
165 
266 
273 
250 
123 
251 
104 
252 
146 
126 
118 
231 
277 
128 
290 
293 
208 
122 
214 
168 
93 
100 
267 
175 
258 
211 
209 
167 
278 
125 
105 
114 
278 


NAME.  NO.  PAGE. 

Blood,  Ellen  3032  286 

Blye,  Lewis  2715  268 

Bodiue,  Mary  2995  282 

Bodeu,  Frederick-E.  646  129 

Bragg,  Emily-V.  3086  290 

Bridge,  Almira  1070  163 

Brown,  Betsev-L.  1138  168 

Brown,  SidneV-B.  1600  204 

Bruce,  George-W.  2118  235 

Brueu,  William-S.  677  131 

Buchauan,  Katherine  2394  252 

Burnham,  Lydia  2259  244 

Burrill,  Mary-A.  558  124 

Bush,  Laura-B.  676  131 

Buss,  Eliza-A.  1.5C8  194 

Buxton,  Melville-S.  1931  224 

Buzzell,  Gilman  3103  291 

Buzzell,  Mary  612  127 

Cabot,  Abigail  2885  277 

Cabot,  Mary  2891  277 

Cabot,  Sebastian  2881  276 

Cameron,  Janet  2399  252 

Cameron,  Mary  1394  182 

Campbell,  Nancy  2628  264 

Campbell,  William  2980  282 

Canavau,  Emily-S.  1726  214 

Carpenter,  Harriet  2352  249 

Cargiu,  Mary-E.  1070  163 

Caveuder,  John  1123  166 

Chace,  Lorency  2268  245 

Chapman,  Calvin  2295  247 

Cheney,  Emily-J.  3150  293 

Christie,  James-C.  2335  249 

Church,  Alfred-B.  1688  211 

Church,  Elizabeth  2116  235 

Clark,  Alexander  2849  275 

Clark,  Hannah  1274  175 

Clendennin,  William  2442  254 

Cobb,  Cvrns-B.  1650  208 

Cochran,  Betsey-J.  279  106 

Cochran,  James  295  107 

Cochran,  Jonathan  190  100 

Coffin,  Eliza-P.  2796  272 

Coffin,  Sybil-A.  2803  .271 

Colburn, 2845  274 

Colby,  Ada-D.  422  116 

Colby,  Sophia  185  99 

Cole,  Johu-H.  3110  291 

Collins,  Dorcas  2929  279 

Cook,  Eva  3131  292 

Cooper,  John  2313  248 

Copp,  H.-B.  2798  271 

Corbett,  Agnes  1340  180 

Corbett,  Andrew  1352  180 

Corbett,  Henrv  1345  180 

Cord,  Marv-V.  1068  163 

Corey,  Sylvia-M.  1903  222 

Corning,  Gilman  412  116 

Cowan,  Zaidee  356  111 

Cowdrey,  Samuel  2946  280 


454 


INDEX    II.  —  MORISONS    OF   L0XD0NDJ;RRY,    N.    H. 


NAME. 

NO. 

Cummings,  Alene 

3044 

Cummings,  Jane 

148S 

Cummings,  John 

1977 

Currier,  John 

2112 

Currier,  Mary-E. 

3143 

Curtis,  Lizzie-A. 

503 

Cushraau,  Ezekiel 

2156 

Cutting,  Lewis 

2721 

Cressey,  Mary-S. 

1531 

Danforth,  Charles-B. 

2153 

Davidson,  Martha 

1298 

Davidson,  Tliomas 

1307 

Davidson,  Sarah 

2003 

Davis,  Addie-S. 

2655 

Davis,  Adoline-L. 

3023 

Davis,  Anna 

2571 

Davis,  Caroline-S. 

3012 

Davis,  Charles-A. 

2532 

Davis,  Daniel-P. 

2098 

Davis,  Ellen-R. 

1536 

Davis,  Luther-P\ 

2584 

Dearborn,  Damon-G. 

336 

Dearborn,  Jolin-L. 

1752 

DeGwinio,  Emeline 

2998 

Dewey,  Frances 

1857 

Dewis,  Samuel 

1378 

Dickey,  Matthew 

3057 

Dinsmoor,  Betsey 

71 

Diusmoor,  Clarissa 

228 

Diusmoor,  Elizabeth 

83 

Dinsmoor,  Isaiah 

370 

Dinsmoor,  Jennie 

3061 

Dinsmoor,  Margaret 

40 

Dixon,  John-B. 

1275 

Dodge,  Belvidere 

319 

Dodge,  Hannah-H. 

2379 

Dodge,  Sophia-R. 

1572 

Donegan,  Annie 

619 

Dougherty,  Margaret-E 

2196 

Dougherty,  Sarah 

2907 

Douglass,  Marion-N. 

1879 

Dow,  Abel 

163 

Dow,  Asa 

489 

Dow,  Elizabeth 

1251 

Dow,  Tirzah-A.-R. 

1728 

DuBois,  Martha-R. 

1702 

Duncan,  Rachel 

979 

Duncan,  Rosauna 

965 

Durning,  Rachel 

1276 

Durning,  William 

1277 

Dustin,  Moses 

2646 

Dustiu,  S.-V. 

2671 

Dyer,  Mary-B. 

452 

Eaton,  Sarah-E. 

2659 

Earl,  Euridice 

133 

Earl,  Lizzie-D. 

2373 

Earl,  AVilliam 

2361 

Edes,  Isaac 

1089 

Edes,  Maria 

1747 

PAGE. 

287 
189 
229 
235 
293 
122 
238 
26S 
191 

237 
176 
177 
230 
265 
286 
261 
286 
259 
234 
191 
262 
109 
216 
282 
220 
182 
2S9 

90 
104 

91 
112 
289 

88 
175 
108 
251 
194 
12S 
240 
278 
221 

97 
121 
173 
214 
212 
154 
1.53 
175 
175 
264 

2(;(; 

lis 

265 
94 
251 
250 
165 
215 


Edmunds,  Louisa 
Ela,  William-C. 
Ellis,  Chester-F. 
Ellis,  Lydia-B. 
Emery,  Betsey 

Farwell,  Darius-A. 
Farwell,  Luc\'-A. 
Faulkner,  Edward 
Faulkner,  Edward 
Faulkner,  John-M. 
Faulkner,  Martha 
Faulkner,  Samuel 
Faulkner,  Thomas 
Fayer  weather,  James-R. 
Fay,  Henrietta-M. 
Fay,  Luther 
Felt,  Irene 
Felt,  Stephen 
Fennel,  John 
Ferson,  John 
Field,  Jerusha 
Fitield,  Joshua 
Fish,  Edward-L. 
Fisk,  Lucy-A. 
Flagg,  Willard-C. 
Flanders,  Mary 
Flemming,  James-W. 
Fletcher,  Isabella 
Floyd,  Laura- A. 
Francis,  John 
French,  Meliuda 
Frey,  Jenette-S. 
Friiik,  C.-R. 
Forbes,  Martha-A.-B. 
Forsaith,  Clara 
Foster,  Herman 
Foster,  Jolui-H. 
Foster,  Samuel 
Fox,  Nathaniel-M. 
Fox,  Sarah 
Fox,  Timothy 
Fulraore,  Johu-W. 
Fulmore,  Mary 
Fulton,  Lucretia 

Gage,  David-K. 
Gage,  William-R. 
Gale,  Sabrina-E. 
Gardner,  William-S. 
Garfield,  Sally 
Garland,  Persis 
Garlero,  Carmelitta 
Garnier,  S. 
Gates,  Samuel 
Gilbert,  Maria-A. 
Gilchrist,  Frederick 
Gordon,  Samuel 
Goss,  Betsey 
Graham,  Polly 
Gould,  Fi"ances-M. 


NO. 

PAGE. 

2157 

238 

2950 

280 

322 

109 

2739 

269 

2348 

249 

2806 

271 

2760 

270 

867 

148 

925 

151 

1282 

176 

889 

149 

1440 

186 

1777 

217 

1721 

213 

2375 

251 

2295 

247 

2244 

244 

1585 

195 

1443 

186 

2928 

279 

771 

142 

1118 

166 

2966 

281 

1918 

223 

1674 

211 

3129 

292 

1772 

216 

899 

150 

2834 

273 

614 

127 

2070 

2.33 

1644 

208 

1494 

189 

462 

119 

2927 

279 

2829 

273 

1226 

172 

3133 

292 

664 

130 

671 

131 

1194 

170 

1380 

182 

1368 

181 

1403 

188 

2166 

238 

2632 

264 

360 

111 

2532 

259 

854 

148 

1130 

167 

1788 

217 

210 

103 

1094 

165 

2651 

265 

3090 

290 

1183 

170 

3084 

290 

2933 

279 

1903 

222 

INDEX    11.— 

-MOIJI 

NAME. 

NO. 

Graham,  AVilliam 

1050 

Grant,  Joauua 

149G 

Gray,  Jenny 

749 

Greelej',  Joseph 

2520 

Green,  Emily 

485 

Gregg,  John 

2579 

Gregg,  Sarah 

2224 

Gregg,  Sarah-R. 

514 

Grey,  Anne 

2558 

Grey,  Harriet-E. 

1174 

Griffin,  Sarah-W. 

2765 

Griffin,  Mary-E. 

2743 

Gnthrie,  Therese 

518 

Grigg,  Amelia-S. 

455 

Hadley,  Wells-G. 

2884 

Hale,  Elizabeth 

834 

Hale,  John 

1021 

Hale,  Lnke 

1029 

Hall,  Alfred-D. 

1871 

Hall,  Alouzo 

1564 

Hall,  Charles-H. 

2635 

Hall,  Oliver-S. 

3124 

Hamilton,  Eliza 

1411 

Hammond,  Hepzibeth 

2236 

Harper,  Warren 

1742 

Hatch,  Laura 

1572- 

Hawkins,  John-S. 

1063 

Hays,  Frances 

1387 

Hays,  Frances 

908 

Hazard,  Eveline-A. 

3143 

Hazard,  Mary-E. 

1523 

Hazeltine,  Charles-L. 

72 

Heath,  William 

2959 

Heckles,  Eunice 

305 

Heminway,  John 

2949 

Higgins,  Olive-A.-D. 

547 

HilC  Charles 

1361 

Hill,  James 

1445 

Hill,  Lewis-L. 

327 

Hills.  Aaron-S. 

2672 

Hills,  Mary-P.-B. 

437 

Hobart,  Charles-L. 

331 

Hobbs,  Isaac. F. 

2799 

Hodgman,  Lewis-H. 

2967 

Hogg,  Agnes 

749 

Holmes,  Elizabeth 

758 

Holmes,  Mary 

2549 

Holmes,  John-D. 

1925 

Holmes,  Mary 

2533 

Hoi  lis,  Hannah 

2130 

Hollingsworth,  Mark 

656 

Holton,  T.-J. 

2976 

Holyoke,  Rebecca 

503 

Hopkins,  Mary-A. 

1033 

Hopkins,  Isabella 

2203 

Hopkins,  Sally 

2571 

Home,  Warren-P. 

2815 

Hoseley,  Olive-P. 

1899 

Hough,  Rebecca-A. 

2142 

Howard,  Samuel 

2576 

30 

MOPJSONS    OF   LONDONDEKRY,    X.   H. 


455 


PAGE. 
161 

190 
141 
259 
121 
262 
242 
122 
261 
170 
270 
269 
122 
119 

276 
146 
156 
157 
220 
194 
264 
.'>92 
183 
243 
215 
194 
162 
182 
150 
293 
190 
90 
280 
107 
280 
124 
181 
186 
109 
266 
118 
100 
271 
281 
141 
141 
261 
224 
260 
236 
130 
281 
122 
157 
247 
261 
272 
222 
237 
262 


Howard,  Charity 
Howard,  Elizabeth 
Howe,  George-W. 
Hoyt,  Am}'-H. 
Hughes,  John 
Humphrey,  Charles-S. 
Humphrey,  Elizabeth 
Humphrey,  Hannah 
Hunt,  Hannah-P. 
Huntley,  Rufus 
Hurd,  Fannie 
Hutchinson,  Gardiner-S. 
Hutchinson,  Judith 
Huse,  Amanda-R. 

Ingalls,  Charles-F. 

Jack,  Andrew 
James,  William 
Jefferson,  Fanny 
Jewett,  John 
Jewett,  Sarah 
Jewett,  Stephen 
Johnson,  Emily 
Jones,  David 
Jones,  Mary 
Jones,  Sarah 
Jones,  William-S. 
Jordan,  Samuel-C. 

Kelley,  Hannah-J. 
Kelley,  Harriet-A.-W. 
Keyes,  Addie-F. 
Kennedy,  William-F. 
Kidder,  Julia- V. 
Kimball,  Eleanor-R. 
Kimball,  Rebecca 
King,  Hiram 
Kniglit,  Lucy-A. 
Knight,  Mary 
Knight,  Phoebe 

Lakin,  Lemuel 
Layton,  D.-T. 
Lelaud,  Lizzie-A. 
Leland,  Thornton-W. 
Leonard,  George-Q. 
Leonard,  Levi-\Y. 
Lewis,  Luciuda 
Lewis,  Rachel 
Liscomb,  Olive 
Little,  Elizabeth 
Little,  Isaiah-C. 
Little,  Janet 
Lord,  Mary-E. 
Lovell,  Samuel 
Lovejoy,  Betsey 
Lowd,  Ella 
Luce,  Almond-D. 
Luce,  C.-R. 
Luce,  Catherine 
Luce,  Lysander 
Luce,  Mo.ses 


NO. 

I'AGE. 

1536 

191 

1060 

162 

2925 

279 

1076 

163 

103 

92 

672 

131 

2445 

254 

2778 

270 

2057 

232 

1564 

194 

2102 

234 

1607 

210 

989 

155 

496 

121 

1065 

162 

2478 

257 

1849 

219 

210 

103 

973 

153 

1847 

219 

1162 

16<) 

1624 

207 

270 

106 

2188 

239 

1.581 

195 

284 

106 

416 

116 

625 

128 

314 

107 

r)79 

125 

240!) 

252 

1895 

221 

148 

96 

2662 

265 

2921 

278 

1898 

222 

1628 

207 

1616 

207 

1003 

155 

1413 

183 

2923 

278 

617 

127 

2158 

238 

1271 

174 

2986 

281 

2863 

276 

2005 

2.30 

2029 

231 

364 

111 

2206 

242 

1591 

201 

3072 

290 

;'.069 

289 

590 

126 

2981 

281 

1027 

156 

2854 

275 

2973 

281 

2850 

275 

456 


INDEX   II.  —  MORISONS    OF   LONDONDERRY,    N.    H. 


MacFerson,  Margaret 
Mahon,  Joseph 
Major,  Maria 
March,  Jouathan-N. 
Marshall,  Charles-H. 
Marshall,  AVilliara-K. 
Martiu,  Luther 
Martin.  Margaret 
Masou,  Lyilia 
Massev,  Jonathan 
Maxfield,  J.-C. 
Mayo,  Charlotte-II. 
McAlister,  John 
McCabe,  Susannah 
McCarey,  Manda-F. 
McClary,  Elizabeth 
McCleary,  Nancy 
McCrillis,  Marietta 
McCoy,  Jane 
M  c  P]  1  h  e  n  n  ey ,  M  a  rga  ret 
McGaw,  John 
McGrath,  xMargaret 
McGregor,  Leslie 
McKenzie,  Archibald 
McKiuney,  Jane-E. 
McMicken,  John 
McMillan,  John-R. 
McMnrphy,  Molly 
McLellan,  Elizabeth 
McLellan,  Helen-A. 
McLellan,  Kachel 
McLellan,  Sarah 
McLeod,  Robert 
McXntt,  Margaret 
McQuaide,  Jacob 
Merrill,  Abraham-I). 
Merrill,  Enoch 
Merrill,  Jacob-0. 
Merrill,  Mary 
Metcalf,  Andrew-J. 
Miller,  J.-T. 
Mingo,  Susan 
Mirns,  Amanda-W. 
Mitchell,  Benjamin 
Mitchell,  Samuel 
Moar,  Manuel 

Montgomery, 

Monroe,  John 
Morrison,  Ephraini 
Morrison,  Mortier-L. 
Moore,  Ann 
Moore,  Elizabeth 
Moore,  George- W. 
Moore,  Hannah 
Moore,  Henrj' 
Moses,  Isaac 
Moore,  James 
Moore,  Samuel 
Moore,  Thomas-F. 
Moultou,  Margaret 


NO. 

PAGE. 

•6052 

289 

1397 

183 

2625 

264 

1883 

221 

2191 

239 

1081 

164 

15.5(; 

193 

1-105 

183 

749 

141 

40(; 

115 

1849 

219 

1575 

195 

2892 

277 

1888 

1S2 

1531 

191 

2253 

244 

117 

92 

2138 

236 

22G2 

244 

2037 

231 

2508 

258 

28(>2 

275 

J91.S 

223 

1431 

185 

2085 

234 

1331 

179 

1069 

i(;3 

2488 

257 

935 

151 

1823 

218 

877 

149 

1463 

188 

1458 

187 

1317 

178 

2652 

265 

176 

98 

570 

125 

3138 

293 

308 

107 

2175 

239 

2883 

276 

1462 

187 

2365 

250 

2231 

243 

703 

136 

2645 

264 

285 1 

275 

2312 

248 

3060 

289 

1099 

165 

2215 

242 

3049 

288 

1596 

202 

2005 

230 

1436 

186 

3119 

292 

2001 

230 

732 

139 

1867 

220 

2542 

260 

NAMK.  NO. 

Needham,  Mary  482 

Nesmith,  Isabella  2269 

Nesmith,  Mary  1114 

Nevius,  James  2788 

Newman,  William  2723 

Nourse,  ]:)aniel  2014 

Nowell,  Alfred  2728 

Nutting,  Mary-A.  153 

Oatman,  Sarah  1237 

Osgood,  Emoline-A.  2148 

Page,  Cyrena  2!»40 

Page,  Isabella  1146 

Park,  Andrew-W.  140 

Park,  Sarah  40 

Parker.  Lewis-L.  3027 

Parker,  Joshua  1544 

Parker,  Mary  2502 

Parkman,  Mary-E.  349 

Parmelie,  Sarah-D.  644 

Patterson,  Charles-V.  1560 

Patterson,  John  995 

Paul,  Matthew  2597 

Paul,  Jenuette  2612 

Paul,  Jane  2618 

Paysou,  Hanuah-P.  1189 

Pellet,  Esther  1487 

Pennimau,  Lydia  475 

Perkins,  Hannah-R.  2956 

Perley,  Eliza  2091 

Perley,  Hannah  2065 

Pettengill,  Lydia  1131 

Pickering,  John-Q.  1908 

Pike,  Mr.  275 

Pike,  John-B.  583 

Pillsbury,  Natiianiel  275 

Piper,  drlando-F.  1067 

Phelps,  George-F.  1599 

Plummer,  Al>el  2638 
Plummer,  Granville-E.      589 

Plummer,  Mary-A.  2838 

Porter,  Edward-C.  1735 

Porter,  Eliza-J.  659 

Powers,  Lucy  2224 

Proctor,  Sarah-M.  1151 

Prouty,  Sally  2322 

Putnam,  Hattie-A.  579 

Ramsdell,  Phoebe-A.  1694 

Ransom,  George-H.  555 

Ratclifl'e,  Alice  649 

Reed,  Axel-H.  1889 

Reed,  John  2296 

Reed,  Mary-A.  2593 

Reeder,  Sarauel-J.  1768 

Reynolds,  James  1234 

Rice,  Celia-A.  527 

Rice,  Hiram  2305 

Rice,  Julia-A.  524 


PAGE. 

120 
245 
166 

271 
268 
230 
268 
96 

172 
237 

279 
16,S 
94 
88 
2.S6 
191 
258 
110 
129 
193 
155 
263 
263 
263 
170 
189 
120 
280 
234 
232 
167 
222 
106 
125 
106 
163 
203 
264 
126 
273 
215 
130 
242 
169 
248 
125 

211 
124 
129 
221 
247 
263 
216 
172 
123 
247 
123 


INDEX   II.— 

■  MORISONS 

NAME. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

Richards,  George-H. 

652 

130 

Ridgway,  Mary- A. 

lIvU 

209 

Ripley,  Nathaniel 

2810 

272 

Robbins,  Fannie 

64.5 

129 

Robbins,  Alfred-C. 

3130 

292 

Robertson,  Isabella 

181S 

218 

Robinson,  Maria-N. 

2648 

264 

Rockwood,  Charlotte 

482 

121 

Rockwood,  Rebecca 

763 

141 

Rodgers,  Mar3^-L. 

517 

122 

Rogers,  Emily-H. 

1587 

199 

Rogers,  Jane 

2847 

275 

Ross,  Eliza 

834 

146 

Rudd,  Henry-L. 

429 

117 

Rumney,  Sarah 

389 

115 

Ryder,  Betsey 

3100 

291 

Salisbury,  Nathan-S. 

544 

123 

Sanborn,  Christopher 

3040 

287 

Sanford,  Mary-S. 

1613 

206 

Sargent,  Mary-A. 

1638 

208 

Sawyer,  Tristani 

3087 

290 

Scully,  Nancy 

172 

98 

Sears,  Lucy 

2978 

281 

Secoid,  Mary-E. 

3026 

286 

Shaw,  Amanda 

338 

110 

Shetlield,  Jidia-A. 

1663 

210 

Shepard,  Susan 

2530 

259 

Sheplev,  Julia-D. 

2793 

271 

Shirley,  William 

2871 

276 

Shute,  Charles -F. 

1791 

217 

Shute,  Letitia-J. 

1479 

189 

Silver,  B.-F. 

425 

117 

Simpson,  Mary 

1470 

188 

Smiley,  Agues 

813 

144 

Smith,  Elizabeth 

690 

133 

Smith,  Elizabeth 

776 

142 

Smith,  Ellen 

1131 

167 

Smith,  Ellen 

1609 

206 

Smith,  Emeliue 

247 

104 

Smith,  Esdra.s 

2357 

250 

Smith,  Lettice-M. 

274 

106 

Smith.  Lucy-A. 

2119 

235 

Smith,  Nancy 

842 

147 

Smith,  Wellington 

2162 

238 

Smith,  William 

711 

136 

Some.s,  Eliza 

86 

91 

Somes,  Daniel-G. 

257 

105 

South,  Mary 

479 

120 

Southworth,  Myra 

199 

101 

Spear,  Isabel 

1993 

229 

Sperry,  Amanda-E. 

1237 

172 

Spring,  Betsey 

1041 

161 

Stamper,  Daniel 

1423 

185 

Stamper,  Daniel-R. 

1427 

185 

StearuH,  Elizabeth 

1210 

171 

Stearns,  Fidelia 

1256 

174 

Stearns,  Susan 

1218 

171 

Steele,  David 

2457 

255 

Steele,  Janet 

10 

81 

Steele,  Jean 

1 

78 

457 


NAME. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

Steele,  Jean 

1946 

226 

Steele,  Margaret 

819 

144 

Steele,  Martha 

801 

143 

Steele,  Thomas 

2201 

241 

Stevens,  Abigail 

2076 

233 

Stevens,  Naucy-M. 

2111 

235 

Stevens,  William-B. 

2146 

237 

Stevens,  Rachel 

2879 

276 

Stevenson,  Joseph-P. 

231 

104 

Stoddard,  Mary-A. 

465 

119 

Streeter,  Lydia 

3049 

288 

Stuart,  Margaret 

945 

152 

Stults,  Maria-E. 

2975 

281 

Sullivan,  James 

427 

117 

Sullivan,  Lydia 

2228 

243 

Swan,  Peggy 

792 

142 

Swan,  Samuel 

2272 

245 

Taft,  Emma-M. 

360 

111 

Taylor,  Ellen 

2816 

272 

Taylor,  Hannah-K. 

2(!77 

266 

Taylor,  Jane 

2700 

267 

TaVlor,  Lettice 

2677 

266 

Taylor,  Eevi-W. 

2817 

272 

Tavlor,  Matthew 

2666 

265 

Taylor,  Matthew,  Jr. 

1971 

228 

Taylor,  Sarah- W. 

2834 

273 

Taggart,  Mary 

1522 

190 

Taggart,  Mary 

1529 

191 

Taggart,  Robert-D. 

1503 

190 

Teuney,  Persis 

2754 

269 

Tenney,  Mary-A. 

1.550 

192 

Teuney,  Martha 

2782 

270 

Temple,  Nahum 

2866 

276 

Terwilliger,  Simmons 

2266 

245 

Terwilliger,  James-S. 

2267 

245 

Thomas,  Nettie 

2727 

268 

Thomas,  N.-D. 

1681 

211 

Thom,  Benjamin 

33 

87 

Thompson,  Abigail 

2343 

245 

Thompson,  Euuice-G. 

1174 

170 

Thompson,  Jenny 

954 

152 

Thompson,  Haunah-F. 

2365 

250 

Thompson,  Margaret 

2304 

247 

Thornton,  Matthew 

2497 

258 

Tilton,  John 

3064 

289 

Todd,  Jane 

989 

1.55 

Todd,  Samuel 

739 

140 

Todd,  Rachel 

742 

140 

Torrev,  Charles-P. 

564 

124 

Torrey,  William-G. 

560 

124 

Towne,  Sarah-D. 

3032 

286 

Trask,  Sophia 

2590 

262 

Treuholm,  Sarah 

1807 

218 

Tufts,  Nancy 

702 

135 

Tuttle,  Thonuis-E. 

651 

129 

Vance,  Sarah 

1317 

178 

Van  Nostwick,  Emeliue 

1243 

172 

Vickery,  Joseph-D. 

2797 

271 

Wadman,  Richard 


1353 


180 


458 


INDEX   III    (CHAP.    XV).  —  SECOND    GENERATION. 


NAME. 

Walker,  George 
Walker,  Harriet- J. 
Walker,  James 
Walker,  James 
Walker,  L.-B. 
Wallace,  Mary 
Wallace,  Margaret 
Walker,  Nelson-A. 
Wallace,  Matthew 
Wallace,  William-VV. 
Ward,  Milton 
Warner,  Betsey 
Wasgatt,  Elisha 
Washburne,  Sarah-A. 
Webster,  David 
Webster,  Eliza-J. 
Webster,  Hannah -M. 
Weed,  Moses 
Weld,  Eliza 
Welch,  Julia-S. 
Wells-,  Daniel-N. 
Wells,  Moses-B. 
Wells,  Susan 
Wells,  Willard 
West,  Charles-E. 
Wetherbee,  Hattio 
Wheeler,  Ellen 
Wheeler,  Otis-A. 
Whitcomb,  Betsey 


KG. 

PAGE. 

]i;;(; 

168 

2178 

239 

2878 

276 

1134 

168 

365 

111 

10 

81 

G70 

133 

1829 

218 

7G0 

141 

2112 

235 

161 

97 

2562 

261 

236 

104 

19-14 

224 

2697 

267 

2983 

281 

1159 

169 

2858 

275 

2924 

278 

1874 

221 

1842 

219 

1937 

224 

3004 

284 

2684 

266 

1657 

209 

2438 

253 

1613 

206 

1689 

211 

1013 

156 

Whitcomb,  Loi'euzo-K. 
White,  Nathaniel-L. 
Whitemarsh,  Charles-E. 
Whitney,  Mary-J. 
Whittaker,  John-S. 
Wiggins,  Ella 
Wilcox,  George 
Wilkius,  Christina 
Wilkinson,  A.-T. 
Willard,  Nancy 
Willard,  Samuel 
Williams,  Elizabeth-H. 
AVilliaras,  Gilbert-T. 
Williams,  Nancy-0. 
Williamson,  John 
Willis,  Joshua-C. 
Wilson,  Betsey 
Wilson,  Hannah-W. 
Wilson,  James 
Wilson,  James 
Wilson,  James 
Wilson,  Polly 
Wood,  Elisha 
Wood,  Ellen 
Woodbury,  Augustus 
Woodside,  Margaret-S. 
Wood\vortli,Lconard-H. 
Wright,  Emily-W. 
Wright,  John-R. 


NO. 

PAGE. 

2382 

251 

1853 

220 

1715 

213 

383 

114 

472 

120 

2100 

234 

1635 

208 

2951 

280 

3049 

288 

1157 

169 

2572 

262 

1924 

223 

65 

89 

1915 

223 

916 

150 

2135 

236 

2103 

234 

2085 

233 

2233 

243 

2015 

230 

2573 

262 

2236 

243 

3065 

289 

2531 

259 

2099 

234 

640 

129 

1066 

163 

596 

126 

1670r/ 

210 

INDEX    III   (CHAP.  XV). 


[lNDi;x  III,  of  Isanies  )>y  Generations.  The  first  list  under  each  generation  is  of 
Morisons  or  Morrisons  bj'  the  given  name  only,  the  siiniame  being  understood.  The 
second  list  is  in  general  of  persons  of  Morrison 'descent  (though  not  oearing  the  name) ; 
but  occasionally  o</ters  appear,  and  are  put  in  italics.] 


FIRST   GEN'ER.\TIOX. 
I.      MORRISONS    BY    GIVEN    NAME. 

David,  p.  317,  §  166. 

James,  p.  319,  §  166. 

John,  p.  319,  §  166. 

Mary  (Mrs.  Ilolmes),  p.  318,  §  166. 

Samuel,  pp.  317-323,  §§  2,  4,  166. 

William,  p.  319,  §  166." 

II.     OF  MORRISON  DESCENT,  AND  OTHERS. 

Alexander  James,  p  'S88a. 
Alexander,  John,  p.  388a. 
Alexander,  Bandal,  pp.  325,  ;)88«. 
Clark,  llohert,  p.  321,  §  166. 
Cochran,  Joseph,  p.  321,  §  166. 
Craige,  Bohert,  p.  321,  §  166. 
Henry,  Margaret,  pp.  319,  327,  §  166. 
Henry,  Mary,  p.  319,  §  166. 
Holmes,  Abram  or  Ahraham,  p.  318, 
§166. 


McAlister,  David,  p.  318,  §  166. 
McAlister,  Mary  Ann,  p.  318,  §  166. 
McAlister,  William,  p.  318,  §  166. 
Maclurge,  John,  p.  321,   §  166. 
McGulUim,  Alexander,  p."  320,  §  166. 
Todd,  Capt.  Andrew,  p.  321,  §  166. 
Wallace,  Lieut.   William,  p.  325. 


SECOND   GENERATION'. 
I.     MORRISONS  BY   GIVEN  NAME. 

Abram  or  Abraham,  p.  327,  §  174. 

David,  p.  323,  §§  2,  169. 

Grisel  (Mrs.  Craige),  pp.  321,  322. 

§  167. 
Jennet   (Mrs.    Chambers),    p.    324, 

§  1"0. 
John,  pp.  322,  323,  i^§  2,  4,  168. 
Martha,  p.  324,  §  171. 


INDEX   III    (CHAP.    XV).  —  FOURTH    GENERATION. 


459 


Mathevv,  p.  324,  §  172. 
Samuel,  p.  321,  §§  2,  5,  173. 

II.    OF  MORRISON  DESCENT,  AND  OTHERS. 

Alexander,    Isabella,    pp.    324:,    327, 

§§  2,  5,   173 ;  p.  388a. 
Alexander,  Elizabeth,  p.  322,  §  168 ; 

p.  388a. 
Blair,  John,  p.  323. 
Craige,  Alexander,  p.  321,  §  1(37. 


THIRD   GEXERxVTION. 
I.     MORRISONS  BV  GIVEN  NAME. 

Abram  (the  Quaker),  pp.  330-333. 
David,  sou  of  Johu,  p.  327,  §  175. 
David,  son  of  Samuel,  p.  333,  §  184. 
Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Leouard),  p.  329,  § 

179. 
Isabella   (Mrs.    Drown),    p.    334,    § 

186. 
James,  sou  of  John,  p.  329,  §  178. 
John,  son  of  Johu,  p.  329,  §  177. 
Jonathan,  p.  333,  §  183. 
Margaret  (Mrs.  Kay),  p.  334,  §§  5, 

185. 
Robert,  son  of  John,  p.  296,  §  4. 
Robert,    son  of  Samuel,   p.   333,    § 

182. 
Samuel,  son  of  John,  pp.  327-8,  §§ 

4,  8,  168,  176. 
Samuel,  son  of  Samuel,  p.  330,  §  180. 

II.    OF  MORRISON  DESCENT,  AND  OTHERS. 

Alexander,  Jennet,  p.  333,  §  182. 
Alexander,  John,  pp.  333, f  388a. 
Alexander,  3Iary,  p.  333,  §   182 ;    p. 

388a. 
Chandler,  Zachariah,  Cor.,  p.  333.* 
Clark,  Thomas,  p.  333. f 
Cutting,  Daniel,  p.  333,  §  182. 
Drown,  Dea.  Henry,  p.  334,  §  186. 
Kimball,  Mary,  p.  333,  §  184. 
Leonard,  Job,  p.  329,  §  179. 
lioch  or  Eoach,  Mary,  p.  328. 
lioch  or  lloach,  Patrick,  p.  328. 
Watts,  Dr.  Isaac,  pp.  328-9. 
Whittier,  John  G.,  pp.  330-333. 


FOURTH    GEXERATIOX. 
I.     MORRISONS  BY  GIVEN  NAME. 

Charlotte  (Mrs.  Thorpe),  p.  343,  § 

203. 
Daniel  (the  Quaker),  p.  297,  §  12;  p. 

330,  §  181. 
Daniel,  son  of  David,  p.  345,  §  209. 
David,  of  Fairlee,  p.  296,  ^  7  ;  p.  334, 

§  189. 
David,  son  of  N.  Y.  John,  p.  297,  § 

9;  p.  344,  §  204. 


David,  son  of  Robert,  p.  297,  §  13. 
David,  son  of  David,  of  Alton,  p. 

298,  §  15;   p.  346,  §  212. 
Dinah  (Mrs.  Crawford),  p.  297,  §  9; 

p.  344,  §  204. 
Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Towle),  p.  296,  §  7; 

p.  335,  §  193. 
Elizabeth,   daughter  of  Samuel,  p. 

297,  §  8. 
Elizabeth  (Mrs.   Ball),   p.  297,  §  9; 

p.  344,  §  204. 
Ephraim,  p.  297,  §  14. 
Franklin  D.,  p.  296,  §  7  ;  p.  335,  §  191. 
Hannah  (Mrs.  Clark),  p.  335,  §  195. 
Isabella,  daughter  of  Jonathan,   p. 

297,  §  14.  " 
Isabel  (Mrs.  Caverly),  p.  346,  §  212. 
James,  of  Fairlee,  p.  336,  §  199. 
James,  of  Brighton,  0.,  p.  345,  §  202. 
Jane  (Mrs.  Gove),  p.  297,  §  11. 
Jane  (Mrs.  Wright),  p.  297,  §  9. 
Jane  (Mrs.  Furber),  p.  298,  §  15. 
Jenny  (Mrs.  Dickey),  p.  297,  §  13. 
John  (Maj.),  p.  296,  §  7 ;  p.  334,  §  188. 
John,  of  Lyme,  p.  33(),  §  196. 
John,  of  Amsterdam,  N.Y.,  p.  297,  §  9. 
John,  of  Loud.,  p.  345,  §  207. 
Jonathan,  of  Rochester,  p.  297,  §  14. 
Lydia  (Mrs.  Benuet),  p.  346,  §§^211, 

280;  p.  381. 
Martha  (Mrs.  Stark),  p.  344,  §  204. 
Martha  (Mrs.  Dudley),  p.  298,  §  15. 
Margaret  (Mrs.  Levy),  p.  297,  §  9. 
Margaret  (Mrs.   Norton),  p.   336,  § 

198. 
Mary  (Mrs.  Alger),  p.  337,  §  200. 
Mary,  dau.  of  Robert,  p.  297,  §  13. 
Mary,  dau.  of  David,  p.  298,  §  15. 
Mary  (Mrs.  Gookin),  p.  335,  §  194; 

p.  388a. 
Moody,  p.  334,  §  187;  p.  296,  §  7. 
Moses  Ford,  si.  d.,  p.  335,  §  192. 
Nehemiah  (Geu.),  p.  345,  §"210. 
Peggy,  of  Loud.,  p.  297,  §  101. 
Polly  (Mrs.  Gookin),  p.  335,  §  194. 
Polly  (^]vs.  Fisher),  p.  297,  §  9. 
Rebeckah,  of  Loud.,  p.  297,  §  10. 
Robert,  of  Amsterdam,  p.  297,  §  9. 
Robert,  of  Campton,  m.  d.,  p.  342, 

§  202. 
Samuel,  of  W.  Fairlee,  p.  3;i6,  §  197. 
Samuel,   of  Amsterdam,    N.    Y.,  p. 

297,  §  9. 
Samuel,  of  Rochester,  p.  297,  §  14. 
Sarah,  of  Rochester,  p.  297,  §  14. 
Thomas,  of  Lond.,  p.  344,  §  205. 
William,  of  Bath,  pp.  339-342,  §  201. 

II.    OF  MORRISON  DESCENT,  AND  OTHERS. 

Alger,  Davenport,  p.  337,  §  200. 
Corlis,  Martha,  p.  342. 


460 


INDEX    III    (CHAP.    XV).— FIFTH    GENERATION. 


Crawford,  James,  p.  344,  §  204. 
Dickey,  Bohert,  p.  345,  §  208. 
Drown,  Cenitli,  p.  298,  §  16. 
Drown,  Charlotte,  p.  346,  §  213. 
Drown,  Hannah,  p.  298,  §  16. 
Drown,  Isabel,  p.  298,  §  16. 
Drown,  Mary,  p.  298,  §  16. 
Drown,  Patience,  p.  298,  §  16. 
Drown,  Ruth,  p.  298,  §  16. 
Drown,  Sarah,  p.  298,  §  16. 
Fos^s,  liobertson,  p.  346,  §  213. 
Gookin,  Nathan,  p.  388/;. 
Holmes,  Noah,  p.  346,  §  213. 
Hutchins,  Jeremiah,  p.  342. 
muchins,  Joseph,  p.  342. 
Ladd,  Hon.  Ezekiel,  pp.  341-2. 
Levey,  Abraham,  p.  344,  §  204. 
Morey,  Samuel,  p.  336,  §  199. 
Morgan,  the  Mason,  p.  340. 
Polion,  Martha,  p.  337,  §  199. 
Forcers,  Bev.  Grant,  p.  342. 
Sutherland,  Bev.  David,  p.  340. 

Young,  Bev.  Daniel,  p.  342,  note. 

Young,  Gen.  Ira,  p.  342. 

Yotmg,  Joshua,  p.  341,  note. 

Yoxmg,  John,  p.  341,  note. 

Young,  Mason,  p.  341,  note. 

Young,  Saimiel,  p.  341,  note. 

Young,  Stira,  p.  341,  note. 

Wheelock,  Pres.  Elen^er,  p.  341,  note. 


FIFTH   GENEKATIOX. 
I.      MORRISONS   BY   GIVEN  NAME. 

Abram,  of  Barnstead,  p.  303,  §  44. 
Adeline  Clinton,  p.  299,  §  22;  p.  348, 

§  228. 
Adeline  (Mrs.  Swain),  p.  349,  §  231. 
Albert,  p.  34s,  §  230. 
Amanda,  p.  301,  §  32. 
Betsey,  of  Fairlee,  p.  352,  §  241. 
Catherine  (Mrs.  Hill),  p.  304,  §§  53, 

54;  p.  347,  §  210. 
Christine    (Mrs.    Hawley),    p.    304, 

§.52;    p.  347,  §216. 
Charles,  of  Loud.,  p.  302,  §  37;  p. 

380,  §  271. 
Charles  R.  (Hon.),  p.  361,  §  256. 
Daniel  H.,  p.  311,  §  100. 
Daniel,    son   of   Nehcmiah,    p.    303, 

§  44;    p.  381,  §  279. 
Daniel  W.,  of  Orford,  p.  307,  §  73; 

p.  351,  §  238. 
Davenport,  pp.   308-9,  §§  S3,  84;  p. 

355,  §  247. 
David  H.,  of  Alton,   p.  303,  §  46; 

p.  312,  §  111;   p.  382,  §  284. 
David,   of    St.    Johnsbury,   p.    347, 

§  219. 
David,    son   of  Maj.    John,    p.    346, 

§216. 


Dorcas,  of  Cambridge,  p.  381,  §  275. 
Edward  (Maj.),  p.  346,  §  215  ;  p.  304, 

§  52. 
Eleanor  G.,  p.  378,  §  260. 
Elinus  J.,  p.  300,  §27;  p.  354,  §244. 
Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Slocura),  p.  298,  §18. 
Elizabeth,    of    Cambridge,    p.    381, 

§  275. 
Eugenia,  (Mrs.  Jerome),  p.  306,  §  07  ; 

p.  350,  §  235. 
Eveline(Mrs.  Boynton),p.  311,§101; 

p.  381,  §  275. 
Fannie  C.  (Mrs.  Robie),  p.  305,  §  58  ; 

p.  347,  §  222. 
Franklin  G.,  of  Loud.,  p.  302,  §  39. 
Franklin,  sou  of  Maj.  John,  p.  304, 

§  52. 
Franklin,    son   of  William,    p.    301, 

§  29  ;   p.  350,  §  253. 
Frederick  W.,  of  Griunell,  p.  310, 

§  90 ;   p.  360,  §  255. 
Georse,  of  Bath,' p.  301,  §  29  ;  p.  375, 

§  257  ;  p.  388/j. 
George  G.,  of  Lyudonville,  Vt.,  p. 

305,  §  57 ;  p.  347,  §  220. 
George  W.   (Hon.),  p.  300,  §  27;  p. 

353,  §  243. 
Hannah  (Mrs.  House),  p.  219,  §  18; 

p.  319,  §  100;  p.  347,  §  210. 
Hannah  (Mrs.  Kemp),  p.  308,  §  27; 

p.  352,  §  242. 
Hannah,  dan.  of  David,  of  Fairlee, 

p.  347,  §  221. 
Hannah,  dau.  of  David,  of  Amster- 
dam, p.  301,  §  32. 
Harlan  P.,  of  Bostou,  p.  302,  §  39; 

p.  381,  §  275. 
Helen  (Mrs.  Blanchard),   p.    300,   § 

06 ;   p.  350,  §  234. 
Henrietta,  p.  301,  §  32. 
Henry,  sou  of  William,  p.  301,  §  29; 

p.  378,  §  259. 
Ira  Parker,  p.  308,  §  81 ;  p.  355,  §  245. 
Irene  (Mrs.  Culver),  p.  298,  §  18. 
James  N.,  of  Barnstead,  p.  312,  §  110. 
James,  of  Boston,   p.  302,  §  39 ;    p. 

381,  §  275. 
James,  of  Brighton,  0.,  p.  302,  §  38; 

p.  380,  §  273. 
James,  son  of  Thomas,  p.  302,  §  37 ; 

p.  380',  §  270. 
James  Swan,  p.  310,  §  91;  p.  376,  § 

2.58. 
Jane  (Mrs.  Berkley),  p.  311,  §  97;  p. 

380,  §  272. 
Jane  (Mrs.  Nelson),  p.  306,  §  03;  p. 

348,  §  229. 
John,    of  Blissfield,    Mich.,  p.   301, 

§32. 
John  C.  son  of  Maj.  John,  p.  298,  § 
18;  p.  334,  §  188. 


INDEX    III    (CHAP.    XV). FIFTH    GEXERATION. 


461 


John,  sou  of  Moses  F.,  p.  oOC>,  §  fi.'j ; 

p.  349,  §  232. 
John,  sou  of  Johu,  of  Lyme,  p.  300, 

§24. 
John,  son  of  James,  of  Ftiirlee,  p. 

308,  §  78 ;  p.  352,  §  240. 
Johu,  sou  of  Gen.  Nehemiah,  p.  303, 

§  -l-i- 
John  H.,  of  Fultonville,  N.  Y.,  p. 

302,  §  30 ;  p.  380,  §  2C,S. 
Joseph  C,  of  St.  Johnsburv,  p.  30."), 

§  5.5;   p.  347,  §  21S. 
Josephine,  claugiiter  of  Maj.  John, 

p.  298,  §  18. 
Josiah  T.,  p.  300,  §  25 ;  p.  :',51,  §  238. 
Lnra  D.  (Mrs.  Hill),  p.  307,  §72;  p. 

351,  §  237. 
Margaret  (Mrs.  Gary),  p.  300,  §  24. 
Mark,  of  Loud.,  p.  302,  §  37;  p.'  380, 

§  269. 
Marquis  C,  p.   307,  §  71;    p.  351,  § 

237. 
Martha  M.  (Mrs.  Brooks),  p.  303,  § 

37 ;  p.  380,  §  2(19. 
Matilda  (Mrs.  Hare),  p.  301,  §  32. 
Mary,   dauo-hter  of   Maj.   John,    p. 

298,  §  18. 
Mary  E.'  (Mrs.  Elliott),  p.  312,  §  109. 
Mary  (Mrs.  Huckins),  p.  312,  §  105; 

p.  381,  §  279. 
Mary  E.    (Mrs.  Sari^-ent),  p.  30S,  § 

82;  p.  355,  §  24G." 
Mary  Roach,  of  Bath,  p.  301,  §  29; 

p.  359,  §  254. 
Nancy  (Mrs.  Wiugate),  p.  312,  §  105. 
Napoleon  B.  (Hon.),  p.  30G,  §  05 :  p. 

350,  §  233. 
Nehemiali,    p.  303,   §44;    p.  381,   § 

279. 
Parker  I.,  p.  308,  §  81 ;  p.  355,  §  245. 
Pauline  (Mrs.  Beecher),  p.  300,  §  68  ; 

p.  350,  §  230. 
PhiliudaT.,  p.  299,  §  20. 
Ralph,  p.  306,  §  70;  p.  351,  §  237. 
Robert,  sou  of  James,  p.  300,  §  27. 
Roxanna  (Mrs.  Whipple),  p.  300,  § 

09;   p.  351,  §  237. 
Sally,  of  Fairlee,  p.  299,  §  20  :  p.  347, 

§  221. 
Samuel,  of  Alton,  p.   302,  §  41 ;  p. 

381,  §  277. 
Samuel,  of  Fairlee,  p.  3(H),  §  25;  p. 

320,  §  100;  p.  351,  §  23S." 
Sarah  (Mrs.  Palmer),    p.  301,  §  32. 
Susan  E.  (Mrs.  Badger),   p.  305,  § 

59;   p.  347,  §  223. 
Uriah  B.,  p.  3()(»,  §  25;  p.  307,  §  75; 

p.  351,  §  23S. 
Valaria  (^Irs.  Hayes),  p.  312,  §  105. 
Walter,  p.  304,  §  52;  p.  340,  §  210. 
Wellman,  p.  ;!()1,  §  30;  p.  379,  §  201. 


William,  of  Fairlee,  p.  .300,  §  25 ;  p. 

351,  §  238. 
Zadock,  p.  299,  §  24;  p.  351,  §  237. 

II.     OF  MOKRISOX   DESCENT,  AND  OTHERS. 

Adcfms,  Prof.  Charles,  p.  303,  §  256. 

Albany  Bailroad,  p.  359.* 

Alger,  Electa  (Mrs.   Cole),  p.   356, 

1  252. 
Alger,  James  M.,  Esq.,  p.  356.  §  250. 
Alger,  Jehiel,  p.  355,  §  248. 
Alger,  Johu  D.,  p.  350,  §  249. 
Alger,  Pollv  (Mrs.  Morris),  p.  350, 

§251. 
Bacnn,  Hon.  II.  C,  pp.  306,*  369.* 
Badger,   ]Vdls  31.,  p.  347,  §  223. 
Ball,  Abraham  P.,  p.  310,  §  96. 
Ball,  Johu,  p.  301,  §  33. 
Ball,  Malviua,  p.  301,  §  33. 
Beecher,  Ilezekiah,  Esq.,  p.  350,  §  230. 
Beldinq,  Henry,  p.  359,  §  253. 
Bennett,  Albert,  p.  312,  §  107. 
Bennett,    Eveline    (Mrs.    York),    p. 

312,  §  108. 
Bennett,  Lieut.  John,  p.  303,  §  45. 
Bennett,  Morrison,  p.  312,  §  106:  p. 

381,  §  280. 
Berkeley,  John  H,  p.  311,  §  97. 
Blanchard.Ji>hnA.,M.\).,'p.'^r,0,  §234. 
Boyd,  Willhnn  P.,  p.  379,  §  262. 
Boynton,  Edward  P.,  p.  311,  §  101, 
Bucl:,  Prof.  Am<(.^a,  p.  :'.48,  §  229. 
Caverly,  jaue  (Mrs.  Hale),"  p.  302, 

§  42. 
Caverlv,  Nancy  (]\[rs.  Waterhouse), 

p.  311,  §  103. 
Clark,  Adeline  (Mrs.  Hovt).  p.  ;',48, 

§  220. 
Clark,  Edward  M.,  p.  348,  §  224. 
Clark.  Labau  F.,  p.   348,   §   225;    p. 

305,  §  01. 
Clark,  Louisa  F.,  p.  348,  §  227. 
Coqswell,  Lieut. -Col.,  pp.  369,*  371.* 
Collins,  Lieut. -Col.,  p.  306.* 
Coming.  Eliza  G.,   p.  310,  §  91  :    p. 

378,  §  258. 
Coming,  James,  p.  378.* 

Crosby, ,  Surgeon,  p.  ;!70. 

Dickey,  Zoe  Ann,  p.  302,  §  40. 
Dudley,  David,  p.  303,  §  43;  p.  381, 

§  278. 
Dudley,  Mrs.  Alex.,  p.  311,  §  104. 
Dudley,  Mary  (Mrs.   Page). 'p.  303, 

§  43. 
Farr,  M((j-  E.  W.,  pp.  300,*  370.* 
Fitch,  Hon.  Lyman,  p.  353. t 
Fitch,  Maria  L.,  p.  3.53,  §  243  ;  p.  374.t 
Fitch,  Dea.  Moses,  p.  374. t 
Fitch,  Susan,  p.  374. t 
Foss,  Daniel  M.,  p.  31,'.,  §   117;    p. 
382,  §  286. 


462 


INDEX   HI    (CHAP.    XV).  —  SIXTH    GENERATION. 


IToss,  Heury   D.,  p.  313,    §    116;  p. 

382,  §  286. 
Eoss,  John  H.,  p.  313,  §  115;  p.  382, 

§  286. 
French,  Hon.  E.  B.,  p.  357. f 
French,  ILm.  Henry  F.,  p.  364. 
French,  Dr.  John,  pp.  357, f  373. f 
Furber,  John  F.,  p.  303,  §  47. 
Furber,  Samuel  E.,  p.  312,  §  112. 
Goodall,  Ini,  Esq.,  p.  363. f 
Gookin,  Adelaide  (Mrs.  Wilsou),  p. 

299,  §   19;  p.   319,  §   166;  p.  347, 

§  217  ;  p.  3886. 
Gookin,  Eliza  F.,  p.  3886. 
Gookin,  Frederick,  p.  3886. 
Gookin,  Mary  Ann,  p.  3886. 
Crookin,  William,  p.  356,  §  253. 
Gookin,  liichcrd,  p.  356,  §  253. 
Griffin,  Gen.  S.,  pp.  368,  369,  370. 
Harrirnan,  Gen.  Walter,  pp.  366,  371, 

368.* 
Hastings,  Dea.  Alvan,  p.  362. f 
Hastings,  D((vitla.u(l  Joshua,  p.  362. f 
Head,  yatf,  Adjt.-Gen.,pp.  366,  368. t 
Hill,  Mrs.  Jesse,  p.  298,  §  18  ;  p.  347, 

§  216. 
Holmes,  Elvira,  p.  312,  §  113. 
Holmes,  Julia  A.,  p.  313,  §  114. 
House  Mrs.  Hannah,  p.  298,  §  18 ;  p. 

319,  §  166;  p.  347,  §  216. 
Hoyt,  Prof.  Lockwood,^p.  348,  §  226. 
Hunt,  Caleb,  Esq.,  p.  362. 
Hutchins,  Hon.  Chester  C,  p.  357.* 
Jerome,    Prof.    Charles    W.,   p.   350, 

§  235. 
Levey,  Adeline,  p.  302,  §  34. 
Levey,  Agnes  (Mrs.  DeGraft"),  p.  302, 

§34. 
Levey,  Betsey  (Mrs.  French),  p.  301, 

§  34. 
Levey,    Catherine    (Mrs.    McChen- 

phie),  p.  302,  §  34. 
Levey,  Dinah  (Mrs.  Consoul),  o.  302, 

§  34. 
Levey,  Hannah  (Mrs.  Hoffman),  p. 

301,  §  34. 
Levey,  Jennctt,  Marj^aret,  and  Mar- 
tha, p.  302,  §  ;!4. 
Levey,  John,  p!^  302,  §  34. 
3IarshaU,  Hon.  Anson,  p.  355.* 
Nelson,    Alexander,    u.    d.,    p.    34s, 

§  229. 
Norton,  Elihu,  p.  352,  §  239. 
Norton,  Seymour  M.,  p.  352,  §  239. 
Parker,  Hon..  Eleazer  B.,  p.  363.* 
Parker,  James,  p.  363.* 
Parker,  Joel,  ll.  r>.,  p.  365. 
Parker,  Hon.  Levi,  p.  363.* 
Patterson,  Isaac,  Esq.,  p.  363. J 
Quincy,  Hon.  Josiah,  p.  365. 
Bicker,  Ebenezer,  p.  375,  §  257.* 


Bicker,  Susan,  p.  375,  §  257. 
Sutherland,  Ann,  p.  360,  §  255. 
Swain,  James,  Esq.,  p.  349,  §  231. 
Swan,  James  I.,  Esq.,  p.  357.* 
Towle,  Adeline,  p.  346,  §  214. 
Towle,  Franklin  M.,  p.  346,  §  214. 
Thorpe,  Lucinda  (Mrs.  Daniels),  p. 

310,  §  92;   p.  379,  §  262. 
Thorpe,    Mary   Ann    (Mrs.    Allen), 

p.  310,  §  94 ;  p.  379,  §  264. 
Thorpe,  Stira  E.    (Mrs.    McVicar), 

p.  310,  §  95;  p.  379,  §  265. 
Thorpe,  Seymour  N.,  p.  310,  §  93; 

p.  379,  §  263. 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Adelaide,  p.  319,  §  166; 

p.  347,  §  217;  p.  B88a. 
Wilson,  John,  p.  3886. 
Woods,  Andrew  L.,  ll.  d.,  p.  363-4.* 


SIXTH   GENERATIOy. 
I.     SIOERISONS  BY  GIVEX  NAME. 

Addie  F.,  p.  309,  §  83;   p.  355,  §  247. 

Adeline  Swain,  p.  306,  §  64. 

Albert,  p.  304,  §  52. 

Albert  G.,  p.  306,  §  65. 

Alice  M.,  p.  309,  §  84. 

Analine  (Mrs.  Graham),  p.  386,  §  313. 

Anna  Eiizal)eth,  p.  308,  §  80. 

Anna  Jane,  p.  310,  §  90. 

Ann  Maria  (Mrs.  Barbour),  p.  308,  § 

83;   p.  386,  §  316. 
Aurilla  M.  (Mrs.  Bruce),  p.  307,  §  75. 
Burr  T.,  p.  387,  §  336. 
Byron  G.,  p.  305,  §  57. 
Caroline  E.  (Mrs.  Brown),  p.  304,  § 

52;   p.  346,  §  215. 
Caroline  S.,  p.  306,  §  64. 
Charles,  son  of  Franklin  B  ,  p.  304, 

§  52. 
Charles  D.,  son  of  Daniel,  p.  311,  § 

100. 
Charles  H.,  son  of  James  N.,  p.  312, 

§  110. 
Charles  H.,  son  of  Ralph,  p.  384,  §  300. 
Charles  Hugh,  p.  306,  §  tio. 
Charles  Robert,  son  of  Davenport, 

p.  38(!,  §  317. 
Clara  (Mrs.  Davis),  p.  385,  §  310. 
Clara  L.  (Mi's.  Wallace  Morrison),  p. 

304,  §  52;   p.  383,  §  287. 
Clarice,  dau.  of  Franklin  B.,  p.  304, 

§  52. 
Clarisa  W.  (Mrs.   Hould),  p.  385,  § 

,".05. 
David  A.,  of  Alton,  p.  312,  §  111. 
David   S.,  of  Griuuell,  la.,  p.  387,  § 

327. 
Eber  E.,  p.  383,  §  291. 
Edson  S.,  p.  308,  §  81. 


INDEX   III    (CHAP.    XV).  —  SIXTH   GENERATION. 


463 


Edward,  p.  304,  §  52. 
Eleanors.,  p.  310,  §  91. 
Elinus  J.,  p.  309,  §  83. 
Eliza  Ann  (Mrs.  Wise),  p.  307,  §  74. 
Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Bruce),  p.  385,  §  304. 
Emily  H.,  p.  307,  §  75. 
Florena  B.,  p.  309,  §  84. 
Franklin  C,  p.  383,  §  287. 
Frank  Elinus,  p.  308,  §  80. 
Frank  Henry,  p.  310,  §  90. 
Franklin  M.,  of  Boston,  p.  30G,  §  70. 
Frederick,  p.  304,  §  52  ;  p.  34G,  §  215. 
George  S.,  son  of  Elinus,  p.  308,  §  80. 
George  P.,  sou  of  Ralph,  p.  384,  §  299. 
George  W.,  son  of  Davenport,  p.  309. 

§  83. 
George  W.,  son  of  James  N.,  p.  312, 

§  110. 
Grace    (Mrs.    Southworth),  p.   304, 

§52. 
Harry,  of  Altou,  p.  312,  §  111. 
Hattie  S.,  p.  312,  §  111. 
Henry,  of  Orford,  p.  385,  §  303. 
Ida  Eliza  (Mrs.  Jones),  p.  383,  §  290. 
Ira  D.,  of  Lansing,  Mich.,  p.  311, 

§  100. 
Isaac,  son  of  John,  p.  385,  §  309. 
.James  Kirk,  p.  308,  §  83. 
Jay  W.,  p.  387,  §  33(J. 
Jennie  Bell,  p.  300,  §  65. 
John  W.,  of  Altou,  p.  312,  §  111. 
Josiah  T.,  of  Fairlee,  p.  307,  §  75. 
.Josephine  (Mrs.    Carley),   p.   304,  § 

51;  p.  34(;,  §215. 
Julia  A.  (Mrs.  Morgan),  p.  387,  §  335. 
Leon  Goodall,  p.  310,  §  90. 
Lucy  Bell  (Mrs.  Dailey),p.  38tJ,  §315. 
Mary  Louise,  p.  310,  §  90. 
Martha  E.   (Mrs.  Palmer;,   p.    38G, 

§314. 
Mattie,  p.  309,  §  83. 
Mary  A.  (Mrs.  Dunn),  p.  384,  §  298. 
Mary  E.,  dau.  of  Davenport,  p.  309, 

§  S3. 
Mai-y  A.  (Mrs.  Kent),  p.   383,  §  289. 
Mary  A.  (Mrs.  Smith),  p.  385,  §312. 
Mary,  dau.  of  Franklin  B.,   p.  304, 

§52. 
Mary  H.,  dau.  of  Uriah,  p.  307,  §  75. 
Mercedes,  p.  304,  §  52. 
Nellie  Beecher,  p.  30(i,  §  ()5. 
Nellie  Marian,  p.  308,  §  80. 
Pauline  Beecher,  p.  30(i,  §  (34. 
Roland  M.,  p.  308,  §  81. 
Rowe  R.,  p.  307,  §  75. 
Samuel  R.,  of  Orford,  p.  384,  §  302. 
Samuel  R.,  of  West  Fairlee,  p.  307, 

§  75. 
Sarah  Addie  (Mrs.  Marshall),  p.  3.s3, 

§  288. 
Vedie  Zilpha,  p.  306,  §  64. 


Wallace  A.,  p.  304,   §  52;  p.  347,  § 

216;  p.  383,  §  287. 
Winfleld,  sou  of  Franklin  B.,  p.  304, 

§  52. 
Zadock  H.,  p.  384,  §  301. 

II.    OF  MORRISON  DESCENT,  AND  OTHERS. 

Alger,  Addie,  Ashabel,  Frank,  J.  De 

Witt,  Laura  B.,  and  Sarah  M.,  p. 

309,  §  87. 
Alger,  Davenport,  p.  386,  §  319. 
Alger,  De  Witt,  p.  386,  §  321. 
Alger,  Duane,  p.  309,  §  85. 
Alger  Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Shutt),  p.  38(;, 

§322. 
Alger,  George  M.,  p.  386,  §  320. 
Alger,  James  S.  and  Kittle,  p.  310, 

§  89. 
Alger,  Jehiel  E.,  p.  309,  §  85. 
Alger,  Mary  Jane   (Mrs.   Cole),    p. 

386,  §  318. 
Alger,  William,  p.  309,  §  85. 
Allen,  America  Jane,  p.  387,  §  330. 
Allen,  Jennie  Bhinche,  p.  310,  §  94. 
Allen,  Mary  R.  (Mrs.  Boyd),  p.  387, 

§  331. 
Badger,  Adna  W.,  C.  Albert,  David 

M.,  Edward  J.,  Eugene,  E.  Belle, 

Fred  W.,  George  F.,  Mary  E.,  p. 

305,  §  59. 
Ball,  Cornelius  F.,  p.  310,  §  96. 
Ball,    Emeline    (Mrs.    Conover),    p. 

311,  §  96. 
Ball,  Hannah  E.  (Mrs.  Van  Dusen), 

p.  311,  §  96. 
Ball,  Margaret  Jane,  p.  311,  §  96. 
Ball,  Naucy  E.  (Mrs.  Gage),  p.  311, 

§  9<>- 
Ball,  William  ,J.,   p.  387,    §    334;  p. 

311,  §  96. 
Beecher,  Albert  M.,  p.  384,  §  296. 
Beecher,  Eugenia  Jerome,    Harriet 

Wooding,     Henry     Lee,     James 

Swain,  p.  306,  §  68. 
Bennett,  Albie  J.,  Charles  A.,  Fred 

S.,    Hezekiah   H.,   Ira   B.,   John 

M.,  Lilian  C,  Nettie  E.,  p.  212, 

§  106;  p.  381,  §  2.S0. 
Bennett,  Ada  M. ,  Charles  H.,  Lydia 

J.,  p.  312,  §  107;  p.  382,  §  281. 
Berkley,  John  B.,  Newton  F.,  Wat- 
son H.,  Wilson  J.,  p.   311,   §97; 

p.  380,  §  272. 
Blanchard,  Elizabeth,  p.  384,   §  295. 
Boyuton,  Frank  M.,   p.  311,  §  101. 
Burgess,  Charles  L.,  p.  304,  §  53. 
Burgess,  David  F.,  p.  304,  §  53. 
Burgess,    Sarah   (Mrs.  Swarthout), 

p.  313,  §  118;  p.  347,  §  216. 
Clark,    Alice,    Edward   B.,    p.    348, 

§  225. 


464 


INDEX    III    (CHAP.   XV).  —  SIXTH    GENERATION. 


Clark,    Catheriue    S.,    Charles    E., 

Ezra,     Fannie    C,     Festus     B., 

Henry  L.,  Mary  E.,  p.  305,  §  60; 

p.  348,  §  224;  p.  383,  §§  292,  293. 
Cole,  Eugenia  A.  (Mrs.  Macomber), 

p.  309',  §  88. 
Cole,  Roraayne  W.,  p.  309,  §  88. 
Daniels,  Abel  Stevens,  p.  310,  §  92. 
Daniels,  Charles,  p.  310,  §  92. 
Daniels,   Charlotte   (Mrs.  Hartlip), 

p.  310,  §  92. 
Daniels,  Electa  (Mrs.    Granger),  p. 

310,  §  92. 
Daniels,  Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Yates),  p. 

310,  §  92. 
Daniels,  Eunice  (Mrs.  Cole),  p.  310, 

§92. 
Daniels,  Frederick,  p.  310,  §  92. 
Daniels,  John,  p.  310,  §92;  p.  387, 

§  328. 
Daniels,  Kate  (Mrs.  Redick),  p.  310, 

§92. 
Dudley,  Florence  A.,   p.   311,  §  10-1. 
Elliott,   Ida    (Mrs.   Dow),    p.   312, 

§  109;  p.  382,  §  284. 
Flanders,  Clara  d!   (Mrs.  Lord),  p. 

388,  §  337. 
Flanders,  Ransom,  p.  388,  §  337. 
Foss,  Alice  Elvira,  p.  313,  §  113. 
Foss,  Ann  Julia  (Mrs.  Walker),  p. 

388,  §  340. 
Foss,   Arthur  M.,  p.   382,   §  286;  p. 

313,  §  117. 
Foss,  Charlotte  (Mrs.    Seavey),   p. 

312,  §  113. 
Foss,  Christie  C,  p.  313,   §  117;  p. 

382,  §  286. 
Foss,  Ella  K.  H.,  p.  313,  §  113. 
Foss,  Elizzie  H.,   p.  313,  §  115;  p. 

382,  §  286. 
Foss,  Ezra  H.,  p.  313,  §  113. 
Foss,  George  E.,   p.  313,   §  115;  p. 

382,  §  286. 
Foss,  Lizzie  A.,  p.  313,  §  116. 
Foss,  Roberto.,  p.  313,  §  116. 
Foss,  S.  Minnette,  p.  313^,  §  113. 
Foss,  Sylvauus  \V.,  p.  388,  §339. 
Furber,  Electa  A.,  p.  312,  §  112. 
Hawley,  Betsey,  Mary,  John,  p.  304, 

§  52. 
Hawley,  Gen.  William,  p.  382,  §  287. 
Hill,  AdaL.,  p.  307,  §72. 
Hill,  Harriet    (Mrs.    Cole),   p.   313, 

§  119- 
Hili,  John,  p.  304,  §  54. 
Hill,  AVilliam.  p.  304,  §  54. 
Hoyt,  Edward  Clark,  p.  305,  §  62. 
Huckins.    Austin,    Bell,    Mamie,    p. 

312,  §  105. 
Jerome,    Carolina    Olivia,     p.    306, 

§  67 ;  p.  350,  §  235. 


Jerome,  Charles  Morrison,    p.  306, 

§67. 
Kemp,  James  B.,  p.  385,  §  311. 
Kemp,  Linus  Russell,  p.  308,  §  79. 
Ker,  Frederick  M.,  p.  3886. 
Ker,  Hamilton,  p.  3886. 
Ker,  Bev.  Peter,  p.  3885. 
Ker,  Wellington  G.,  p.  3886. 
McVicar,  Frances  A.  (Mrs.  Austin), 

p.  387,  §332. 
McVicar,  George  C,  p.  387,  §  333. 
McVicar,  John  M.,  p.  310,  §  95. 
Merrill,   Adelisa,    Mary   A.,    Mercy 

Jane,  Percy  A.,  p.  304,  §  50. 
Morris,  Davenport,  p.  386,  §  324. 
Morris,  John  D.,  p.  386,  §  325. 
Morris,    Mary   E.,   p.   309,  §  86;  p. 

356,  §251. 
Morris,  Orlando  K.,  p.  309,  §  86;   p. 

356;  §  251. 
Morris,  Sylvester,  p.  309,  §  323. 
Nelson,     Clara    Albertiue,    p.    384,. 

§294. 
Nelson,   Edward  T.     (Ph.    D.),    p. 

384,  §  294. 
Norton,    Charles    Elihu,     p.    307,   § 

76. 
Norton,    Elizabeth    S.     (Mrs.    Wil- 
liams), p.  307,  §  76. 
Norton,    Charles   Peabody,    p.   308, 

§  77:  p.  385,  §  308. 
Norton,   George  F.,   p.  315,  §   138; 

p.  385,  §  308. 
Norton,  Harriet  S.   (Mrs.  Ring),  p. 

315,  §  137;  p.  385,  §  307. 
Norton,   Luvia  Morell,   p.  308,  §  77. 
Norton,  Margaret  M.  (Mrs.  Cross), 

p.  385,  §  306. 
Norton,    Walter    Hermon,    p.    385, 

§  308. 
Robie,  Edgar,   George,  John  F.,  p. 

305,  §  58. 

Seavey,  May  C.  (l^i'S.  Philbrick),  p. 

388,  §  341. 
Thorpe,  Carrie    (Mrs.    Jerome),   p. 

387,  §  329. 
Thorpe,  Jardell,  p.  310,  ^93;  p.  379, 

§  263. 
Towle,    Lizzie  R.   (Mrs.  Osborne), 

p.  304,  §  51. 
Waterhouse,  Daniel,  Frank,  Isabel, 

p.  311,  §  103. 
Wilson,  Frederick  T.  G.,  p.  3886. 
Wilson,  Josephine,  p.  3886. 
Wilson,  William  A.,  p.  3886. 
Whipple,  John  M.,  p.  384,  §  297. 
Whipple,  Lois  G.   (Mrs.   Winn),  p. 

306,  §  69. 

York,  Charles  B.,  Ella,  Emma  C, 
James  E.,  John  W.,  p.  312,  §  108 ; 
p.  382,  §  283. 


INDEX   III    (CHAP.    XV).  —  EIGHTH   GENERATION. 


465 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

I.     MORRISONS  BY  GIVEN  NAME. 

Addie  Ricker,  p.  387,  §  327. 
Alice  E.,  p.  38-1,  §  299. 
Clara,  dau.  of  Isaac,  p.  385,  §  309. 
David  Clinton,  p.  383,  §  291. 
Eleanor,  of  Grinuell,  p.  387,  §  327. 
Enid  Mae,  p.  313,  §  Hi. 
Frederick,  p.  387,  §  327. 
Gerald  E.,  p.  383,  §  287. 
G.  H.,  p.  314,  §  132;  p.  385,  §  303. 
Harry  Edgar,  p.  384,  §  302. 
Ida,  dau.  of  Isaac,  p.  385,  §  309. 
Ida  May,  p.  383,  §  291. 
Lettie  Adeline,  p.'  384,  §  302. 
Mary  A.,  p.  384,  §  301. 
Minnie  E.,  p.  384,  §  301. 
Olive  G.,  p.  384,  §  299. 

II.     OF  MORRISON  DESCENT,  AND  OTHERS. 

Adwell,    Henry    A.,    Lawrence   E., 

Samuel  L.,  p.  314,  §  124. 
Alger,  Allie  (Mrs.   Snyder),  p.  316, 

"§  146. 
Alger,  Arthur  J.,  Bertie,  Clarence, 

Duane  B.,  Elwin,   p.   316,  §148; 

p.  38G,  §  321. 
Alger,  George  M.,  p.  386,  §  320. 
Algei",  Cameron,  Edwin  E.,  Emmett 

J.,  p.  316,  §  149:  p.  386,  §  321. 
Austin,  Julian  R.,  p.  317,  §  i58. 
Austin,  Lizzie  A.,  p.  317,  §  158. 
Ball,  Minnie,   Simon,   p.  317,  §  160; 

p.  387,  §  334. 
Barbour,  Carl  M.,  p.  386,  §  316. 
Bovd,  Victor  H.,   p.  317,   §  157:  p. 

387,  §  331. 
Clark,    Edward,     John     M.,    Lilia, 

Birdie,  p.  314,  §  125. 
Clark,     America     Matilda,     Grace, 

Mar}'^  Ann,  John  Adams,  p.  387, 

§  330. 
Cole,  Edward,  p.  386,  §  318. 
Cole,  George  Eugene,  VV.  Scott,  p. 

386,  §  326. 
Cole,  Jesse,  p.  313,  §  119. 
Dailey.  Addie,  Hazen,  Lewis,  p.  386, 

§  315. 
Daniels,  Edgar  A.,  p.  387,  §  328. 
Davis,  Alice  C,   Arthur  L.,  George 

M.,  Millard  F.,  p.  385,  §  310. 
Dunn,  Helen  M.,  p.  384,  §298. 
Foss,  Bertha,  p.  388,  §   339. 
Giftbrd,    Carrie    Melintha,    Charles 

Thorn  as,  p.  385,  §  307. 
Hawley,      Alice     Sophronia     (Mrs. 

Capt.  McNought),  p.  383,  §  287; 

p.  388,  §  344. 


Hawley,   Emma  Alethea,  p.  383,  § 

287.* 
Hutchinson,  Annie  (Mrs.  Mead),  p. 

388,  §  342. 
Jerome,  Blanche  B.,  Maud,  p.  387,. 

§  329. 
Jones,  Stella,  p.  383,  §  290. 
Kemp,  Charles  Linus,  James  Henry, 

p.  385, §  311. 
Kent,    Etheliel    Abbie,     Mary    Ger- 
trude, p.  383,  §  289. 
Lord,  George  C,  p.  388,  §  337. 
Marshall,  Joseph   Edward   and  Jo- 
sephine Addie,  p.  383,  §  288. 
Marston,    Charles,    Sarah,    p.    385, 

§  304. 
McVicar,   Georgie  May,  Leon  Wil- 

ber,  p.  387,  §  333. 
Morgan,    Rena,    Ray    B.,     p.    387, 

§"335. 
Morris,  Louisa,  p.  386,  §  324. 
Morris,  L.  Mabel,  p.  386,  §  325. 
Morris,  Grace  Alger,  Maud  McCal- 

mont,  p.  386,  §  323. 
Nelson,    Albert  James,   Cora  Jeau- 

nette,   Dana  Alexander,   p.  384, 

§  294. 
Norton,     Fannie    Harriet,      Lillian 

Maud,    p.    385,    §    308;    p.   315, 

§  138. 
Osborne,  Walter  T.,  p.  313,  §  120: 

p.  346,  §  214. 
Palmer,  Harry,  Mary  Eunice,  p.  886, 

§  314. 
Phiibrick,  Annie  W.,  Shirley  S.,  p. 

388,  §  341. 
Seavey,  Ella  May,  p.  388,  §  338. 
Shutt,  Cameron,  Edwin  E.,  Emmett 

J.,  p.  386,  §  322. 
Swarthout,    Arthur  Balch,    George 

Edson,  p.  313,  §  118. 
Walker,    Ezra    Howard,    p.   388,    § 

340. 
Whipple,  John  M.,  Lois  A.,  p.  384, 

§  297. 
Wise,  James,  Marv,  Nellie,  p.   314, 

§  133. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 

OF  MORRISON   DESCENT,   AND  OTHERS. 

Cole,  Ashley,  Charles,  Lewis  L.,  p. 

388,  §  343. 
McNaught,   John  Hawley,   William 

Christie,  p.  388,  §  344. 
Mead,    California     Grace,     George 

Washington,  Frank  Hutchinson, 

p.  388,  §  342. 


466 


INDEX    IV. INDEX    Y. 


INDEX    IV 


DESCENDANTS    OF   THE    HEREDITARY   JUDGES. 


BIRTH 

NAME. 

NO. 

1857 

Adclie 

76 

1700 

Alexander 

3 

1822 

Alexander-Hamilton 

74 

1745 

Allan 

17 

1803 

Allan 

50 

1796 

Charles 

42 

1740 

Donald 

12 

Donald 

33 

1827 

Donald-George 

49 

1805 

Donald-George 

61 

1860 

Donald 

77 

1819 

Francis 

43 

1824 

George-Ramsay 

79 

1854 

Jessie 

75 

1675 

John 

2 

1735 

John 

7 

1843 

John-George 

87 

IGtO 

Kenneth 

1 

1869 

Lillian 

78 

PAGE. 
65 

56 
62 
56 
61 
58 
56 
57 
61 
62 
65 
58 
65 
65 
56 
56 
65 
56 
65 


BIRTH 

NAME. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

1835 

Margaret- 

Ann 

97 

66 

Norman 

67 

62 

Roderick 

30 

57 

1785 

Roderick 

39 

57 

1785 

William 

47 

59 

William 

48 

61 

THE     NAMES     OF    THOSE    WHO     MARRIED 
DESCENDANTS  OF  KENTVETH  MORISON. 


Cairns,  Jane 
Chaboille,  Charlotte-L. 
Dw3'er,  Marj'  A. 
Fairbanks,  Margaret-E. 
McGilvray,  Neil- A. 
Papiueau,  Maria-A.-R. 
Reynolds,  Julia-A. 
Wadin,  Jane 
Walker,  Susan-R. 


12 

56 

50 

61 

79 

65 

87 

65 

75 

65 

61 

62 

74 

64 

17 

56 

39 

oS 

INDEX    V. 


MORISONS    OF    NOTTINGHAM,    BRENTAYOOD,    AND    SANBORN- 
TON,    N.  H.,   AND    COLERAINE,    MASS. 


BIRTH 

NAME. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

BIRTH 

NAME. 

Abigail 

95 

397 

1684? 

John 

Betsey 

46 

394 

1756 

Jonathan 

Bradbury 

92 

397 

1787 

Jonathan 

Bradbnry 

100 

397 

Jonathan 

1783 

Daniel 

68 

395 

1844 

Levi-Alfred 

David 

99 

397 

1781 

Lucinda 

David  or  Daniel 

79 

397 

1740 

M  artha 

Ebenezer 

96 

397 

1790 

Mary 

Ebenezer 

67 

395 

1781 

Miles 

1802 

Henry 

28 

:!93 

Nathan-S. 

Hugh 

32 

393 

Nathan-J. 

Hugh 

42 

394 

1700? 

Robert 

1760 

Isaac 

21 

393 

1752 

Robert 

1754 

James 

4 

391 

1797 

Robert 

1787 

James 

16 

392 

Samuel 

John 

80 

397 

1791 

Samuel 

John 

97 

397 

1829 

Samuel-L. 

1728 

John 

35 

393 

Simon-R. 

1743 

John 

51 

394 

1750 

William 

1797 

John 

66 

395 

1772 

William 

1790 

John 

17 

392 

William-M. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

1 

391 

57 

395 

61 

395 

93 

397 

78 

396 

49 

394 

33 

393 

15 

392 

14 

392 

101 

398 

102 

398 

55 

395 

13 

391 

18 

392 

103 

398 

63 

395 

74 

396 

94 

397 

2 

391 

54 

394 

98 

397 

INDEX   VI. 


467 


INDEX    VI 


MORRISONS    OF   VIRGINIA. —  MORISONS   OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 


BIRTH 

NAME. 

NO. 

PAGE. 

1749 

Alexander 

15 

404 

1778 

Alexander 

42 

405 

1796 

Alexauder-W. 

62 

40rt 

1798 

Alexander-G. 

96 

409 

1817 

Alexander 

139 

412 

1837 

Alexander-K. 

175 

416 

1824 

Ann  Eliza 

153 

413 

1802 

Eliza 

109 

411 

1819 

Elizabeth 

95 

409 

Ephraim 

201 

418 

1759 

Ephraim 

21:] 

419 

Gabriel 

1 

402 

1771 

Gabriel 

20 

404 

1807 

James-G. 

129 

412 

1811 

James-C. 

137 

412 

1832 

James-M. 

163 

413 

1809 

Jane 

82 

408 

John 

200 

418 

1811? 

John-A. 

133 

412 

1835 

Joseph-B. 

173 

414 

1846 

Louisa-J. 

185 

416 

1813 

Margaret 

83 

408 

1838 

Martha-J. 

107 

410 

1822 

Martin-John 

189 

417 

1803 

Mary 

71 

408 

1826 

Mary 

148 

413 

1768 

McCleHan,  James 

7 

403 

1771 

McClellan,  Jane 

8 

403 

1778 

McClellan,  Samuel    11 

404 

1780 

McClellan,  Martha   12 

404 

1784 

Prudence 

51 

406 

1800 

Robert-E. 

101 

409 

1839 

Robert-C. 

178 

416 

1701 

Samuel 

202 

418 

1773 

Samuel 

34 

405 

1798 

Samuel 

214 

419 

1803 

Samuel 

122 

411 

1817 

Samuel-G. 

87 

408 

1821 

Samuel-G. 

144 

413 

1843 

Samuel-W. 

176 

416 

1844 

Samuel-W. 

182 

416 

1744 

Sarah 

6 

403 

1807 

Sarah 

79 

408 

1794 

Thomas-L. 

59 

406 

BIRTH.  NAME. 

1828     William-B. 
1842?  William  C. 


NO.     PAGE. 
191  417 

188         417 


NAMES  OF    PERSONS    WHO    HAVE   BECOME 

CONNECTED  WITH  MORISONS  OF  PENN- 
SYLVANIA BY  MARRIAGE. 

NAME.  NO.  PAGE. 

Anderson,  Jane  34  405 

Bailey,  Nannie  163  413 

Betts,  Daniel  71  408 

Betts,  William  79  408 

Beyers,  Rebecca  178  416 

Brown,  Jane  9C,  409 

Clark,  Nancy  129  412 

Cliugan,  Martha  133  412 

Cooper,  Isabella  42  405 

Doyle,  Thomas  148  413 

Ferguson,  Matilda  139  412 

Gamble,  Prudence  15  404 

Gordon,  Abigail  122  411 

Hahn,  Flora  176  416 

Ingram,  Rebecca  144  413 

Irwin,  Mary  7  403 

Kidd,  Hannah  189  417 

King,  Vincent  153  413 

Kiukead,  John  8  403 

Kissell,  Henry  82  408 

Love,  Ann  20  404 

Magee,  Eliza-C.  87  408 

Martin,  James  109  411 

Mayse,  Mercy  202  418 

McCalmmont,  Margaret     62  407 

McClellan,  Samuel  6  403 

McDowdell,  Sadie-H.  182  416 

Morrow,  Alexander  12  404 

Paukey,  Mary-B.  173  415 

Scott,  Rebecca-J.  191  417 

Stevenson,  William  83  408 

Stiver,  John  95  409 

Struble,  Mary  59  40(! 

Stults.  Jacob  107  410 

Swift,  Martha  101  409 

Thompson,  Ruth  11  404 

Work,  Samuel  51  406 


468 


INDEX   YII. 


INDEX    VII 


IKDEX  VII  includes  Delaware  Morrisons,  descewlants  of  the  Morisons  of  Prestou 
Grange,  Scotland ;  Morrisons  of  Cape  Breton,  and  disctiidants  of  relatives  whom  the 
Morisons  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  left  in  Ireland  in  1718,  and  other  Morrisons. 


DELAWARE    MORRISONS 

NAME. 

PAGE. 

BIRTH. 

NAME. 

PAGE. 

John- A.  . 

•         •         • 

431 

1830 

Alexauder-M 

423 

Mary 

. 

431 

1753 

David 

421 

Roderick 

431 

1765 
1707 

Douglass  . 
Gooi'ge 

421 
422 

DESCENDANTS 

OF  RELATIVES,  WHOM  THE 

1832 

George 

424 

MORISONS 

OF    LONDONDERRY,    N.    H., 

1610(?) 
1834 

Haus 
Henrv-W. 

420 
424 

LEFT  IN  IRELAND  IN   1718. 
NAME. 

PAGE. 

Hugh 

420 

Alexander 

436 

1610(?) 

John 
Xeal 

420 
420 

Andrew-J. 
Andrew . 

435 
433 

1723 

Robert      . 

421 

Calvin-W. 

434 

1828 

Williara-D. 

423 

Catherine 

435 

DESCENDANTS  OF  MORISOh 

S  OF 

PRESTON 

Elizabeth-J. 
John 

435 
434 

NAME. 

Andrew 

Erskine 

Hans 

Riddell 

Robert 

GRANGE. 

PAGE. 

427 

428 
429 
430 
429 

John-B. . 

Margaret- A. 

Mary 

William 

William-V. 

Wilson-W. 

434 
435 
435 
433 
434 
435 

MORRISONS  OX"  CAPE 

BRET 

ON. 

OTHER  MORRISONS. 
NAME. 

PAGE. 

NAME. 

PAGE. 

Col.  "Don" 

438 

Angus 

. 

431 

William-R. 

438 

Donald 

431 

Andrew . 

438 

Duncan 

431 

Isaac-L. 

438 

John 

431 

Theodore-N. 

438 

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